An alkali made from awned barley and black sesame soaked in goat's milk, burnt and processed by the alkali method, and applied with a probe as a collyrium in balasagrathita.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- क्षाराञ्जन
- Hindi
- क्षारांजन
- English
- Ksharanjana (alkali collyrium)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Barley (yava)जौ (यव) | शलाकियव / शलाक से युक्र यव | Not stated |
| Sesame (tila)तिल | कृष्णतिल | Not stated |
| Goat milk (aja-ksheera)बकरी का दूध (अजाक्षीर) | छाग पयस् / बकरी का दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The grains are dried well, soaked repeatedly in goat's milk, burnt by the alkali-making method, and the ash is filtered with water and cooked.
बाद में ़ार बनाने की विधि के अनुसार उनको जलाकर उस भस्म को पानी से छानें अैर पकावें ।
How it is used
Applied with a probe as a collyrium; the verse says it is kept in a tube.
इस ़ार को सलाइर् से बलासग्रथित रोगयुक्र आँख मंे अंजन करें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Balasagrathita (kapha knot on the white of the eye)(बलासग्रथित / पृथुकफग्रंथित)
शलाक से युक्र यव, कृष्णतिल, इन धान्यांे को अच्छी तरह सुखाकर फिर बकरी के दूध के साथ बार-बार भावना देवें । बाद में ़ार बनाने की विधि के अनुसार उनको जलाकर उस भस्म को पानी से छानें अैर पकावें ।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 315 · v. 262.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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T15
- Record id
- formulation_ksharanjana_p387