Saffron, sandalwood, red sandalwood, lodhra, kushtha, lac, realgar, orpiment, turmeric and tree turmeric, lotus stamens, manjishtha, golden ochre and the kakoli group are ground well and cooked carefully into ghee with four times as much fragrant ghee and milk twice the ghee; applied to the face, it is said to remove vyanga, nilika and the other facial diseases and make the face lustrous like the moon.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मुखकान्तिकारक घृत
- Hindi
- मुख कांतिकारक घृत
- English
- Ghee that brings lustre to the face
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Kumkuma (saffron)केसर (कुंकुम) | काशमीर / केसर | Not stated |
| Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन) | चन्द / चंदन | Not stated |
| Raktachandana (red sanders)लाल चंदन (रक्तचंदन) | कुचंदन / लालचंदन | Not stated |
| Lodhraलोध (लोध्र) | लोध्र / लोध | Not stated |
| Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ) | कुष्ठ / कूट | Not stated |
| Lac (laksha)लाख (लाक्षा) | ला़ा / लाख | Not stated |
| Realgar (manahshila)मैनसिल (मनःशिला) | शिला / मैनसिल | Not stated |
| Orpiment (haratala)हरताल (हरिताल) | अल / हरताल | Not stated |
| Haridradvaya (two turmerics)हरिद्राद्वय (दोनों हल्दी) | रजनीद्वय / हलदी, दारुहल्दी | Not stated |
| Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म) | पज्ञमधय / कमलकेसर | Not stated |
| Manjishtha (Indian madder)मंजीठ (मञ्जिष्ठा) | मंजिष्ठिका / मंजीठ | Not stated |
| Red ochre (gairika)गेरू (गैरिक) | कनकगैरिक / सोनागेरू | Not stated |
| Ashtavarga (eight rejuvenating herbs)अष्टवर्ग | काकोलिकाप्रभृति / काकोली, ़ीर काकोली, जीवक, श्रषभक, मेदा, महामेदा, बुद्दि, श्रद्दि | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | सुगंधि घृत / सुगंधित घी | चतुर्गण (चैगुना) सुगंधित घी · four times as much fragrant ghee |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | दुग्ध / दूध | घी से द्विगुण (दुगुना) दूध · milk twice the quantity of ghee |
Preparation as described
The drugs are ground well and ghee is cooked from them carefully with four times as much fragrant ghee and milk twice the ghee.
इन अैषधियों को चतुर्गण (चैगुना) सुगंधित घी, घी से द्विगुण (दुगुना) दूध इनसे प्रयत्न पूर्वक घृत सिद्द करें।
How it is used
Applied to the face.
व्यालेपयेन्मुखमनेन घृतेन तज्जान्।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Facial pigmentation (vyanga)(व्यंग, नीलिका आदि मुख के रोग)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
इस घृत को ( snow) मुख पर लेपन करने से मुख में उत्पौा व्यंग, नीलिका आदि समस्त रोग नाश होकर मुख चंद्रमा के समान कांतियुक्र होकर सुंदर हो जाता है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 14 · p. 257 · v. 65-66.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
- Supervision flag because realgar and orpiment are marked arsenic in the lexicon. The commentary contains a stray ( snow).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
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- Chapter 14
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- T12
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