Herbal cosmetics in ancient India with a treatise on planta cosmetica / Kunda B. Patkar & P.V. Bole.

  • Patkar, Kunda B.
Date:
1997
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Credit: Herbal cosmetics in ancient India with a treatise on planta cosmetica / Kunda B. Patkar & P.V. Bole. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    51 Svarasa : Expressed juice. It is prepared by pounding fresh vegetables in a mortar, expressing the juice and straining it through cloth. 52. Taila : Oil. Whenever oil is to be used, it should be interpreted as Til oil. 53. Udgharshana : To rub the skin with a hard substance, with or without fragrant unguents. Udgharshana cleanses the body, increases blood circulation resulting in the improvement of the skin. 54. Udvartana : Rubbing and cleansing the body with perfumes or fragrant unguents. 55. Udvartaka : A substance (viz. powder, paste etc.) with which the body is rubbed. Usually aromatic. 56. Vaman : Emetics. 57. Varna-Dravyani : Complexion promoters. Improve the texture and quality of the skin. 58. Vilepanam : Lepa applied repeatedly. 59. Vyanga-Nilikadi-Nashanam : Cure for darkness, tans, freckles, erruptions, blemishes, marks etc. 60. Yauvana-Pitaka-Vinashanam : Pimple and acne cure. To get rid of eruptions and marks caused in adolescence. 61. Yavagu : Sometimes medicines are added to powdered rice, wheat, barley, etc. and boiled with water into a gruel.