The editorial note defines tarpana as what satisfies the eyes: juices of drugs beneficial to the eyes, ghee and the like are poured into the eyes of the patient lying on his back and held there for some time.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- तर्पण
- Hindi
- तर्पण
- English
- Tarpana (satiating the eyes)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घी | Not stated |
How it is used
With the patient lying on his back, the liquid is placed in the eyes and retained for a while.
(रोगी को चित्त सुलाकर) आँखों में डालकर कुछ देर तक धारण किया
Indicated for, as the text says
- Eye disorders (netraroga)(नेत्रों की तृप्ति)
विशोष-तर्पण जो नेत्रों की तृप्ति करता है, उसे तर्पण कहते हैं।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 288 · v. 133.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.
Questions and answers
How does the editorial note explain tarpana and putapaka?
Tarpana is holding eye-beneficial juices or ghee in the eyes of the patient lying on his back; putapaka is juice squeezed from a leaf-wrapped, clay-coated ball of drugs roasted in a cow-dung fire and put into the eyes like tarpana.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T14
- Record id
- method_tarpana_p360