Astanga Hrudaya
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कासहृद्ग्रहपार्श्वार्ति हिध्माश्वासप्रशान्तये । सक्तून् वार्काङ्कुरक्षीरभावितानां समाक्षिकान् ॥ २६ ॥
Or the flour of Hordeum vulgare soaked and ground in the milky sap of sprouts of Calotropis gigantea mixed with honey should be consumed with decoction of dashamula etc.
english translation
यवानां दशमूलादिनिष्क्वाथलुलितान् पिबेत्। अन्ने च योजयेत् क्षारहिङ्ग्वाज्यबिडदाडिमान्॥२७॥
kṣāra – Alkalies, hiṅgu – Ferula narthex, ājya – ghee, viḍa – Vida salt, dāḍimān – Punica granatum,
english translation
सपौष्करशठीव्योषमातुलुङ्गाम्लवेतसान् । दशमूलस्य वा क्वाथमथवा देवदारुणः ॥ २८ ॥
sa pauṣkara – Inula racemosa, śaṭhī – Curcuma zedoaria, vyoṣa – Piper longum, Piper nigrum and Zingiber officinale, mātuluṅga – Citrus medica, amlavetasān – Garcinia indica, should be included in the diet. Decoction of daśamūlasya vā – group of 10 roots or devadāruṇaḥ – of Cedrus deodara, vāvāruṇīmaṇḍaṃ –
english translation
पिबेद्वा वारुणीमण्डं हिध्माश्वासी पिपासितः । पिप्पलीपिप्पलीमूलपथ्याजन्तुघ्नचित्रकैः ॥ २९ ॥
or clear fluid of beer should be consumed by the Patients of hidhmā – hiccup, śvāsī – dysponea, pipāsitaḥ – and when they are thirsty. A mud pot smeared inside with ghee is given a layer of coating with the paste of – pippalī – Piper longum, pippalīmūla – Roots of Piper longum, pathyā – Terminalia chebula, jantughna – Embelia ribes, citrakaiḥ – Plumbago zeylanica.
english translation
कल्कितैर्लेपिते रूढे निःक्षिपेद्घृतभाजने । तक्रं मासस्थितं तद्धि दीपनं श्वासकासजित् ॥ ३० ॥
After the paste dries up; the pot is filled with buttermilk and kept undisturbed for a month; this is carminative śvāsa kāsajit – and cures dyspnea and coughs.
english translation