Astanga Hrudaya

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गुग्गुलुमरिचविडङ्गैः सर्षपकासीससर्जरसमुस्तैः । श्रीवेष्टकालगन्धैर्मनःशिलाकुष्ठकम्पिल्लैः ॥ ७१ ॥

guggulu – Commiphora mukul, marica – Piper nigrum, viḍaṅgaiḥ – Embelia ribes, sarṣapa – Brassica nigra, kāsīsa – Green Vitriol, sarjarasa – resin of Vateria indica, mustaiḥ – Cyperus rotundus, śrīveṣṭaka – Pinus roxburghii, āla – Arsenii trisulphidum, gandhai: – sulphur, manaḥśilā – Realgar, kuṣṭha – Saussurea lappa, kampillaiḥ – Mallotus philippensis, and

english translation

guggulumaricaviDaGgaiH sarSapakAsIsasarjarasamustaiH । zrIveSTakAlagandhairmanaHzilAkuSThakampillaiH ॥ 71 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

उभयहरिद्रासहितैश्चाक्रिकतैलेन मिश्रितैरेभिः । करकराभितप्तैः कुष्ठं घृष्टं च नष्टं च ॥ ७२ ॥

the Haridra dvaya (Curcuma longa & Berberis aristata) (powdered) and mixed Cakrika Taila (warm oil of Sesamum indicum, fresh from the oil mill) and heated by the rays of the sun, applied on the skin (in case of), wards off skin disease.

english translation

ubhayaharidrAsahitaizcAkrikatailena mizritairebhiH । karakarAbhitaptaiH kuSThaM ghRSTaM ca naSTaM ca ॥ 72 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

मरिचं तमालपत्रं कुष्ठं समनःशिलं सकासीसम् । तैलेन युक्तमुषितं सप्ताहं भाजने ताम्रे ॥ ७३ ॥

maricaṃ – Piper nigrum, tamālapatraṃ – Cinnamomum tamala, kuṣṭhaṃ – Saussurea lappa, manaḥśilaṃ – realgar, kāsīsam – green vitriol (are powdered) mixed with oil and kept in a copper vessel for seven days.

english translation

maricaM tamAlapatraM kuSThaM samanaHzilaM sakAsIsam । tailena yuktamuSitaM saptAhaM bhAjane tAmre ॥ 73 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तेनालिप्तं सिध्मं सप्ताहाद्घर्मसेविनोऽपैति । मासान्नवं किलासं स्नानेन विना विशुद्धस्य ॥ ७४ ॥

It is then applied to the skin and the patient is asked to bask in the sun. By seven days pityriasis gets cured, leucoderma of recent onset gets cured by one month in the person who cleanses himself without taking bath.

english translation

tenAliptaM sidhmaM saptAhAdgharmasevino'paiti । mAsAnnavaM kilAsaM snAnena vinA vizuddhasya ॥ 74 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

मयूरकक्षारजले सप्तकृत्वः परिस्रुते । सिद्धं ज्योतिष्मतीतैलमभ्यङ्गात् सिध्मनाशनम् ॥ ७५ ॥

jyotiṣmatī tailaṃ – Oil of Jyothismati – Celastrus paniculatus, boiled for seven times in the alkali solution of mayuraka Kshara (alkali/ ash of Appamarga – Acyranthes aspera) anointed and massaged, cures pityriasis.

english translation

mayUrakakSArajale saptakRtvaH parisrute । siddhaM jyotiSmatItailamabhyaGgAt sidhmanAzanam ॥ 75 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript