Realgar, long pepper and dry ginger ground in the juices of black shigru, tulasi and fresh ginger, fumigated, and applied as a collyrium in kapha-caused eye diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मुरुङ्ग्यञ्जन
- Hindi
- मुरुंगी अंजन
- English
- Murungi collyrium
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु) | मुरुंगी / काला सेंजन (रस) | Not stated |
| Tulasi (holy basil)तुलसी | सुरसा / तुलसी (रस) | Not stated |
| Ardraka (fresh ginger)अदरक (आर्द्रक) | आद्र्रकद्रव / आद्र्रक के रस | Not stated |
| Realgar (manahshila)मैनसिल (मनःशिला) | मणिच्छिला / मैनशिल | Not stated |
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | मागधिका / पीपल | Not stated |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | महैषध / सोंठ | Not stated |
| Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी) | हरड (धूप हेतु, टीका) | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल (धूप हेतु, टीका) | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are ground thoroughly in the juices (in a copper vessel, says the commentary) and fumigated, according to the commentary with haritaki and oil.
मैनशिल, पीपल, सोंठ, इनको ताम्र के बर्तन में खूब मर्दन करें अैर हरड अैर तैल से धूप देवें।
How it is used
Always applied as a collyrium for kapha-caused eye diseases.
इस अंजन को कफोत्पौा नेत्र रोगियों को प्रयुक्र करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Eye disorders (netraroga)(शलेष्मकृताि़ारोग / कफोत्पौा नेत्र रोग)
काला सेंजन तुलसी व आद्र्रक के रस से मैनशिल, पीपल, सोंठ, इनको ताम्र के बर्तनSource wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 292 · v. 153.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
- Contains realgar (manahshila), a mineral; supervision flag set under the extraction rules.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T14
- Record id
- formulation_murungyanjana_p364