Astanga Hrudaya
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तेनाष्टभागशेषेण जीवनीयैः पलोन्मितैः । साधयेत्सर्पिषः प्रस्थं वातपित्तामयापहम् ॥ २६ ॥
to this are added, the paste of one pala (48g) each of the herbs of Jivaniya Gana (vide chapter 15 of Sutrasathana) and one Prastha of ghee and medicated ghee prepared. This recipe Mamsa sarpi, consumed either alone or along with meat juice (soup) cures disorders of vata, Pitta,
english translation
मांससर्पिरिदं पीतं युक्तं मांसरसेन वा । कासश्वासस्वरभ्रंशशोषहृत्पार्श्वशूलजित् ॥ २७ ॥
kāsa – cough, śvāsa – dyspnea, svarabhraṃśa – loss of voice, śoṣa – consumption, hṛt pārśva śūlajit – pain of the heart and flanks
english translation
एलाजमोदात्रिफलासौराष्ट्रीव्योषचित्रकान् । सारानरिष्टगायत्रीशालबीजकसम्भवान् ॥ २८ ॥
Eight pala each of (384 g) elā – Elettaria cardamom, ajamodā – Trachyspermum ammi, triphalā – fruits of Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellirica and Emblica officinalis, saurāṣṭrī – Tribulus terrestris, vyoṣa – Piper longum, Piper nigrum and Zingiber officinale, citraka – Plumbago zeylanica;
english translation
भल्लातकं विडङ्गं च पृथगष्टपलोन्मितम् । सलिले षोडशगुणे षोडशांशस्थितं पचेत् ॥ २९ ॥
essence of – ariṣṭa – Azadirachta indica, gāyatrī – Acacia catechu, bījaka – Pterocarpus marsupium, bhallātakaṃ – Semecarpus anacardium, viḍaṅgaṃ ca – Embelia ribes are boiled in sixteen times of water and decoction reduced to one- sixteenth part.
english translation
पुनस्तेन घृतप्रस्थं सिद्धे चास्मिन्पलानि षट् । तवक्षीर्याः क्षिपेत्त्रिंशत्सिताया द्विगुणं मधु ॥ ३० ॥
To this is, added one Prastha – 768 g of ghee and medicated ghee is prepared. To this, after cooling six pala (288 g) of tavakṣīryāḥ – Bamboo manna, thirty pala of(1440 g) sugar, honey double the quantity of ghee (two Prastha -1536g ) is added
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