Chavya for Hemorrhoids & Piles

• Arsha (hemorrhoids)
• Gulma (abdominal tumors)
• Shula (colic)
• Krimi (worms)

), chavya (Piper cheba Hunter.

— Charaka Samhita, Sharira Sthana — Human Body & Embryology, Chapter 8: Guidelines for Lineage (Jatisutriya Sharira / जातिसूत्रीय शरीर)

Make paste of 10 gm each of chitraka, coriander, ajawan, cumin, sauvarchala-salt, trikatu, amlavetasa, bilva, pomegranate, yavakṣāra, pippalimula and chavya;

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 12: Edema Treatment (Shvayathu Chikitsa / श्वयथुचिकित्सा)

Then the paste prepared from 48g each of fruit and root of pippali (Piper longum), chavya (Piper retrofractum), chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), nagara (Zingiber officinale) and equal to this 240g of bark of rohitaka and to this mixture 768g of cow’s ghee is added and boiled to get the medicated ghee.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 13: Abdominal Diseases Treatment (Udara Chikitsa / उदरचिकित्सा)

Take powder of pippali (Piper longum Linn), pippali mula (Piper longum), chavya (Piper retrofractum), chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), nagara (Zingiber officinale) and kshara (alkali obtained from ash of herbs) half pala (24g) of each in quantity.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 13: Abdominal Diseases Treatment (Udara Chikitsa / उदरचिकित्सा)

Ghee cooked with the paste of chavya (Piper retrofractum) and chitraka (Plumbego zeylanicum) and added with jaggery, kshara and nagara (Zingiber officinalis) should be given in hemorrhoids.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 14: Hemorrhoids Treatment (Arsha Chikitsa / अर्शचिकित्सा)

Vyoshadi Churna: Vyosha (Trikatu — dry ginger, black pepper, long pepper), Triphala (three myrobalans), Musta (Cyperus rotundus), Vidanga (Embelia ribes), Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), Chavya (Piper retrofractum), and Pippalimula (root of Piper longum) — these should be prepared as a powder.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 3: Churnakalpana (Powder Preparations)

Mandura Vataka [for Kamala/jaundice and related conditions]: Triphala, Trikatu (Trishosana — dry ginger, black pepper, long pepper), Chavya (Piper retrofractum), Pippalimula (root of long pepper), Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), Daru (Cedrus deodara), Attvika Dhatu, Tvak (cinnamon), Darvi (Berberis aristata), Musta (Cyperus rotundus), and Vidanga (Embelia ribes) —.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 4: Gutikakalpana (Tablet/Pill Preparations)

Yogaraja Guggulu [for Vata diseases and Amavata]: Nagara (dry ginger — Zingiber officinale), Pippalimula (root of long pepper), Pippali (long pepper — Piper longum), Chavya (Piper retrofractum), and Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica) —.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 4: Gutikakalpana (Tablet/Pill Preparations)

48 g) in quantity: Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia), Chavya (Piper retrofractum), Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), Musta (Cyperus rotundus), Karkatashringi (Pistacia integerrima), Trikatu — Shunthi (Zingiber officinale), Maricha (Piper nigrum) and Pippali (Piper longum) — and Dhanyavayasa (Fagonia cretica).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 8: Avalehakalpana (Confection/Electuary Preparations)

768 ml) of ghee with Pippali (Piper longum), Pippali Moola (root of Piper longum), Chavya (Piper retrofractum), Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), Nagara/Shunthi (Zingiber officinale), and Saindhava (rock salt) — each one Pala (approx.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 9: Snehakalpana (Oleaginous Preparations - Ghrita and Taila)

For one with obstructed urine and feces, a suppository should be inserted in the rectum, prepared with Pippali (long pepper), Pippali root, Yavani (Trachyspermum), and Chavya.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 39: Jvarapratishedha

PANCHATIKTA GHRITA (Five-bitter Ghee): Triphala, Chitraka, Musta, Haridra (turmeric), Ativisha, Vacha, Vidanga, Trikatu, Chavya, and Suradaru -- prepared with Panchagavya (five cow products), this destroys irregular fever.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 39: Jvarapratishedha

The Pippalyadi Gana consists of: pippali (long pepper), pippali root, chavya, chitraka, shringavera (ginger), maricha (black pepper), hasti-pippali, harenuka, ela (cardamom), ajamoda, indrayava, patha, jiraka (cumin), sarshapa (mustard), mahanimbaphala, hingu (asafoetida), bhargi, madhurasa, ativisha, vacha, and vidanga, plus katurohi (verse 22).

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 38: Dravyasangrahaniya Adhyaya - On the Collection of Drugs

The Pippalyadi Gana consists of: pippali (long pepper), pippali root, chavya, chitraka, shringavera (ginger), maricha (black pepper), hasti-pippali, harenuka, ela (cardamom), ajamoda, indrayava, patha, jiraka (cumin), sarshapa (mustard), mahanimbaphala, hingu (asafoetida), bhargi, madhurasa, ativisha, vacha, and vidanga, plus katurohi (verse 22).

— Sushruta Samhita, Dravyasangrahaniya Adhyaya - On the Collection of Drugs