Saurāṣṭra-Lodhrādi Lepa · सौराष्ट्र-लोध्रादि लेप
oily skin; enlarged pores.
Multani Mitti (Fuller's Earth)
Saurāṣṭra-mṛttikā सौराष्ट्र-मृत्तिका
Calcium montmorillonite clay · —
Common: Fuller's earth · Multani mitti · Calcium bentonite
mineral clay shita wild-abundant
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- kashaya— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- guru · ruksha— qualities
- Virya
- shita— potency (cooling)
- Vipaka
- katu— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
V
Vata
·neutral
P
Pitta
↓pacifies
K
Kapha
↓pacifies
pacifies (↓) aggravates (↑) neutral (·)
Functions
face pack substrateoil-absorptioncooling
Fuller’s earth / Multani mitti. Mineral clay rich in calcium montmorillonite. The most-used face-pack substrate in modern Indian cosmetics. Sushruta calls it Saurashtra-mrittika (Saurashtra = Gujarat region; that’s the original geographic source).