A collyrium of citron, amlaka, rock salt, turmeric, haritaki, dry ginger and the three pippalis, rubbed in a copper vessel and fumigated with haritaki and sesame oil; the commentary says it is beneficial in kapha-type abhishyanda.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मातुलुङ्गाद्यञ्जन
- Hindi
- मातुलुंगादि अंजन
- English
- Matulungadi collyrium
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Citron (matulunga)बिजौरा नींबू (मातुलुंग) | मातुलुंग / विजोरी निंबू | Not stated |
| Amlaka (glossed as badhal)बडहल | अम्लक / बडहल | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा) | निशा / हल्दी | Not stated |
| Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी) | अभया / हरड; हरीतकी (धूप हेतु) | Not stated |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | नागर / सोंठ | Not stated |
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | पिप्पली / पीपल | Not stated |
| Vanapippali (wild long pepper)वन पीपल | वन पीपल | Not stated |
| Gajapippali (elephant pepper)गजपीपल (गजपिप्पली) | गजपीपल | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल / तिल का तैल (धूप हेतु) | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are rubbed hard in a clean, bright copper vessel and fumigated again and again with haritaki and sesame oil.
इन को साफ ताम्र के बर्तन में डालकर खूब रगडना चाहिए
How it is used
Applied as a collyrium.
यह अंजन शलेष्माभिष्यंद रोग को हितकारी है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Conjunctivitis (abhishyanda)(शलेष्माभिष्यंद)
विघट्टयेदुज्जवलताम्रभाजने। हरीतकीतैलसुधूपितं मुहु: ॥ 152 ॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 292 · v. 152.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.
Extraction notes
- The verse's पिप्पलीत्रायम् (three pippalis) is read by the commentary as पीपल, वन पीपल and गजपीपल.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T14
- Record id
- formulation_matulungadya_anjana_p364