Astanga Hrudaya
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यष्ट्याह्वलोध्राभयचन्दनैश्च शृतं पयोऽग्र्यं कमलोत्पलैश्च । सशर्कराक्षौद्रघृतं सुशीतं पित्तामयान् हन्ति सजीवनीयम् ॥ ११ ॥
Milk boiled with following herbs is best, yaṣṭyāhva – Glycyrrhiza glabra, lodhra – Symplocos racemosa, abhaya – Vetiveria zizanioides, candanai – Santalum album, kamala – Nelumbo nucifera and utpalai – Nymphaea alba, with sugar, honey and ghee and administered cold is best to cure diseases of Pitta origin and is restorative.
english translation
yaSTyAhvalodhrAbhayacandanaizca zRtaM payo'gryaM kamalotpalaizca । sazarkarAkSaudraghRtaM suzItaM pittAmayAn hanti sajIvanIyam ॥ 11 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptरास्नां वृषं लोहितिकामनन्तां बलां कनीयस्तृणपञ्चमूल्यौ । गोपाङ्गनाचन्दनपद्मकर्द्धियष्ट्याह्वलोध्राणि पलार्धकानि ॥ १२ ॥
Take half a pala (approx. 24g) each of rāsnā (Pluchea lanceolata), vṛṣa (Vāsā / Adhatoda vasica), lohitikā (Manjiṣṭhā / alternative: Tecomella undulata), anantā (Anantamūla), balā (Sida cordifolia), the herbs of the kanīyas-pañcamūla (Laghu Pañcamūla), the tṛṇa-pañcamūla (five medicinal grasses), gopāṅganā (Sārivā), candana (Santalum album), padmaka (Prunus cerasoides), ṛddhi (Habenaria intermedia), yaṣṭyāhva (Glycyrrhiza glabra), and lodhra (Symplocos racemosa).
english translation
rAsnAM vRSaM lohitikAmanantAM balAM kanIyastRNapaJcamUlyau । gopAGganAcandanapadmakarddhiyaSTyAhvalodhrANi palArdhakAni ॥ 12 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptनिःक्वाथ्य तोयेन रसेन तेन शृतं पयोऽर्धाढकमम्बुहीनम् । जीवन्तिमेदर्द्धिवरीविदारीवीराद्विकाकोलिकसेरुकाभिः ॥ १३ ॥
Prepare a decoction of these herbs with water. With this filtered decoction and meat soup, combine half an āḍhaka (approx. 1.53 liters) of cow's milk and boil the mixture until the water content evaporates completely (ambu-hīnam), leaving behind only the medicated milk. Separately, prepare a fine paste using jīvantī (Leptadenia reticulata), the two types of medā (medā and mahāmedā), ṛddhi, varī (Śatāvarī), vidārī (Pueraria tuberosa), vīrā (Kṣīrakākolī), the two types of kākolī (kākolī and kṣīrakākolī), and kaserukā (Scirpus grossus).
english translation
niHkvAthya toyena rasena tena zRtaM payo'rdhADhakamambuhInam । jIvantimedarddhivarIvidArIvIrAdvikAkolikaserukAbhiH ॥ 13 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptसितोपलाजीवकपद्मरेणुप्रपौण्डरीकोत्पलपुण्डरीकैः । लोध्रात्मगुप्तामधुयष्टिकाभिर्नागाह्वमुञ्जातकचन्दनैश्च ॥ १४ ॥
Add to the paste sitopalā (sugar candy), jīvaka (Malaxis acuminata), padma-reṇu (lotus pollen), prapauṇḍarīka (Nymphaea lotus), utpala (blue lotus), puṇḍarīka (white/red lotus), lodhra, ātmaguptā (Mucuna pruriens), madhuyaṣṭikā (Licorice), nāgāhva (Nāgakeśara / Mesua ferrea), muñjātaka (Orchis latifolia), and candana.
english translation
sitopalAjIvakapadmareNuprapauNDarIkotpalapuNDarIkaiH । lodhrAtmaguptAmadhuyaSTikAbhirnAgAhvamuJjAtakacandanaizca ॥ 14 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptपिष्टैर्घृतक्षौद्रयुतैर्निरूहं ससैन्धवं शीतलमेव दद्यात् । प्रत्यागते धन्वरसेन शालीन् क्षीरेण वाऽद्यात्परिषिक्तगात्रः ॥ १५ ॥
These ground herbs, thoroughly blended with ghee, honey (kṣaudra), and rock salt (saindhava), should be administered as a decoction enema (nirūha) in a completely cold state (śītalameva). Once the enema fluid returns (pratyāgate), the patient should be given a soothing shower over his body (pariṣikta-gātraḥ) and then fed śāli rice along with the meat soup of wild animals (dhanva-rasa) or with milk.
english translation
piSTairghRtakSaudrayutairnirUhaM sasaindhavaM zItalameva dadyAt । pratyAgate dhanvarasena zAlIn kSIreNa vA'dyAtpariSiktagAtraH ॥ 15 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript