Astanga Hrudaya

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लिम्पेदन्तस्त्रिवृतया द्विधा कृत्वेक्षुगण्डिकाम् । एकीकृत्य च तत् स्विन्नं पुटपाकेन भक्षयेत् ॥ १२ ॥

A piece of Saccharum officinarum is split filled inside it, powder of Trivrt – Operculina turpethum, then slices of cane bound together and cooked in the putapaka method (bound slices are enveloped with leaves, given a coating of mud; after it dries, it is placed inside heap of burning coal for a few minutes and removed out when it becomes red hot). After it cools the coatings are removed and the cooked cane is chewed.

english translation

limpedantastrivRtayA dvidhA kRtvekSugaNDikAm । ekIkRtya ca tat svinnaM puTapAkena bhakSayet ॥ 12 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript