Kandunashaka anjana (collyrium wick against itching)

A collyrium wick of rock salt, white pepper, manahshila and jasmine shoots and flowers ground in sour fruit juice; repeated use is said to remove itching of the eyes and all other kapha disorders.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: कण्डूनाशक अञ्जन
Hindi: कण्डूनाशक अंजन
English: Kandunashaka anjana (collyrium wick against itching)

Ingredients and preparation

Wick or suppositoryEyeChapter 15 · p. 316 · v. 265

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)	नादेय / सेंधानमक	Not stated
Maricha (black pepper)काली मिर्च (मरिच)	शुक्लमरिच / सफेद मिरच	Not stated
Realgar (manahshila)मैनसिल (मनःशिला)	मन:शिला / मैनसिल	Not stated
Jati (jasmine)चमेली (जाती)	जातीप्रवालकुसुम / चमेली का कोंपल अैर फूल	Not stated
Sour fruit juice (phalamla)खट्टे फलों का रस	फलाम्ल / अम्लफलों का रस	Not stated

Preparation as described

Ground in sour fruit juice, made into a wick and dried.

इनको अम्लफलों के रस में पीसकर बत्ी बनाकर उसको सुखावें।

How it is used

Applied repeatedly as a collyrium.

इससे बार-बार अंजन करने से आँखों की खुजली अैर कफ से उत्पौा अन्य समस्त विकारों का नाश होता है।

Indicated for, as the text says

Itching (kandu)(आँखों की खुजली)
Kapha disorders(कफ से उत्पौा अन्य समस्त विकार)

Therapies involvedCollyrium application (anjana)अंजन (सुरमा लगाना)

Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)

सेंधानमक, सफेद मिरच (छिलका निकाला हुआ कालीमिर्च) मैनसिल, चमेली का कोंपल अैर फूल, इनको अम्लफलों के रस में पीसकर बत्ी बनाकर उसको सुखावें।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 316 · v. 265.

Safety

Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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