Astanga Hrudaya
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आर्द्रकं वा समगुडं प्रकुञ्चार्धविवर्धितम् । परं पञ्चपलं मासं यूषक्षीररसाशनः ॥ ६ ॥
ārdrakaṃ – Zingiber officinale added with equal quantity of jaggery, increased by half Prakunca (Pala – 48 grams) daily till the total quantity becomes five Pala (240 grams), should be consumed for one month. The person partaking soup, milk and Rasa (meat soup) as food.
english translation
गुल्मोदरार्शःश्वयथुप्रमेहाञ्छ्वासप्रतिश्यालसकाविपाकान् । सकामलाशोषमनोविकारान् कासं कफं चैव जयेत्प्रयोगः ॥ ७ ॥
When consumed it (the Ardraka-jaggery therapy) cures abdominal tumors, enlargement of abdomen, hemorrhoids, edema, diabetes, dyspnea, running nose, a kind of indigestion, and indigestion, jaundice, consumption, disorders of the mind, cough and increase of Kapha.
english translation
घृतमार्द्रकनागरस्य कल्कस्वरसाभ्यां पयसा च साधयित्वा । श्वयथुक्षवथूदराग्निसादैरभिभूतोऽपि पिबन् भवत्यरोगः ॥ ८ ॥
Medicated ghee prepared with juice of ārdraka – Zingiber officinale, paste of ārdraka – Zingiber officinale and milk consumed (daily) makes the person free of the disease (edema) even if accompanied with edema, sneezing, abdominal enlargement and weak digestive fire.
english translation
निरामो बद्धशमलः पिबेच्छ्वयथुपीडितः । त्रिकटुत्रिवृतादन्तीचित्रकैः साधितं पयः ॥ ९ ॥
The patient of edema who does not have Ama, and obstruction of feces (constipation) should drink milk boiled with trikaṭu – Piper nigrum, Piper longum and Zingiber officinalis, trivṛtā – Operculina turpethum, dantī – Baliospermum montanum, citraka – and Plumbago zeylanica;
english translation
मूत्रं गोर्वा महिष्या वा सक्षीरं क्षीरभोजनः । सप्ताहं मासं अथवा स्यादुष्ट्रक्षीरवर्तनः ॥ १० ॥
Or urine either of cow or buffalo added with milk or milk only as food; or drink camel milk only as diet for a period of seven days or a month.
english translation