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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    face; black-spots, darkness etc. would disappear and face would gleam like the moon. AR. Utt. st. Chap. 32: 31, 32, p.566 1-47 If Alakttaka is given Bhavana seven times in the sweat of the testicles of a white horse, and applied to red lip, the lip will become white. The colour of the lips can be regained by means of the Madayantika and other plants. Kama 7(2): 39, 40, p. 1168 & 1185. Kanda 7: 28, 28.5, p. 128. 1-48 If Alakttaka is dipped in the sweat of the white horse and applied to (red) lips will become white.The colour of the lips can be regained by the application of Tamistra oil. H. 1(2): 69. p. 17. 1-49 Wax medicated with Manjishtha, Tutthaka (copper sulphate) Kamalashali, Jivanti and Dugdha (milk) would cure all the complaints regarding lips (viz. cracking, peeling etc.). H. 1(4): 71, P. 60. 1-50 If medicated wax prepared by adding following ingredients: Sarjarasa, Kanakagairika (red ochre), Phanita(jaggery), Ghruta (ghee), Taila (oil), and Saindhava (rock salt) is applied to the lips, cracking will stop and blisters and chaffing will be cured. H.l(4): 72, P. 60. T.V. Phanita-Dhanyaka Chakra. 56: 8. p. 237. Bhai. 61: 9 p. 672.