Astanga Hrudaya

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पिबेत्सञ्चूर्ण्य मूत्रेण पेयापूर्वं ततो रसैः । विरिक्तो जाङ्गलैरद्यात्ततः षड्दिवसं पयः ॥ ११ ॥

are made into a nice powder and consumed mixed with cow urine. After purgation, the patient should drink thin gruel first, followed by eating rice mixed with the soup of meat of animals from desert-like lands (jāngala).

english translation

pibetsaJcUrNya mUtreNa peyApUrvaM tato rasaiH । virikto jAGgalairadyAttataH SaDdivasaM payaH ॥ 11 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

शृतं पिबेद्व्योषयुतं पीतमेवं पुनः पुनः । हन्ति सर्वोदराण्येतच्चूर्णं जातोदकान्यपि ॥ १२ ॥

For the next six days, they should drink milk boiled with vyoṣa (Piper longum, Piper nigrum, and Zingiber officinale). This powder, consumed in this manner repeatedly, cures all varieties of abdominal enlargement (udara roga), even those with fluid accumulation (ascites).

english translation

zRtaM pibedvyoSayutaM pItamevaM punaH punaH । hanti sarvodarANyetaccUrNaM jAtodakAnyapi ॥ 12 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

गवाक्षीं शङ्खिनीं दन्तीं तिल्वकस्य त्वचं वचाम् । पिबेत्कर्कन्धुमृद्वीकाकोलाम्भोमूत्रसीधुभिः ॥ १३ ॥

Powder of gavākṣīṃ – Citrullus colocynthis, śaṅkhinīṃ – Euphorbia dracunculoides / Canscora decussata, dantīṃ – Baliospermum montanum, tilvakasya tvacaṃ – Bark of Symplocos racemosus and vacām – Acorus calamus should be consumed with either juice of karkandhu – Ziziphus mauritiana, mṛdvīkā – Vitis vinifera, kola – Ziziphus jujube, cow urine or fermented sugarcane juice.

english translation

gavAkSIM zaGkhinIM dantIM tilvakasya tvacaM vacAm । pibetkarkandhumRdvIkAkolAmbhomUtrasIdhubhiH ॥ 13 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

यवानी हपुषा धान्यं शतपुष्पोपकुञ्चिका । कारवी पिप्पलीमूलमजगन्धा शठी वचा ॥ १४ ॥

Equal quantities of yavānī – Trachyspermum ammi, hapuṣā – Juniperus communis, dhānyaṃ – Coriandrum sativum, śatapuṣpa – Anethum sowa, upakuñcikā – Nigella sativa, kāravī – Carum carvi, pippalīmūlaṃ – roots of Piper longum, ajagandhā – Cleome gynandra, śaṭhī – Curcuma zedoaria, and vacā – Acorus calamus;

english translation

yavAnI hapuSA dhAnyaM zatapuSpopakuJcikA । kAravI pippalImUlamajagandhA zaThI vacA ॥ 14 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

चित्रकोऽजाजिकं व्योषं स्वर्णक्षीरी फलत्रयम् । द्वौ क्षारौ पौष्करं मूलं कुष्ठं लवणपञ्चकम् ॥ १५ ॥

citraka – Plumbago zeylanica, ajājikaṃ – Cuminum cyminum, vyoṣaṃ – Piper longum, Piper nigrum and Zingiber officinale, svarṇakṣīrī – Argemone mexicana, phalatrayam – Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellirica and Emblica officinalis, the two alkalis (yavakṣāra and svarjikākṣāra), pauṣkaraṃ mūlaṃ – Inula racemosa, kuṣṭhaṃ – Saussurea lappa, the five salts (pañcalavaṇa),

english translation

citrako'jAjikaM vyoSaM svarNakSIrI phalatrayam । dvau kSArau pauSkaraM mUlaM kuSThaM lavaNapaJcakam ॥ 15 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript