Astanga Hrudaya

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काकोदुम्बरिकावेल्लनिम्बाब्दव्योषकल्कवान् । हन्ति वृक्षकनिर्यूहः पानात् सर्वांस्त्वगामयान् ॥ ३६ ॥

Decoction of Holarrhena antidysenterica added with paste of: kākodumbarikā – Ficus hispida vella – Embelia ribes, nimba – Azadirachta indica, abda – Cyperus rotundus vyoṣa – Vyosa (Black pepper Piper nigrum, Long pepper fruit – Piper longum and Ginger – Zingiber officinale) and consumed cures all the diseases of the skin.

english translation

kAkodumbarikAvellanimbAbdavyoSakalkavAn । hanti vRkSakaniryUhaH pAnAt sarvAMstvagAmayAn ॥ 36 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

कुटज अग्नि निम्ब नृपतरु खदिर असन सप्तपर्ण निर्यूहे । सिद्धा मधु घृत युक्ताः कुष्ठघ्नी: भक्षयेत् अभयाः। दार्वीख़दिरनिम्बानां त्वक्क्वाथः कुष्ठसूदनः॥ ३७ ॥

abhayāḥ – Terminalia chebula boiled in the decoction of: kuṭaja – Holarrhena antidysenterica, agni – Plumbago zeylanica, nimba – Azadirachta indica, nṛpataru – and Cassia fistula, khadira – Acacia catechu, asana – Pterocarpus marsupeum saptaparṇa – Alstonia scholaris and consumed mixed with honey and ghee cures skin disease. Decoction of – dārvī – Berberis aristata, khadira – Acacia catechu nimbānāṃ – and Azadirachta indica; tvak – barks of above three plants kuṣṭha sūdanaḥ – cure skin disease.

english translation

kuTaja agni nimba nRpataru khadira asana saptaparNa niryUhe । siddhA madhu ghRta yuktAH kuSThaghnI: bhakSayet abhayAH। dArvIqhadiranimbAnAM tvakkvAthaH kuSThasUdanaH॥ 37 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

निशोत्तमानिम्बपटोलमूल- तिक्तावचालोहितयष्टिकाभिः। कृतः कषायः कफपित्तकुष्ठं सुसेवितो धर्म इवोच्छिनत्ति॥३८॥

Decoction prepared from: niśa – Curcuma longa, uttamā – Uttama (Triphala – Haritaki – Terminalia chebula, Vibhitaki – Terminalia bellerica & Amalaki – Emblica officinalis), nimba – Azadirachta indica, paṭolamūla – Trichosanthes dioica, tiktā – Swertia chirata, vacā – Acorus calamus, lohita yaṣṭikābhiḥ – Rubia cordifolia when consumed, cures skin disease arising from Kapha and pitta, just as righteousness rigidly followed (saves the person).

english translation

nizottamAnimbapaTolamUla- tiktAvacAlohitayaSTikAbhiH। kRtaH kaSAyaH kaphapittakuSThaM susevito dharma ivocchinatti॥38॥

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एभिरेव च शृतं ग़ृतमुख़्यं भेष्जैर्जयति मारुतकुष्ठम्। कल्पयेत्ख़दिरनिम्बगुडूची- देवदारुरजनीः पृथगेवम्॥३९॥

Medicated ghee prepared from these important herbs itself cures skin disease arising drom Vata. In the same way decoction and medicated ghee may be prepared separately from khadira – Acacia catechu, nimba – Azadirachta indica, guḍūcī – Tinospora cordifolia, devadāru – Cedrus deodara, rajanīḥ – Curcuma longa.

english translation

ebhireva ca zRtaM g2RtamuqhyaM bheSjairjayati mArutakuSTham। kalpayetqhadiranimbaguDUcI- devadArurajanIH pRthagevam॥39॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

पाठादार्वीवह्निघुणेष्टाकटुकाभि- मूत्रं युक्तं शक्रयवैश्चोष्णजलं वा। कुष्ठी पीत्वा मासमरुक् स्याद्गुदकीली मेहीशोफी पाण्डुरजीर्णी कृमीमांश्च॥४०॥

pāṭhā – Powder of Cissampelos pareira, dārvī – Berberis aristata, vahni – Plumbago zeylanica, ghuṇeṣṭā – Aconitum heterophyllum, kaṭukābhi: – Picrorhiza Kurroa Seeds of Holarrhena antidysenterica mixed with either cow urine or warm water, consumed for a period of one month, makes the patients of skin disease become free of their diseases, those including haemorrhoids, diabetes, edema, anemia, indigestion and intestinal worms.

english translation

pAThAdArvIvahnighuNeSTAkaTukAbhi- mUtraM yuktaM zakrayavaizcoSNajalaM vA। kuSThI pItvA mAsamaruk syAdgudakIlI mehIzophI pANDurajIrNI kRmImAMzca॥40॥

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