Talisapatradi Choornam – Ingredients, Uses, and Dosage

Talisapatradi Choornam or Thaleeaspathradi Choornam/Talisapatradi Churnam is an ayurvedic medicinal preparation in the form of powder. It is used in treating cough, breathing difficulty, improves taste, reduces vomiting, splenic disorders, pain in cardiac region, pain in flanks, anemia, fever, diarrhea, helps in proper movement of vata, throat irritation and good in dry cough.

Ingredients of Talisapatradi Choornam

1. Talisa Patra  (Abies spectabilis) – 1 part
2. Maricha (Piper nigrum) – 2 part
3. Nagara/Shunti (Zingiber officinale) – 3 parts
4. Pippali ( Piper longum) – 4 parts
5. Shubha/Vamshalochana (Bambusa bambos) – 5 parts
6. Ela (Cinnamomum verum) – 1/2 part
7. Twak (Elettaria cardamomum) – 1/2 part
8. Sharkara (Saccharum officinarum) – 32 parts

Preparation of Talisapatradi Choornam

All the above-said ingredients are taken and crushed to make powder separately. Then all the ingredients are mixed together in a specified quantity. This mixture is known as Talisapatradi Choornam can be stored for use.

Indication of Talisapatradi Choornam

1. Kasa (treatment of cough)
2. Shwasa (breathing difficulty)
3. Aruchi (loss of taste)
4. Chardi (vomiting)
5. Pleeha roga (splenic diseases)
6. Hrut shoola (pain in the cardiac region)
7. Parshwa shoola (pain in flanks)
8. Pandu (anemia)
9. Jwara (fever)
10. Atisara (diarrhea)
11. Mudha vata (helps in normalizing vata movement)
12. Shosha (depletive disease) – sharangadhara samhita
13. Admana (distention of abdomen) – sharangadhara samhita

Mode of use, Dosage, and Adjuvant

In general, it is used 5 to 15 gms once/twice or repeatedly or as directed by the physician.

Reference:

1. Astanga Hrudaya Chikitsa Stana 5/58-60
2. Sharangadhara Samhita

Also, Read Talisapatradi Leham, Talisapatradi Vatakam