A collyrium of the powders of all major and minor mineral drugs, gems and metals, all salts, garlic and karanja, ground in a decoction of cardamom, trikatu and triphala; it is said to scrape out eye diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- लेख्याञ्जन
- Hindi
- लेख्यांजन
- English
- Lekhyanjana (scraping collyrium)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Maharasa (major mineral drugs, as a group)महारस | महारस | Not stated |
| Uparasa (minor mineral drugs, as a group)उपरस | उपरस | Not stated |
| Gems (ratna)रत्न | रत्न / रत्नोपरत्न | Not stated |
| All metals (as a group)सर्वधातु, उपधातु | समस्तलोह / सर्वधातु, उपधातु | Not stated |
| Salt (lavana)नमक (लवण) | अशोषलवण / सम्पूर्ण नमक | Not stated |
| Garlicलहसन | लशुन / लहसन | Not stated |
| Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज) | करंज (कंजा) | Not stated |
| Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला) | एला / इलायची | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | कटुत्रिक / सोंठ मिर्च, पीपल | Not stated |
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | फलत्रय / हरड, बहेडा, आंवला | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The powders are ground with a decoction of cardamom, trikatu and triphala.
एलाकटुत्रिाकफलत्रायतोयपिष्टै:।
How it is used
Applied as a collyrium that scrapes out eye diseases.
नेत्र रोगांे को लेखन (खुरच) कर निकालता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Eye disorders (netraroga)(नयनरोग)
Therapies involvedCollyrium application (anjana)अंजन (सुरमा लगाना)
Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)
सम्पूर्ण महारस, उपरस, सम्पूर्ण रत्नोपरत्न, एवं सर्वधातु, उपधातुओं के चूर्ण (भस्म) सम्पूर्ण नमक, लहसन, करंज (कंजा) इनको इलायची सोंठ मिर्च, पीपल, हरड, बहेडा, आंवला इनके कषाय से पीसकर अंजन तैयार करें ।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 317 · v. 270.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_lekhyanjana_p389