Astanga Hrudaya

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पाठया वा युतं तक्रं वातवर्चोऽनुलोमनम् । सीधुं वा गौडमथवा सचित्रकमहौषधम् ॥ ६१ ॥

or with pāṭhā – Cissampelos pareira, moves the flatus and faeces downwards (vāta varco anulomanam). Similarly, Sidhu or Gauda (kinds of liquor) mixed with citraka – Plumbago zeylanica and mahauṣadham – Zingiber officinale;

english translation

पिबेत् सुरां वा हपुषापाठासौवर्चलान्विताम् । दशादिदशकैर्वृद्धाः पिप्पलीर्द्विपिचुं तिलान् ॥ ६२ ॥

or Sura (beer) should be consumed mixed with hapuṣā – Juniperus communis, pāṭhā – Cissampelos pareira and black salt (sauvarcala). Commencing with ten, increased by ten daily, pippalī – Piper longum mixed with two Pichu (2 Karsha – 24 grams) of tila – Sesamum indicum

english translation

पीत्वा क्षीरेण लभते बलं देहहुताशयोः । दुःस्पर्शकेन बिल्वेन यवान्या नागरेण वा ॥ ६३ ॥

boiled in milk and consumed; by this the person attains strength of the body and of the digestive fire. consumed along with duḥsparśaka – Alhagi camelorum, bilva – Aegle marmelos, yavāni – Trachyspermum ammi, or nāgara – Zingiber officinale

english translation

एकैकेनापि संयुक्ता पाठा हन्त्यर्शसां रुजम् ।सलिलस्य वहे पक्त्वा प्रस्थार्धमभयात्वचाम् ॥ ६४ ॥

pāṭhā – Cissampelos pareira each one separately (or all together) cures the pain of the piles. Half Prastha (384 grams) of fruit skin of abhayā (Terminalia chebula) boiled in two Vaha (four Drona – 48.9 Litres) of water,

english translation

प्रस्थं धात्र्या दशपलं कपित्थानां ततोऽर्धतः । विशालां लोध्रमरिचकृष्णावेल्लैलवालुकम् ॥ ६५ ॥

one Prastha (768 grams) of dhātrī (Emblica officinalis), ten Pala (480 grams) of kapittha (Limonia acidissima), half of it (five Pala) of viśālā (Citrullus colocynthis), and lodhra – Symplocos racemosa, marica – Piper nigrum, kṛṣṇā – Piper longum, vella – Embelia ribes, elavālukam – Prunus cerasus

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