Smooth probes of silver, copper, lead and gold are made for rubbing on the eye and applying collyrium; they are coated with mercury and bahuvara, heated and quenched in sour gruel, and such purified, cool probes rubbed on the eyes are said to make them clear.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- शलाका निर्माण
- Hindi
- अंजन-शलाका का निर्माण
- English
- Making and treating the eye probes
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Silver (rajata)चांदी (रजत) | तार / चाँदी | Not stated |
| Copper (tamra)तांबा (ताम्र) | ताम्र / ताम्बा | Not stated |
| Lead (naga, sisaka)सीसा (नाग) | गज / सीसा | Not stated |
| Gold (svarna)सोना (स्वर्ण) | हेम / सोना | Not stated |
| Mercury (parada)पारा (पारद) | रसेंद्र / पारा | Not stated |
| Bahuvaraलिसोडा | बहुवार / बहु बार (लिसोडा) | Not stated |
| Fermented sour gruel (kanji)कांजी | सैवीर / कांजी | Not stated |
How it is used
The probe is rubbed on the eyes and used to apply collyrium.
इस प्रकार विशुद्द व शीत उस शलाका को मनुष्यों की आँख पर रगडने से आँखंे निर्मल हो जाती है।
Therapies involvedCollyrium application (anjana)अंजन (सुरमा लगाना)
Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)
दृष्टि में रगडने व अंजन लगाने के लिए, चाँदी, ताम्बा, सीसा, व सोने की चिकनी शलाका बनानी चाहिए। उस पर पारा बहु बार (लिसोडा) का लेपन करके गरम करें अैर उसे, कांजी में बु¤ावें।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 319 · v. 283.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
- बहुवार can also be read as 'many times'; the commentary takes it as the plant lisoda. The verse word read as गज is glossed सीसा (lead) in the commentary.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T15
- Record id
- method_shalaka_nirmana_p391