Astanga Hrudaya

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ऊर्ध्वं केशभुवो यावदङ्गुलम् धारयेच्च तम्। आवक्त्रनासिकोत्क्लेदाद्दशाष्टौ षट् चलादिषु॥३०॥

sanskrit

Then, medicated oil prescribed for the disease, should be poured over the head, in luke warm condition, to a height of one Angula over the skin of the scalp. Maatrakala/ time for holding the medicine It should be held till secretion of fluid appears in the mouth and nose, or for a period of 10,000 Matra Kala for Vata 8,000 Matra Kala for Pitta and 6,000 Matra Kala for Kapha 1 Matra Kala = time required to blink the eye once. For a healthy person, it is 1,000 Matra Kala.

english translation

UrdhvaM kezabhuvo yAvadaGgulam dhArayecca tam। AvaktranAsikotkledAddazASTau SaT calAdiSu॥30॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/astanga-hrudaya/sutra-sthana/22/30

ऊर्ध्वं केशभुवो यावदङ्गुलम् धारयेच्च तम्। आवक्त्रनासिकोत्क्लेदाद्दशाष्टौ षट् चलादिषु॥३०॥

sanskrit

Then, medicated oil prescribed for the disease, should be poured over the head, in luke warm condition, to a height of one Angula over the skin of the scalp. Maatrakala/ time for holding the medicine It should be held till secretion of fluid appears in the mouth and nose, or for a period of 10,000 Matra Kala for Vata 8,000 Matra Kala for Pitta and 6,000 Matra Kala for Kapha 1 Matra Kala = time required to blink the eye once. For a healthy person, it is 1,000 Matra Kala.

english translation

UrdhvaM kezabhuvo yAvadaGgulam dhArayecca tam। AvaktranAsikotkledAddazASTau SaT calAdiSu॥30॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript