White hair is first smeared with a paste (kalka) of triphala and washed with triphala decoction. Then iron powder, in an amount equal to it, is ground well with the juices of champa, vidanga and kunduru and with rice-washing water and applied to the hair; the white hair is said to become black.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- त्रिफला कल्क के बाद लोहचूर्ण का लेप
- English
- Iron-powder hair paste after a triphala wash
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | कल्कं सत्त्रिफलाकृतं; त्रिफलांबु / त्रिफला के कल्क; त्रिफला के काढे | Not stated |
| Iron (loha)लोहा (लोह) | लोहरज / लोहचूर्ण | लोहरजस्समै / लोहचूर्ण को इसके बराबर · iron powder in an equal amount |
| Champakaचम्पा | चम्पा (भावार्थ) | Not stated |
| Vidanga (false black pepper)वायविडंग (विडंग) | वायविडंग (भावार्थ) | Not stated |
| Kunduruकुंदुरु | सुकुंदक / कुंदुरु | Not stated |
| Rice-washing waterचावल का धोवन | तणडुलाम्बुद्रव / चावल के धोवन | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Iron powder equal in amount is ground well with the juices of champa, vidanga and kunduru and rice-washing water.
डालें। पश्चात् लोहचूर्ण को इसके बराबर, चम्पा, वायविडंग कुंदुरु इनके रस व चावल के धोवन से
How it is used
Applied to the hair after the triphala paste has been applied and washed off with triphala decoction.
भावार्थ : सफेद बालों पर पहले त्रिफला के कल्क को लेप करके त्रिफला के काढे से धो
Indicated for, as the text says
- Premature greying (palitya)(केशान् सितान् / सफेद बाल)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
अच्छी तरह पीस कर बालों पर लगाने से सफेद बाल काले हो जाते हैं।Source wording as converted, Chapter 23 · p. 564 · v. 93.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
What do the hair-blackening preparations of verses 88 to 101 have in common?
Every one of them contains iron powder, most also triphala and several nilanjana, bhringaraja, nili and sesame oil; most are matured in an iron vessel or a treated pot, often buried in a heap of grain, then worshipped and applied to the hair.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Supervision is flagged for the iron powder. The commentary's list (champa, vidanga, kunduru, rice water) is followed; the verse wording here (़ाैद्रस-द्धूतैस्तंडुलजै सुकुंदकयुतै:) is partly unclear. Footnote 1 on PDF 636 gives लिह्य as a variant reading.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 23
- Extraction tasks
- T26
- Record id
- remedy_loha_p636_1