Astanga Hrudaya
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विशालात्रिफलालोध्रनलिकादेवदारुभिः । हिंस्राकोशातकीमाद्रीतालपर्णीजयन्तिभिः ॥ २६ ॥
or from viśālā (Alstonia scholaris), triphalā (Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellerica, and Emblica officinalis), lodhra (Symplocos racemosa), nalikā (Hibiscus cannabinus), and devadāru (Cedrus deodara); or from hiṃsrā (Capparis sepiaria), kośātakī (Luffa acutangula), mādrī (Gliricidia sepium), tālaparṇī (Foeniculum vulgare), and jayantī (Sesbania sesban);
english translation
स्थूलकाकादनीशालनाकुलीवृषपर्णिभिः । वृद्ध्यर्द्धिहस्तिकर्णैश्च सुखोष्णैर्लेपनं हितम् ॥ २७ ॥
or from sthūlā (Cucumis melo), kākādanī (Capparis sepiaria), śāla (Shorea robusta), nākulī (Aristolochia indica), and vṛṣaparṇī (Adhatoda vasica); or from the herbs vṛddhi (Habenaria edgeworthii), ṛddhi (Habenaria intermedia), and hastikarṇa (Leea macrophylla).
english translation
अथानिलोत्थे श्वयथौ मासार्धं त्रिवृतं पिबेत् । तैलमेरण्डजं वातविड्विबन्धे तदेव तु ॥ २८ ॥
In oedema arising predominantly from Vāta, the patient should consume trivṛt (Operculina turpethum) for half a month, or alternatively, castor oil (eraṇḍa taila) if there is an associated obstruction of flatus and feces.
english translation
प्राग्भक्तं पयसा युक्तं रसैर्वा कारयेत्तथा । स्वेदाभ्यङ्गान् समीरघ्नान् लेपमेकाङ्गे पुनः ॥ २९ ॥
This should be administered before meals (on an empty stomach) along with milk or meat soups. Following this, sudation (sweating therapy) and oil massages that pacify Vāta should be performed. In cases of localized or single-limb swelling (ekāṅga śopha), a warm paste should be applied again,
english translation
मातुलुङ्गाग्निमन्थेन शुण्ठीहिंस्रामराह्वयैः । पैत्ते तिक्तं पिबेत्सर्पिर्न्यग्रोधाद्येनवाशृतम् ॥ ३० ॥
prepared from mātuluṅga (Citrus medica), agnimantha (Clerodendrum phlomidis), śuṇṭhī (Zingiber officinale), hiṃsrā (Capparis sepiaria), and marāhva (Cedrus deodara/Marsdenia tenacissima). In Sopha (oedema) arising from Pitta, the patient should consume either Tiktaka Ghrta (vide chapter 19 of Cikitsa sthana) or that prepared from herbs of Nyagrodhadi Gana (chapter 15 of Sutrasthana).
english translation