Lotus stalk, kalhara, padmaka, blue water lily, the chief milky trees, karkatashringi and sandalwood, ground with milk and mixed with ghee and sugar, are applied as a paste in pitta-type abhishyanda; a rasakriya of the same drugs is also said to be beneficial.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मृणालादि लेप
- Hindi
- मृणालादि लेप व रसक्रिया
- English
- Mrinaladi paste and rasakriya
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म) | मृणाल / कमलनाल | Not stated |
| Kalhara (white water lily)श्वेतकमल | कल्हारक / श्वेतकमल (कुमुदिनी) | Not stated |
| Padmakaपद्माख | पज्ञक / पज्ञकाष्ठ | Not stated |
| Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल) | उत्पल / नीलकमल | Not stated |
| Panchavalkala (five barks)पंचवल्कल | प्रधानदुग्धांघ्रिप / प्रधान पंच ़ीरीवृ़ा (बड, गूलर, पीपल, परिसपीपल, पाखर) | Not stated |
| Karkatashringi (crab's claw galls)काकड़ासिंगी (कर्कटशृंगी) | श्रंृगि / काकडासिंगी | Not stated |
| Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन) | चंदन | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | पय (पीसने हेतु) | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शर्करा / शक्कर | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are ground with milk and mixed with ghee and sugar for the paste; for rasakriya, as the footnote defines it, a decoction of them is cooked again until thick.
क्वाथादीनां पुन: पाकात् घनभावे रसक्रिया।
How it is used
Applied as a paste (pralepa); the rasakriya of the same drugs is also used.
उन्हीं अैषधियों की रसक्रिया2 का प्रयोग करना हितकर है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Conjunctivitis (abhishyanda)(पित्ताभिष्यंद)
कमलनाल, श्वेतकमल (कुमुदिनी) पज्ञकाष्ठ व नीलकमल, प्रधान पंच ़ीरीवृ़ाSource wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 289 · v. 139.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 commentary does not mention sandalwood, which the verse names. Footnote 3 defines rasakriya.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T14
- Record id
- formulation_mrinaladi_lepa_p361