Dry ginger collyrium for shushkakshipaka

A collyrium of dry ginger powder ground with breast milk, ghee, oil, rock salt and citron juice, described as excellent for shushkakshipaka.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: शुष्काक्षिपाक का शुंठी अंजन
English: Dry ginger collyrium for shushkakshipaka

Ingredients and preparation

Collyrium (anjana)EyeChapter 15 · p. 314 · v. 256

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी)	शुंठी-चूर्ण / सोंठ का चूर्ण	Not stated
Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)	स्तन्योदक / स्तनदूध	Not stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	घृत	Not stated
Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)	तैल / तेल	Not stated
Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)	सैंधव / सैंधानमक	Not stated
Citron (matulunga)बिजौरा नींबू (मातुलुंग)	पूरकरस / बिजैरा नींबू का रस	Not stated

Preparation as described

Dry ginger powder is ground well in breast milk, ghee, oil, rock salt and citron juice.

सोंठ के चूर्ण को अच्छी तरह पीसकर अंजन तैयार करें।

How it is used

Applied as a collyrium.

वह अंजन शुष्काि़ापाकरोग के लिए अत्यन्त हितकर है

Indicated for, as the text says

Shushkakshipaka (dry suppuration of the eye)(शुष्काि़ापाकरोग)

Therapies involvedCollyrium application (anjana)अंजन (सुरमा लगाना)

Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)

स्तनदूध, घृत व तेल सैंधानमक, बिजैरा नींबू के रस में सोंठ के चूर्ण को अच्छी तरह पीसकर अंजन तैयार करें। वह अंजन शुष्काि़ापाकरोग के लिए अत्यन्त हितकर हैSource wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 314 · v. 256.

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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