Mango fruits with soft stones (the commentary: raw mango), iron powder and jujube are taken in equal parts and powdered. A hundred pala of this powder is mixed well with one adhaka of sesame oil and one drona of triphala decoction, filled into an earthen pot treated with ghee and oil, and the pot is buried in a heap of grain for six months. After six months it is taken out and applied in the way described before, and white hair is said to become black.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- केशकृष्णीकरण लेप
- Hindi
- केश कृष्णीकरण लेप
- English
- Hair-blackening paste of mango, iron and jujube
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Mango (amra)आम (आम्र) | मृद्वस्थीनि फलानि चूततरुसंभूतानि / मृदु गुठलियों से युक्र आम के फल (कच्चा आम) | समभाग (आम, लोह चूर्ण, बेर) · mango, iron powder and jujube in equal parts |
| Iron (loha)लोहा (लोह) | आयस्कृत / लोह चूर्ण | Not stated |
| Jujube (badara)बेर (बदर) | कोल / बेर | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैलाढक / एक आढक तिल के तैल | तैलाढके / एक आढक तिल के तैल · one adhaka of sesame oil |
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | त्रिफलाकषाय / त्रिफला के काढे | त्रिफलाकषायमपि च द्रोणं / एक द्रोण त्रिफला के काढे · one drona of triphala decoction |
Preparation as described
Equal parts are powdered; a hundred pala of the powder is mixed with the oil and the decoction in a treated earthen pot, which is buried in a heap of grain for six months.
द्रोण त्रिफला के काढे में अच्छी तरह से मिलाकर एक (घी व तेल से) संस्कृत (मिट्टी के) घडे में भरे
How it is used
Applied to the hair in the way described before.
से लेप करें तो सफेद बाल काले हो जाते हैं।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Premature greying (palitya)(सफेद बाल)
Duration as written
six months buried in grain, during preparation · षणमासं / छह महीने तक धान्य राशि में
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
भावार्थ : मृदु गुठलियों से युक्र आम के फल, (कच्चा आम-क्यारी) लोह चूर्ण, बेर, इनकोSource wording as converted, Chapter 23 · p. 563 · v. 90.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.
Questions and answers
What do the hair-blackening preparations of verses 88 to 101 have in common?
Every one of them contains iron powder, most also triphala and several nilanjana, bhringaraja, nili and sesame oil; most are matured in an iron vessel or a treated pot, often buried in a heap of grain, then worshipped and applied to the hair.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Supervision is flagged for the iron powder. Footnote 1 on PDF 635 gives कीत्र्या as a variant reading in verse 90.
Quick facts
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- Formulation
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- Chapter 23
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