Astanga Hrudaya

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नीलिनीं निचुलं व्योषं क्षारौ लवणपञ्चकम् । चित्रकं च पिबेच्चूर्णं सर्पिषोदरगुल्मनुत् ॥ २६ ॥

Powder of nīlinīṃ – Indigofera tinctoria, niculaṃ – Barringtonia acutangula, vyoṣaṃ – Piper longum, Piper nigrum and Zingiber officinale, the two alkali the five salts, citrakaṃ ca – and Plumbago zeylanica, consumed with ghee cures enlargement of the abdomen and abdominal tumours.

english translation

nIlinIM niculaM vyoSaM kSArau lavaNapaJcakam । citrakaM ca pibeccUrNaM sarpiSodaragulmanut ॥ 26 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

पूर्ववच्च पिबेद्दुग्धं क्षामः शुद्धोऽन्तराऽन्तरा। कारभं गव्यमाजं वादद्यादात्ययिके गदे॥२७॥

The patient who has become thin / weak by these purgative recipes should drink milk of the camel, cow or goat, in between, in the disease associated with complications / in emergency, in the same manner as described earlier (in verses 11-12)

english translation

pUrvavacca pibeddugdhaM kSAmaH zuddho'ntarA'ntarA। kArabhaM gavyamAjaM vAdadyAdAtyayike gade॥27॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

स्नेहानेव विरेकार्थे दुर्बलेभ्यो विशेषतः। हरीतकीसूक्ष्मरजःप्रस्थयुक्तं घृताढकम्॥२८॥

In case of emergency in the disease, fat (any purgative oil) only can be given to produce purgation especially so to the weak patients. One prastha (768 grams) of fine powder of harītakī – Terminalia chebula is added to one Adhaka (3 Kg 73 grams) of ghee,

english translation

snehAneva virekArthe durbalebhyo vizeSataH। harItakIsUkSmarajaHprasthayuktaM ghRtADhakam॥28॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अग्नौ विलाप्य मथितं खजेन यवपल्लके । निधापयेत्ततो मासादुद्धृतं गालितं पचेत् ॥ २९ ॥

melted by fire, churned well with a churner, put into a pot and kept concealed in a heap of barley. After one month it is taken out and filtered,

english translation

agnau vilApya mathitaM khajena yavapallake । nidhApayettato mAsAduddhRtaM gAlitaM pacet ॥ 29 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

हरीतकीनां क्वाथेन दध्ना चाम्लेन संयुतम् । उदरं गरं अष्ठीलामानाहं गुल्मविद्रधी ॥ ३० ॥

mixed with decoction of harītakī -Terminalia chebula and sour curds and cooked for some time. This ghee consumed (daily) cures enlargement of the abdomen, homicidal poisoning,

english translation

harItakInAM kvAthena dadhnA cAmlena saMyutam । udaraM garaM aSThIlAmAnAhaM gulmavidradhI ॥ 30 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript