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प्रियङ्गु नक्त माल योगः कुष्ठ हरः ॥

The mixture prepared from priyangu (panic seed) and naktamála (galedupa arborea) removes, when applied through the nose, leprosy.

english translation

कुष्ठ लोध्र योगः पाक शोषघ्नः ॥

The mixture prepared from kushtha (costus) and lodhra (symplocus) removes consumption.

english translation

कट फल द्रवन्ती विलङ्ग चूर्णं नस्तः कर्म शिरो रोग हरम् ॥

The mixture prepared from katuphala (glelina arborea), dravanti (anthericum tuberosum), and vilanga (a kind of seed) removes, when applied through the nose, headache and other diseases of the head.

english translation

प्रियङ्गु मञ्जिष्ठात गरला क्षार समधुक हरिद्रा क्षौद्र योगो रज्जु उदक विष प्रहार पतन निह्संज्ञानां पुनः प्रत्यानयनाय ॥

The application of the mixture prepared from priyangu (panic seed), manjishtha (rubia manjit), tagara (tabernæmontana coronaria), lákshárasa (the juice or essence of lac) madhuka (?), haridrá (turmeric), and kshaudra (honey) to persons who have fallen senseless by being beaten by a rope, by falling into water, or by eating poison, or by being whipped, or by falling, resuscitates them.

english translation

मनुष्याणाम् अक्ष मात्रम्, गव अश्वानां द्वि गुणम्, चतुर् गुणं हस्त्य् उष्ट्राणाम् ॥

The proportion of a dose is as much as an aksha (?) to men; twice as much to cows and horses; and four times as much to elephants and camels.

english translation