Conch Shell for Heartburn & Acid Reflux

51 Matsya varga – group of fish म या रो हतापाठ नकूमकु भीरककटाः शुि तश खो श बूकशफर व म चि काः चुलूक न मकर शशुमार त म गलाः राजी च ल चमा या च मांस म याहुर टधा म ृ यं वै क रकं क च ातुदं च बलेशयम ् ासहं च महाम ृ यमपचरं मा यम टधा Rohita (red fish), pathina (boal), kurma (tortoise), kumbhira (gavial, alligator), karkata (crab), sukti (pearl mussel), sankha (conch shell), urdu (otter), sambuka (comman snail), safari (large glistening fish), varmi candrika 9a kind of cat fish) culuki 9propoise,

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

13 Putpaka Dravyas भूशय सहानूपमेदोम जवसा मषैः नेहनं पयसा प टैःजीवनीयै च क पयेत ् Snehana Putapaka is done by making use of fat, marrow, muscle fat and juice of meat of animals which live in burrows (Bhushaya), which bite (Prasaha) – cut their food, cow, horse, ass etc, and those which live in Marshy lands (Anupa), or with drugs of Jivaneeya gana- (chapter 15) macerated with milk- 14 म ृगप य ु मांसमु ताय ता सै धवैः ोतोजराश खफेन आलैलखानं म तक ु ि कतैः Lekhana Putapaka is by making use of M

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Tarpana Putpaka Vidhi

To this is added one Kudava (192 g) of ash of limestone, shells of mother of pearls, Kshirapaka (Khatika or clay), spiral of conch shell – each made red hot over a pan, fine powder of excreta of cock, peacock, falcon, heron and pigeon, bile of quadrupeds and birds, Ala ( haritala-Orpiment), Manohva (Realgar) and salts, all these are ground into a paste and mixed with the boiling solution, stirring it all the while from all sides.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Kshar-AgniKarma Vidhi

Sarvatisara Nashaka Ghrita: Paste of unripe Udumbara fruits, bark of Jambu, Amra, Udumbara, conch shell, Sarjarasa, Laksha, and Kardama—each one pala (50g)—cooked with one prastha (800ml) ghee and two prastha (1600ml) milk.

— Charaka Samhita, Siddhi Sthana — Therapeutic Procedures, Chapter 8: Standardized Enema Formulations in Prasrita Units (Prasrita Yogiyam Siddhi / प्रासृतयोगीयसिद्धि)

For hair removal (Kesha Nashaka): two parts of conch shell powder (Shankha Churna) and one part Haritala (orpiment, arsenic trisulphide).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

The alkaline conch shell powder enhances its keratolytic action.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

Another (depilatory) paste: Talaka (orpiment) two Shanas, Shankha Churna (conch shell powder) six Shanas, and Palasha Kshara (alkali of Butea monosperma) two Shanas -- grind together.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

Add conch shell powder (Shankha Churna) one Shana measure.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

Conch shell powder provides calcium and alkalinity that is antifungal.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

Kapha-type is thick, oily, and pale like a conch shell, jasmine, or moon.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 7: Drishtigata Roga Vijnaniya Adhyaya (Chapter on Diseases of Vision/Pupil)

With honey, conch shell, Nepali-origin herb, daruharidra (tree turmeric), and saindhava.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 12: Raktabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Blood-type Conjunctivitis)

Sphatika (alum), vidruma (coral), conch shell, madhuka (licorice), and honey as well.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 12: Raktabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Blood-type Conjunctivitis)

Conch shell with honey and sugar, or sea-foam alone — these two liquid preparations are prescribed as anjana for destroying arjuna (pterygium-like eye lesion).

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 12: Raktabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Blood-type Conjunctivitis)

Sea-foam, the best salt, conch shell, mudra, and white pepper.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 12: Raktabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Blood-type Conjunctivitis)