GAUMAY MARHAM (COW CREAM FOR APPLYING)
Ingredients: –
- Find powder of cow dung cake: 500 Gms
- Geru (Red ochre, Red clay): 400 Gms
- Cow urine salts: 100 Gms
- Nila thotha (Copper Sulphate (Blue vitriol)): 50 Gms
- Petroleum jelly: 1000 Gms
Preparation: –
First grind Copper Sulphate (Blue vitriol) and then roast in a small deep pan. Take it out when its colour changes to white. Then grind all dry substances in a very fine powder. Then mix all items and grind them in a grinding pot while slowly adding the petroleum jelly. Afterwards fill it in bottles. If it gives burning sensation in case of application in sensitive parts of body, rub a little bit of ghee (clarified butter) to reduce the sensation on the affected part.
Uses: –
In skin diseases, wash the infected part by cow urine and then apply this ointment 2 to 3 times daily.
Advantage: –
Beneficial in skin diseases, ringworm, itching, eczema, psoriasis, infected wounds.
Note: – Do not apply on eyes.
Hare Krsna!
Petroleum jelly is a modern western ingredient, very likely to be heavily toxic. Is there a vedic substance I can use instead?
With Love,
Ulises Guerrero
You can use Ghee instead. But if ghee is not available then above is alternative and also give benefit. I have not studied about petroleum jelly.