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Herb
Saireyaka (porcupine flower)
कटसरैया (सैरेयक) · सैरेयक
Sahachari (the commentary: yellow katasaraiya) is one of the five plants in whose juice mercury is said to be fixed.
Glossary entry
सैरेयक
Condition
Premature greying (palitya)
पालित्य (बाल सफेद होना) · पालित्य
Chapter 23 ends with a series of pastes, oils and nasyas said to turn white hair black, most of them containing iron powder and matured in iron vessels or pots buried in grain.
Topic
Haritaki hair-blackening paste
केश काले करने का हरीतक्यादि लेप · केश कृष्णीकरण हरीतक्यादि लेप
Haritaki fried in oil and kamsa powder in equal parts, roasted iron powder equal to both and nilanjana equal to that are mixed with an equal amount of paste of bhringaraja, mallika,…
Formulation
Haritakyadi hair-blackening paste
केश कृष्णीकरण हरीतक्यादि लेप · हरीतक्यादि लेप
Haritaki fried in oil and kamsa powder are taken in equal parts, iron powder (roasted, says the verse) equal to both, and as much nilanjana (glossed as blue vitriol), all mixed together. A…
Formulation
Shyamadi hair-blackening oil
केशकृष्णीकरण श्यामादि तेल · श्यामादि तैल
The flowers of shyama (the commentary: phul priyangu, with a question mark), saireyaka (katsaraiya), sahachara (yellow katsaraiya) and black madanaphala; plenty of leaves of mahanila and…
Topic
Shyamadi hair-blackening oil, and a second preparation with metal powders
केश काले करने का श्यामादि तैल और धातु चूर्णों वाला दूसरा योग · केशकृष्णीकरण श्यामादि तैल
Flowers of shyama, saireyaka, sahachara and black madanaphala, leaves of mahanila and nila, shalaparni, mango kernel, arjuna bark, samudraphala, jujube, the bark of milky trees and iron…