A collyrium of long pepper, black pepper, dry ginger and drumstick seeds ground in sour citron juice; constant use is said to remove pishtaka and many kapha diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- पिष्टकनाशक अंजन
- English
- Long pepper collyrium for pishtaka
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | पिप्पली / पीपल | Not stated |
| Maricha (black pepper)काली मिर्च (मरिच) | मरिच | Not stated |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | नागर / सोंठ | Not stated |
| Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु) | शिग्रुबीज / सेंजन का बीज | Not stated |
| Citron (matulunga)बिजौरा नींबू (मातुलुंग) | लुंगजनित अम्ल / खट्टे माहुलुंग का रस | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Ground well with sour citron juice.
खट्टे माहुलुंग के रस के साथ अच्छी तरह पीसकर अंजन बनावें।
How it is used
Applied constantly as a collyrium.
सततांजनेन
Indicated for, as the text says
- Pishtaka (paste-like spot on the white of the eye)(इ़ागत पिष्टक)
- Kapha disorders(अनेक शलेष्म रोग)
Therapies involvedCollyrium application (anjana)अंजन (सुरमा लगाना)
Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)
पीपल, मिरच, सोंठ, सेंजन का बीज इनको खट्टे माहुलुंग के रस के साथ अच्छी तरह पीसकर अंजन बनावें।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 315 · v. 263.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.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T15
- Record id
- remedy_pippali_p387_2