A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s16.10

v3.c48.s16.10

Mukhakaraṇa or mukhaprasāraṇa (93–110), a process brought about by means of a group of niyāmika or yamika drugs, makes mercury lose its wings (pakṣacchinna) 98 and fit to assimilate other substances. Two series of these herbs and other substances are enumerated. The first series consists of amṛtā, araṇyatulasī, candana, cāṅgerī, girikarṇī, kṛṣṇā, kṣīriṇī, madhuka, matsyākṣī, meghanādā, mṛgabhojinī, punarnavā, ravimūlikā, śaṅkhinī, śarapuṅkhā, sārivā, sarpākṣī, snuhī, tiktā, trāyantī, vajrakaṇcukī, and vajravallī (93–96). The second series consists of adrikarṇikā, ākhuparṇikā, aruṣkara, bhṛṅgarāj, brahmadaṇḍī, brahma ghnī, ciñcika, citraka, dhattūra, the droppings of pigeons and kokilas, dvilatā, grīṣmasundara, guḍūcī, haṃsapādī, haridrā, harītakī, hastiśuṇḍī, indravāruṇī, hiṅgumākṣika (an inorganic substance), kākajaṅghā, kākamācī, kañcukī, khāpara (an inorganic substance), kṣīriṇī, kumbhī, kutumbaka, mācikā, maṇḍūkaparṇī, mahārāṣṭrī, matsyākṣī, mṛgadūrvā, muṇḍī, mūrvā, muśalī, nāraṅga, pāṭhālī, puṅkhā, raktacitraka, saindhava, śaṅkhapuṣpikā, sarpākṣī, śatāvarī, śigru, śikhīśikhā, somavallī, sūraṇa, svayambhu, śvetārka, śvetavarṣābhū, tilaparṇikā, utpala, vajrakanda, vandhyā, varṣābhū, viṣnukrāntā, vṛścikālī, vyāghrapādī, and yakṣalocanā (97–106).