Astanga Hrudaya
रूक्षोष्णमम्लं कौसुम्भं गुरु पित्तकरं सरम्।गुरूष्णं सार्षपं बद्धविण्मूत्रं सर्वदोषकृत् ॥१०१॥
Kousumbha is dry, hot in potency, sour, hard to digest increase pitta and makes the bowels to move. Sarsapa (mustard) is not easily digestible, hot in potency, binds the faeces and urine and causes increase of all the dosas. Mulaka (radish), when tender and not having definite taste, is slightly alkaline and better, mitigates the dosas, easily digestible hot in potency, and cures abdominal tumours, cough, asthma, ulcers, disease of he eye and throat, horseness of voice, asthma, upward movement inside the abdomen (reverse peristalsis) and chronic nasal catarrh.
english translation
rUkSoSNamamlaM kausumbhaM guru pittakaraM saram।gurUSNaM sArSapaM baddhaviNmUtraM sarvadoSakRt ॥101॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript1.
आयुष्कामीयाध्यायः
Ayushkamiya Adhyaya - Desire for Longetivity
2.
दिनचर्या अध्याय
Dincharya adhyaya- Daily regimen
3.
ऋतुचर्या अध्याय
Ritucharya Adhyaya-Seasonal Regimen
4.
रोगानुत्पादनीयाध्यायः
Roganutpadaniya- Preventive Healthcare
5.
द्रवद्रव्यविज्ञानीयाध्यायः
Drava Drava Vigyaniya- Drinkables
अन्नस्वरूपविज्ञानीयाध्यायः
Annaswaroopa Vijnaneeya Adhyaya - Food Stuff
7.
अन्नरक्षाध्यायः
Anna Raksha Vidhi - Protection of Food
रूक्षोष्णमम्लं कौसुम्भं गुरु पित्तकरं सरम्।गुरूष्णं सार्षपं बद्धविण्मूत्रं सर्वदोषकृत् ॥१०१॥
Kousumbha is dry, hot in potency, sour, hard to digest increase pitta and makes the bowels to move. Sarsapa (mustard) is not easily digestible, hot in potency, binds the faeces and urine and causes increase of all the dosas. Mulaka (radish), when tender and not having definite taste, is slightly alkaline and better, mitigates the dosas, easily digestible hot in potency, and cures abdominal tumours, cough, asthma, ulcers, disease of he eye and throat, horseness of voice, asthma, upward movement inside the abdomen (reverse peristalsis) and chronic nasal catarrh.
english translation
rUkSoSNamamlaM kausumbhaM guru pittakaraM saram।gurUSNaM sArSapaM baddhaviNmUtraM sarvadoSakRt ॥101॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript