ANJANA in ayurveda

DR. AMIT MANE

 CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• AYURVEDIC VIEW
• MODERN VIEW
• CONTROVERSY
• DISCUSSION
• SUMMARY
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
•
 INTRODUCTION
• Very much controversial
• Less understood drug
• Though it is used routinely in our day
to day life but still its controversy
persist
• Considered as both herbal and
mineral drug
• Found naturally and prepared
artificially
•
 Contd….
• Very useful in various diseases,
specially in eye diseases
• So many yogas available in market
• Less research work has been carried
out
• Scientific analysis is necessary
•
•
 HISTORY
• Reference in Charaka, Sushruta and
Ashtanga Samhitas
• Since 8th century
• One of the oldest material used in
India and Asian countries.
• Especially for cosmetic for eyes.
• Specially by people of Muslim
community
• Used both externally and internally.
 AYURVEDIC VIEW
• Explanation both herbal and mineral
drug
• Varga – Uparasa
• Vernacular names-
üSanskrit- Anjana, Mechak, Lochaka
üHindi- Surama
üMarathi- Surama, Kajal
 Contd….
• Types- 5, 3 & 2
1.Souviranjana
2.Stronjana
3.Nilanjana
4.Pushpanjana
5.Rasanjana
6.
7.
 Contd….
• A/c to Sushruta all these types are
distinguish in 3 category-
1)Soundaryavardhaka
2)Soundaryavardhaka with netraroga
3)Only in netraroga
4)
5)
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 PARYAYA
• Soviranjana:- krishnanjana, Suviraka,
Souvira
• Strotonjana- kapotanjana, Yamuney,
strotoj
• Nilanjana:-
Lohamardavakaraka,Suvarnaghna,V
arisambhava, Shukrabhumija
• Pushpanjana:- kusumanjana,
koustubha, Pushpaketu, Ritija,
Ritipushpaka
 STROTONJANA
• Rasa:- ks, madura
• Guna:- snigdha
• Virya:- shita
• Karma:- lekhana, netra, grahi
• Doshaprabhava:- kapha pitta hara
• Vyadhiprabhava:- Hikka, Visha,
Chardi, Kshay
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 SOUVIRANJANA
• Rasa:- t, k, ks
• Guna:- hima, snigdha, dhumra varna
• Virya:- shita
• Vipaka:- madhura
• Karma:- vrana shodhaka, ropana,
drukprasadana, sangrahi,
raktapittahara, lekhana
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 RASANJANA
• Rasa:- K, T, M
• Guna:- shita, pitabhama
• Veerya:- shita
• Vipaka:- m
• Karma:- chakshushya, varnya,
kushtaghna, drukaprasadana,
stholyahara, rasayana
• Doshprabhava:- V P hara
• Vyadhi:- vishroga, mukharoga,
raktaroga, shwas, krimirogam
•
 PUSHPANJANA
• Rasa:- kshariya
• Guna:- snigdha, shweta, hima
• Veerya:- shita
• Vyadhi prabhava:- hikka, netra roga,
visharoga,jwara, etc
 NILANJANA
• Guna:- snigdha, nila varna, guru
• Karma:- netrya, rasayana,
lohamardavakaraka
• Doshaprabhava:- tridoshaghna
• Vyadhiprabhava:- tridoshahara, netra
roga
 AVAILIBILITY
• Souviranjana, strotonjana and
Nilanjana are khanija. Pushpanjana
and rasanjana are artificial
prepared in lab.
• Souviranjana:- Bihar
• Strotonjana:- Bihar, Mysore, Andhra,
Jammu, Nepal, Burma, Afagan, etc
• Nilanjana:- Bihar, Kashmir, Burma
• Pushpanjana:- artificially in lab
• Rasanjana:- in J&K these trees are
available
 BHOTIKA GUNA &
SWAROOPA
• Soviranjana:- combination of
Antimony and Sulphur. After
rubbing it looks like ink colour
•
• Stotonjana:- combination of
Antimony and Sulphur. It is
Shikharakar, nilavarna, after rubing
looks like Gairika varna
•
• Nilanjana:- combination of Lead and
Sulphur.nilavarna, heavy, shiny
 Contd….
• Pushpanjana:- combination of Zinc
and O2. shweta, atimasruna,
shlakshna, churna like
•
• Rasanjana:- it is contraversial.
Vanaspatik dravya. Irritating smell.
Black colour. After dissolve in water
it becomes Pita varna.
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 USES
• Souviranjana:- aushadhopayogi
• Stotonjana:- fire works, lightning
• Nilanjana:- Dhatikarmapayogi
• Pushpanjana:- vrana and twak roga
nashaka
• Rasanjana:- vrana nashaka, vrana
shodhaka, netra roga
 SHODHANA
• Samanya shodhana is same for all
types of anjanas:-
Ø Bhringraja swarasa bhavana – 7
times
 VISHESHA SHODHANA
• Souviranjana & strotonjana:-
 pottali


 Triphala kwath/ Bhringaraj

swarasa


 3 hrs swedana
 Contd….
• Nilanjana
 Jambir swarasa bhavana – 8 hrs
• Rasanjana
• Suryavartadi yoga bhavana – 3 times
 YOGAS
• Rasanjana:- Ashok ghrita,
Chandanadi churna, Pushkar leha,
Rasashardula,Netrashani rasa
• Souviranjana:- Timiraharanjana,
Shighraprabhava rasa
• Strotonjana:- Chandabhairava rasa,
Rasendramangala rasa
• Pushpanjana:- Churnanjana
• Nilanjana:- Vadavanala rasa,
Vatanashano rasa, Rasendra varti,
Shulwadi varti
 ARTIFICIAL PREPARATION
• Rasanjana:-
 Daruharidra kashtha( yavakuta)


 Add water and make kwath



 Filter it


 Add goat milk



 Agni


 Spred in flat pan and dry in sunlight



 It is black pind like

 Pushpanjana nirman vidhi
• It is zinc oxide
 Take Yashada in pan


 Heat


 Blooming like flower

Its MP is 419 C and BP is 930 C
 OTHER TYPES
• Anjana tritaya:-
 It is combination of
strotonjana,Soviranjana and
Pushpanjana. It is useful in
Netrabhishandya.
• Tuhinanjana/ Shita anjana:-
 Combination of Sora, Karpura and
Sh.Souviranjana. It is helpful in
Kandu, Daha, Stravyukta netra,etc.
YELLOW OXIDE OF MERCURY
 Keep mercury in Musha
•
 Don’t seal
•
 Heat
•
 Parada will react with Oxygen and
yellow layer will form on surface
 2nd method
 Mix Mercuric chloride and Costi
soda
•
 Yellow oxide settle down at
bottom
•
 Wash this residue with cold water
4-5 times
•
 Dried in shade
• Timiraharanjana:-
 Sh.Naga


 Give tivra agni and melt it



 Add sh.Parada in that melted Naga



 Immiditely traturate that mishrana



 Add Souviranjana


 Again triturate for 7 days



 After 7 days add Bhimseni ( Karpura )



 Mix it properly
 CONTROVERSY
• Rasanjana:-
1.On the basis of scintific analysis
many author told rasanjana is
bhramaka.
2.According to Prof. D.A.Kulakarni and
Dr. Vaman Desai Yellow oxide of
Mercury is Rasanjana. Beacause if
we see the synonyms of
Rasanjana, all are related with
Parada. Like Rasagraja,
 Contd….
3. According to Yadavaji Maharaj,
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rasanjana is Darvikwath ghana.

Beacause in rasashastra there are
many drugs related with herbal and
animal origin. Like kankushtha,
Kampillak,Moti, Praval,etc. yellow
oxide of Mercury is for
Bahyaprayoga. But in Chraka
samhita ref is for abhyantara
prayoga. That is Daruharidra kwath.
 Contd….
4. At the time of Dalhana, some


acharya consider Rasanjana is

Rasout or Krishna pashan dhatu
dravya. And also consider rasanjana
is paryaya os Strotonjana.
 Contd….
• Pushpanjana controversy:-
1.Some author consider it is Zinc oxide
which is white in colour.
2.Some consider it is Antimony oxide
SB2O3
3.According to Ayurveda Prakash it is
Ritikitta
4.R.R.S. says according to Pushpanjana
name may be it is extact of flower.
•
 Contd….
5. It is nectoror extract of flower
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which is available in Kashmir. It is

called Kashmir Madhu.
6.According to Atreya samhitait is
extract of Kamal pushpa. It
is called Padma madhu.
7.Pushpa kasisa is also consider
pushpanjana. Beacause Pushpa
kasisa synonyms are nayan
aushadha, netraaushadha etc.
 Contd….
8. Acc to Ayu Pra. It is Ritikitta. Riti
means Pittala ( Brass).it is alloy of
Copper and Zinc.
9. The roasted Sphatika ( Alum ) mens

Sphatika laja is also consider as

Pushpanjana.
 Contd….
• However it is difficult to identify
singla material is Pushpanjana. If
nector or extract of flower is
exluded, though it is not mineral
then pushpanjana could be either
dehydrated ferrous sulphate,
dehydrated alum or may be zinc
oxide.
 COMPLICATIONS
• Mostly it is safe to use
• But there are some ref to use
internally also
• Stotonjana is a Khanija of Naga
dhatu. So it acts like Grahi. If we
take continous sevana of it, then it
sticks in to intestines.
• It results in to uterine contraction
and overian contraction in pregnant
ladies.
 MODERN VIEW
• Stibnite/ Antimony glance/ gray
Antimony:-
Ø Chemical compo- Sb3S3
Ø Crystal form- orthrohombic, usually
prismatic
Ø Form- elongated, bladed crystals,
brittle,
Ø Colour- lead gray with bluish
tinge,silvery white
Ø Lustre- metallic
 Contd….
• Galena/ lead glance/ blue lead:-
Ø Chem comp- PbS
Ø Crystal form- cubic
Ø Colour- lead gray with bluish tinge
Ø Hardness- 2.5
Ø Sp gr- 7.4 to 7.6
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Ø
 SUMMARY
• By seeing all these, we come to know

that Anjana is very useful in various

conditions

• Better to keep aside the controversy

and concentrate on the proper

 Conclusion
• Though Anjana has the reference

since Samhita Kala, its controversy

still persists

• Modern sophisticated techniques can

be adopted to solve the

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 REFERENCES
• Charaka samhita
• Sushruta samhita
• Ashtanga hridaya
• Rasashastra compiled books
• www.scribd.com
• www.wikipedia.com
• www.googleimeges.com
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