Finely powdered conch rubbed hard with breast milk in two iron vessels and repeatedly fumigated with sugar is applied regularly as a collyrium to eyes affected by pitta disorders.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- शङ्खाञ्जन
- Hindi
- शंख का अंजन
- English
- Conch collyrium
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Conch shell (shankha)शंख (शङ्ख) | शंख (सुचूर्णित) | Not stated |
| Breast milkस्त्री का दूध | स्तनांबु / स्तन दूध | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शर्करा / शक्कर (धूप हेतु) | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Conch powder is rubbed hard with breast milk in iron vessels (the commentary: with an iron pestle) and fumigated again and again with sugar.
लोह के बरतन में डालकर लोहे की मूसली से रगडें
How it is used
Applied regularly as a collyrium.
पित्तजन्य अभिष्यंद रोग से पीडित आँखों में हमेशा अंजन करें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Conjunctivitis (abhishyanda)(पित्तकृतामयाि़ाणि / पित्तजन्य अभिष्यंद)
शंख को अच्छी तरह चूर्णकर फिर उसे स्तन दूध के साथ लोह के दो बरतन मेंSource wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 289 · v. 140.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
- Footnote 1 on this page, 'सद्वयघृष्टमिष्टत: इति पाठांतरं', is printed without a matching marker; it may belong to this verse.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T14
- Record id
- formulation_shankha_anjana_p361