Old brick impregnated with the juices of maurvi, vajri and kumari, rubbed in two dirty bronze vessels and mixed with oil, ghee and lamp-black; said to calm quickly all abhishyanda and other eye diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मौर्व्याद्यञ्जन
- Hindi
- मौर्व्यादि अंजन
- English
- Maurvyadi collyrium
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Murvaमूर्वा (मरोड़फली) | मौर्वी / मेढासिंगी | Not stated |
| Asthisamhara (hadjod)हाडजोड | वज्री / हाडजोड | Not stated |
| Kumari (aloe)घीकुंवार (कुमारी) | कुमारी | Not stated |
| Old brick (ishtaka)इँट | पुराणेष्टका / पुराना इष्टक (एरणडवृ़ा अथवा इँट) | Not stated |
| Brass and bronze (pittala, kamsya)पीतल और कांसा | कांस्यपात्र / मलिन कांसे के दो बर्तन | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | आज्य / घी | Not stated |
| Lamp-black (kajjala)काजल | दीपांजन (काजल) | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The brick, impregnated with the three juices, is rubbed hard in two dirty bronze vessels, and oil, ghee and lamp-black are mixed in.
मलिन कांसे के दो बर्तन में डालकर खूब घिसे अैर उसमंे तैल, घी, दीपांजन (काजल) मिला देवंे ।
How it is used
Applied as a collyrium.
इस अंजन को आंजने से वह सम्पूर्ण अभिष्यंदरोग एवं अन्य नेत्रज सर्व रोगों को शीघ्र ही शमन करता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Conjunctivitis (abhishyanda)(सम्पूर्ण अभिष्यंदरोग)
- Eye disorders (netraroga)(अन्य नेत्रज सर्व रोग)
मेढासिंगी, हाडजोड, कुमारी इनके स्वरस से भावित पुराना इष्टक (एरणडवृ़ा अथवा इँट) की पिnी को मलिन कांसे के दो बर्तन में डालकर खूब घिसे अैर उसमंे तैल, घी, दीपांजन (काजल) मिला देवंे ।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 320 · v. 286.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 reads मौर्वी, which the commentary glosses मेढासिंगी; वज्री is glossed हाडजोड, while the lexicon lists वज्री under ingredient_snuhi.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T15
- Record id
- formulation_maurvyadi_anjana_p392