Lac for Anemia

13-15 For Shamana- Madyama, medium kind of smoke शमने श लक ला ा प ृ वीका कमलो पलम ् य ोधोद ु बरा व थ ल रो वचः सताः यि टमधु सुवण वक् प कं र तयि टका ग धा चाकु ठतगराः useful drugs are - shallaki, Laksha,Prithvika, Kamala, Utpala, Barks of Nyagrodha, Udumbara, Asvattha, Plaksa and Rodhra;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Dhumpana Medicated Smoking

If there is fresh injury to the chest, then the patient should be given laksha (lac) along with milk and honey.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 11: Chest Injury and Emaciation Treatment (Kshatakshina Chikitsa / क्षतक्षीणचिकित्सा)

Beejaka taken in the amount of sixteen pala, twenty pala of triphala, five pala of draksha and seven pala of laksha are added to one drona of water and boiled till one fourth of water remains.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 16: Anemia Treatment (Pandu Chikitsa / पाण्डुचिकित्सा)

The haridra (turmeric), roots of eranda (Ricinus communis Linn), laksha (Ficus Lacor Buch-Ham), manahshila (realgar, an Arsenic compound), jatamansi (Nardostachys jatamansone BC), are powdered properly and wick is prepared.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 17: Hiccup and Dyspnea Treatment (Hikka Shvasa Chikitsa / हिक्काश्वासचिकित्सा)

), laksha (Ficus lacor Buch Ham.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 17: Hiccup and Dyspnea Treatment (Hikka Shvasa Chikitsa / हिक्काश्वासचिकित्सा)

Sprikka (Delphinium zalil), plava (Cyperus rotundus), sthauneyaka (Taxus baccata), kanksi (Saurashtrika), shaileya (Parmelia perlata), rochana (bile of cow), tagara (Valeriana wallichii), dhyamaka (Cymbopogon martini), kunkuma (Crocus sativua), mamsi (Nardostachys jatamansi), agra (inflorescence) of surasa (Ocimum sanctum), ela (Elettaria cardamomum), ala (Haritala – Purified Arsenic trisulphide), kushtaghna (Khadira – Acacia catechu)), brhati (Solanum indicum), flower of sirisha (Albizzia lebbe

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 23: Poison Treatment (Visha Chikitsa / विषचिकित्सा)

Verses 38 through 210 describe extensive Ghrita (medicated ghee) and Taila (medicated oil) formulations including: Paniyakalpanaka Ghrita, Amrita Ghrita, Mahatiktaka Ghrita (for skin diseases and Pitta disorders), Panchatiktaka Ghrita (for deep-seated Pitta conditions), Triphala Ghrita (for eye diseases), Phala Ghrita (for fertility and reproductive health), Shatavari Ghrita, Mayura Ghrita, and numerous Taila (oil) preparations such as Laksha Taila (for fracture healing), Narayana Taila (for Vat

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 9: Snehakalpana (Oleaginous Preparations - Ghrita and Taila)

A comprehensive anti-leucoderma paste: Vakuchi (Psoralea corylifolia), Vetasa (Salix caprea/willow), Laksha (lac), Kakodumbarika (Ficus hispida), Kana (Pippali/Piper longum), Rasanjana (Berberis extract), iron powder (Ayash Churna), and black sesame (Krishna Tila) in equal parts.

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

Vayu-subduing Vastis (clysters) and emollient diet Niruddha-Prakasa (urethral stricture) Tube of iron, wood or shellac lubricated with clarified butter, gently introduced into urethra;

— Sushruta Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana, Chapter 20: Kshudra-Roga Chikitsa

Vayu-subduing Vastis (clysters) and emollient diet Niruddha-Prakasa (urethral stricture): Tube of iron, wood or shellac lubricated with clarified butter, gently introduced into urethra;

— Sushruta Samhita, Kshudra-Roga Chikitsa

Or with madhuka, utpala, kushtha, grapes, laksha, and sugar — boiled with saindhava, it destroys pain and redness.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 17: Drishtigata Roga Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Diseases of Vision / Drishti Roga)

In such cases the poisoned atmosphere should be purified by burning quantities of Laksha, Haridra, Ati-visha, Abhaya, Abda (Musta), Renuka, Ela, Dala (Teja-Patra), Valka (cinnamon), Kushtha and Priangu in the open ground.

— Sushruta Samhita, Kalpa Sthana, Chapter 3: Jangama-Visha-Vijnaniya

A compound of the powders of Laksha, Harenu, Nalada, Priyangu, the two kinds of Sigru, Yashti-madhu, Prithvika (Ela) and Haridra, pasted with honey and clarified butter, should be preserved inside a cow's horn and covered in the above manner.

— Sushruta Samhita, Kalpa Sthana, Chapter 5: Sarpa-dashta-Kalpa-Chikitsitam