Paste for blackening the hair

Mango fruits with soft stones, iron powder and jujube are powdered in equal parts; a hundred pala of this powder is mixed with one adhaka of sesame oil and one drona of triphala decoction in an earthen pot treated with ghee and oil, buried in a heap of grain for six months and then applied as before; white hair is said to turn black. A footnote gives कीत्र्या as a variant reading.