Astanga Hrudaya
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पयस्यर्धोदके छागे ह्रीवेरोत्पलनागरैः । पेया रक्तातिसारघ्नी पृश्निपर्णीरसान्विता ॥ ८६ ॥
Goat's milk added with half its quantity of water and processed with hrīvera – Pavonia odorata, utpala – Nymphaea stellata, nāgara – Zingiber officinale, and the juice/decoction of pṛśniparṇī – Uraria picta, made into a peya (thin gruel) cures bleeding diarrhea.
english translation
प्राग्भक्तं नवनीतं वा लिह्यान्मधुसितायुतम् । बलिन्यस्रेऽस्रमेवाजं मार्गं वा घृतभर्जितम् ॥८७॥
Alternatively, fresh butter mixed with honey and sugar should be licked before meals (on an empty stomach). When there is a large amount of bleeding, the fresh blood of either a goat (āja) or a deer (mārga), fried in ghee, should be administered;
english translation
क्षीरानुपानं क्षीराशी त्र्यहं क्षीरोद्भवं घृतम् । कपिञ्जलरसाशी वा लिहन्नारोग्यमश्नुते ॥ ८८ ॥
followed by milk as an after-drink (anupāna). The patient should consume only milk as food for three days, or consume ghee extracted directly from milk (kṣīrodbhava ghṛta), or eat food along with the meat soup of the kapiñjala bird (grey partridge) to quickly regain health.
english translation
पीत्वा शतावरीकल्कं क्षीरेण क्षीरभोजनः । रक्तातीसारं हन्त्याशु तया वा साधितं घृतम् ॥८९॥
Paste of śatāvarī – Asparagus racemosus mixed with milk and consumed by the peson who takes milk only as food,this cures bleeding diarrhoea quickly, so also the medicated ghee prepared from it (satavari – Asparagus racemosus)
english translation
लाक्षानागरवैदेहीकटुकादार्विवल्कलैः । सर्पिः सेन्द्रयवैः सिद्धं पेयामण्डावचारितम् ॥९०॥
Medicated ghee prepared with lākṣā – Laccifer lacca, nāgara – Zingiber officinale, vaidehī – Piper longum, kaṭukā – Picrorhiza kurroa, dārvi valkalaiḥ – bark of Berberis aristata, along with indrayava – seeds of Holarrhena antidysenterica, consumed mixed with peyā (thin gruel) or maṇḍa (scum of gruel),
english translation