Kataka fruit and karanja fruit ground with goat's urine make a collyrium that the text calls sight-giving.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कतक-करंज अंजन
- English
- Kataka and karanja collyrium
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Kataka (clearing nut)निर्मली (कतक) | कतक फल | Not stated |
| Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज) | नक्रफल / करंज फल | Not stated |
| Goat urineबकरे का मूत्र | छागांबु / बकरे का मूत्र | Not stated |
How it is used
Applied as a collyrium.
यह अंजन आँख को बनाने वाला है।
Therapies involvedCollyrium application (anjana)अंजन (सुरमा लगाना)
Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)
बकरे के मूत्र के साथ कतक फल, करंज फल, इसको पीसकर अंजर तैयार करें। यह अंजन आँख को बनाने वाला है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 319 · v. 282.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
- Given after the needling of kapha linganasha; no disease is named for it.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T15
- Record id
- remedy_kataka_p391_1