Jirakadi modaka
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| Kind | Traditional medicine |
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| Part of the plant | Seed |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Country | India |
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| Still made | Yes |
Jirakadi modaka (jīrakādi modaka) is a confection of Ayurveda made from powdered cumin, roasted cannabis seed and 44 other drugs, bound with sugar, honey and ghee. The Ayurvedic Formulary of India takes it from the chapter on grahaṇī (malabsorption) of the Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī and gives it for digestive impairment, hyperacidity, diarrhoea, viṣamajvara and disorders of the abdomen.[1]: 39, 461–477
Making jirakadi modaka
The Formulary quotes six verses of the Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī (grahaṇīrogādhikāra 250–255) and sets the quantities in metric weights. White cumin powder is the largest ingredient, at 384 g. Roasted vijayā seed, which the Formulary glosses as bhaṅgā, follows at 192 g. Each of the 44 other ingredients is taken at 12 g. They include the calcined ashes (bhasma) of iron, tin and mica, nutmeg and mace, the three myrobalans, cinnamon, cardamom, tejapatra and nāgakesara (the cāturjāta), white and red sandalwood, ginger, black pepper and long pepper (trikaṭu), camphor and borax.[1]: 39 Its list of drugs identifies vijayā as Cannabis sativa.[1]: 309
The verses direct that the powders be made into a modaka with sugar, honey and ghee. The Formulary gives a dose of 12 to 24 g, with honey, ghee and sugar.[1]: 39
The Ayurvedic Formulary of India, Part I, collects 444 classical formulations which its foreword describes as "the most commonly manufactured and used in the clinical practice of Ayurveda".[1]: Foreword
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee (2003). The Ayurvedic Formulary of India, Part I (2nd revised English ed.). Delhi: Controller of Publications, for the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. ISBN 8190115146 – via Wellcome Collection.