Palasha gum ground with milk and mixed with sugar, used as eye drops (ashchyotana); said to remove quickly all pitta-born eye diseases and amladhyushita.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- ढाक के गोंद का आश्च्योतन
- English
- Palasha gum eye drops
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश) | नरकिंशुकवृ़ाजातं निर्यास / ढाक की गोंद | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | ़ींरेण / दूध | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शर्करा / शक्कर | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The gum is ground with milk and mixed with sugar.
ढाक की गोंद को दूध के साथ पीसकर शक्कर मिलाकर
How it is used
Instilled into the eyes as ashchyotana.
आशच्योतन (आँखों में डालने की विधि) करें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Eye disorders (netraroga)(समस्त पित्तकृत नेत्ररोग)
- Amladhyushita (eye inflammation from sour food)(अम्लाधयुषित)
ढाक की गोंद को दूध के साथ पीसकर शक्कर मिलाकर आशच्योतन (आँखों में डालने की विधि) करें। समस्त पित्तकृत नेत्ररोगों को व अम्लाधयुषित आदि रोगों को शीघ्र वह दूर करता है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 314 · v. 258-259.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 does the text give for amladhyushita, and where is one of these remedies said to be unsuitable?
Eye drops of palasha gum with milk and sugar, and a triphala decoction with ghee to drink; the triphala remedy is said not to be beneficial in shukti.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T15
- Record id
- remedy_palasha_p386_4