Cooling pearl collyrium for shukti

A cooling collyrium for shukti: pearl, crystal, coral, conch, mother-of-pearl, gold, silver, sandal and sugar ground well in goat's milk.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: शुक्तिनाशक शीतांजन
English: Cooling pearl collyrium for shukti

Ingredients and preparation

Collyrium (anjana)EyeChapter 15 · p. 314 · v. 260

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Pearl (mukta)मोती (मुक्ता)	मुक्राफल / मोती	Not stated
Alum (sphatika)फिटकरी (स्फटिका)	स्फटिक / स्पटिकमणि	Not stated
Coral (pravala)मूंगा (प्रवाल)	विद्रुम	Not stated
Conch shell (shankha)शंख (शङ्ख)	शंख, शुक्रि / सीप	Not stated
Gold (svarna)सोना (स्वर्ण)	कांचन / सुवर्ण	Not stated
Silver (rajata)चांदी (रजत)	रजन / चांदी	Not stated
Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन)	चंदन	Not stated
Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता)	शर्करा	Not stated
Goat milk (aja-ksheera)बकरी का दूध (अजाक्षीर)	अजापयसा / बकरी का दूध	Not stated

Preparation as described

The substances are ground well in goat's milk.

इनको बकरी के दूध में अच्छी तरह पीसकर अंजन बनाकर

How it is used

Applied in the eyes as a collyrium.

अंजन बनाकर आँखों में प्रयोग करें।

Indicated for, as the text says

Shukti (red dots on the white of the eye)(इ़ागत शुक्रिविकार)

Therapies involvedCollyrium application (anjana)अंजन (सुरमा लगाना)

Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)

मोती, स्पटिकमणि, शंख, सीप, सुवर्ण, चांदी, चंदन व शर्करा इनको बकरी के दूध में अच्छी तरह पीसकर अंजन बनाकर आँखों में प्रयोग करें।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 314 · v. 260.

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.

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