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preventing indigestion, (iii) Febrifuge, (iv) Antiphlegmatic. (v) Also
recommended in the treatment of gout, rheumatism and paralysis.
KHAMIRAY
KHAMIRA ABRESHAM HAKIM ARSHADWALA
Recipe
Triturated Corallium rubrum (shakh-i-mirjan saida)                6 grams
Triturated Vateria indica (kahniba-i-snamai saida)                   6 grams
Triturated pearls (marwarid saida, moti kharal hiay huay) 25 grams
Triturated sapphires (yaqut saida)                                           20 grams
Triturated green agate (yashab sabz saida)                              20 grams
Gold foil (waraq tila)                                                        640 miligrams
Silver foil (warq nuqra)                                                             32 grams
Bombyx mori (abresham muqharaz)                                     640 grams
Aquilaria agallocha food hindi saida, agar pis a hua)                8 grams
Valeriana officinalis (balchar)                                                   1 0 grams
Citrus medica peel (poast turanj)                                             10 grams
Myrtus caryophyllus (laung)                                                     10 grams
Elettaria cardamomum, grains (dana ilaichi khurd)                10 grams
Santalum album, sawdust (burada sandal safaid)                   12 grams
Cinnamomum cassia (sajaz hindi, tezpat)                                10 grams
Sweet Punica granatum extract (rub anar shirin)                     320 ml.
Cydonia vulgaris, extract (rub bihi)                                           320 ml.
Pyrus malus extract (rub saib)                                                    320 ml.
White sugar (shakar safaid)                                                   2 kilograms
Honey (Shehed)                                                                       500 grams
Citric acid (sat liinun)                                                                  4 grams
Ambra grasea (ambar ashhab)                                                   12 grams
Sodium benzoate (nitrun bunjawi)                                            3 grams
Crocus sativus (zajran)                                                              20 grams
Musk (ninslik)                                                                                1 gram
Pandanus odoratissimus essence (arq keora)                             100 ml.
Preparation: The herbal ingredients of abresham are kept in ten
times their volume of water (7 litres), soaked overnight and cooked in
the morning on fire till ¥t litre of water remains. The mixture is now
removed from the fire, is rubbed with hands and sieved through a
muslin cloth and the various extracts mentioned in the recipe along
with white sugar are added. When a qiwam is prepared, the citric acid
is also added. When the qiwam is almost ready, sieved honey and
ambergris are added. When the qiwam is ready, the sodium benzoate,
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