Orpiment, realgar, banyan leaves, white mica and mercury are ground well with milk and applied to the face; the text says the face becomes like a lotus and draws every mind and eye.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मुखकान्तिकारक लेप
- Hindi
- मुख कांतिकारक लेप
- English
- Paste that brings lustre to the face
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Orpiment (haratala)हरताल (हरिताल) | ताल / हरताल | Not stated |
| Realgar (manahshila)मैनसिल (मनःशिला) | मनशिशल / मैनसिल | Not stated |
| Vata (banyan)बरगद (वट) | वटपत्र | Not stated |
| Mica (abhraka)अभ्रक (अभ्रक) | श्वेताभ्र / सफेद अभ्रक | Not stated |
| Mercury (parada)पारा (पारद) | सूत / पारद | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | पयसा / दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The ingredients are ground well with milk.
इनको दूध के साथ अच्छी तरह पीसकर मुख पर लेपन करें, तो मुख कमल के समान बन जाता है
How it is used
Applied to the face as a paste.
आलिप्यवक्त्राममलं कमलोपमानं।
Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना
Organs mentionedSkinत्वचा
तालं मनशिशलंयुतं वटपत्रायुक्रं।Source wording as converted, Chapter 14 · p. 257 · v. 67.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 mercury and the arsenic minerals are marked toxic in the lexicon.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 14
- Extraction tasks
- T12
- Record id
- formulation_mukhakantikaraka_lepa_p329