Astanga Hrudaya
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शुण्ठीं माद्रीं घनं कुष्ठं सरलं पटुपञ्चकम् । दाहयेज्जर्जरीकृत्य दधिस्नेहचतुष्कवत् ॥ ७१ ॥
śuṇṭhī – Zingiber officinale, mādrī, ghana – Cyperus rotundus, kuṣṭha – Saussurea lappa, sarala – Pinus roxburghii, and the five salts (pañcalavaṇa). These ingredients should be crushed together, mixed with curds (dadhi) and the four types of fats (sneha-catuṣka: ghee, oil, fat, and marrow), and then placed inside a sealed container;
english translation
अन्तर्धूमं ततः क्षाराद्बिडालपदकं पिबेत् । मदिरादधिमण्डोष्णजलारिष्टसुरासवैः ॥ ७२ ॥
It should be burnt to ashes using the closed-heating method (antardhūma method). This alkali (kṣāra) formulation should be consumed in a dose of one biḍālapadaka (approx. 12 grams) along with either madirā (wine), dadhimaṇḍa (whey), warm water, ariṣṭa, surā, or āsava (various fermented medicinal preparations);
english translation
उदरं गुल्ममष्ठीलां तूण्यौ शोफं विषूचिकाम् । प्लीहहृद्रोगगुदजान् उदावर्तं च नाशयेत् ॥ ७३ ॥
It cures enlargement of the abdomen (udara roga), abdominal tumors (gulma), aṣṭhīlā (prostatic/urinary enlargement), both types of bladder/groin pain (tūṇī and pratitūṇī), dropsy/edema (śopha), viṣūcikā (gastroenteritis/severe indigestion), diseases of the spleen (plīhan), heart disease (hṛdroga), hemorrhoids (gudaja), and upward movement of vāta (udāvarta).
english translation
जयेदरिष्टगोमूत्रचूर्णायस्कृतिपानतः । सक्षारतैलपानैश्च दुर्बलस्य कफोदरम् ॥ ७४ ॥
Kaphaja Udara present in weak persons should be won over by the drinking of arista, cow urine, powders of herbs, drinking of Ayaskrti (chapter 12) and oils mixed with Alkalies
english translation
उपनाह्यं ससिद्धार्थकिण्वैर्बीजैश्च मूलकात् । कल्कितैरुदरं स्वेदमभीक्ष्णं चात्र योजयेत् ॥ ७५ ॥
The abdomen should be fomented with paste made of siddhārtha – Brassica nigra fermenting enzymes and seeds of Raphanus sativus applied as poultice, without break (daily)
english translation