Citron juice, rock salt, ghee, sesame oil, woman's milk and nili are rubbed together into a collyrium, fumigated with the three pungents and applied regularly to the eyes in vata-type abhishyanda.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वाताभिष्यन्दनाशक अञ्जन
- Hindi
- वाताभिष्यंद नाशक अंजन
- English
- Collyrium against vata-type abhishyanda
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Citron (matulunga)बिजौरा नींबू (मातुलुंग) | मातुलुंग / विजोरा निंबू का रस | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधालोण | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृतं (श्लोक में) | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल / तिल का तैल | Not stated |
| Breast milkस्त्री का दूध | वनितापय / स्त्री का दूध | Not stated |
| Niliनीली | सनीलिकं / नीली | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | कटुत्रिक / सौंठ, मिरच, पीपल (धूप हेतु) | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The ingredients are combined and rubbed well together (the commentary adds: in a copper or stone vessel), and the collyrium is fumigated with dry ginger, black pepper and long pepper.
इन को एकत्र कर के (ताम्रपात्र या पत्थर के पात्र में) अच्छी तरह पीसें
How it is used
Applied to the eyes as a collyrium, regularly.
हमेशा अंजन करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Conjunctivitis (abhishyanda)(वातभिष्यंदक)
विजोरा निंबू का रस, सैंधालोण, तिल का तैल, स्त्री का दूध, नीली, इन को एकत्रSource wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 288 · v. 135.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 verse names ghee (घृतं); the commentary's list omits it.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T14
- Record id
- formulation_vatabhishyanda_anjana_p360