• ཞག་བདུན་པར་བཅང་བ།
  • zhag bdun par bcang ba
  • sāptāhika
  • Term
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  • tonics kept for seven days
  • ཞག་བདུན་པར་བཅང་བ།
  • zhag bdun par bcang ba
  • sāptāhika
Definition in this text:

These medicinal tonics were called “seven-day tonics” because monks were only permitted to keep them for seven days after receiving them. They were primarily used to treat imbalances of prāṇa and include butter, ghee, oil, molasses, lotus root and the oil gained from melting the fat of fish, crocodile, rabbit, bear and pig.