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Astanga Hrudaya

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जातीमुकुलकासीससैन्धवैर्मूत्रपेषितैः । ताम्रमालिप्य सप्ताहं धारयेत्पेषयेत्ततः ॥ ४१ ॥

buds of Jasminum grandiflorum, kāsīsa – ferrous sulphate and rock salt are macerated with cow urine and pasted on a copper vessel and allowed to stay for seven days. Later it is taken out, macerated with cow urine again

english translation

मूत्रेणैवानु गुटिकाः कार्याश्छायाविशोषिताः । ताः स्तन्यघृष्टा घर्षाश्रुशोफकण्डूविनाशनाः ॥ ४२ ॥

rolled into pills and dried in shade; made into a paste with breast milk (and applied to the eyes) it cures friction, excess of tears, śopha – swelling and kaṇḍū – itching.

english translation

व्याघ्रीत्वङ्मधुकं ताम्ररजोऽजाक्षीरकल्कितम् । शम्यामलकपत्राज्यधूपितं शोफरुक्प्रणुत् ॥ ४३ ॥

vyāghrītvak – Bark of Solanum xanthocarpum, madhukaṃ – Glycyrrhiza glabra and copper filings made into a paste with goat milk and exposed to the fumes of leaves of śamī – Prosopis cineraria and āmalaka – Emblica officinalis, smeared with ghee (and used as eye-salve) cures swelling and pain.

english translation

अम्लोषिते प्रयुञ्जीत पित्ताभिष्यन्दसाधनम् । उत्क्लिष्टाः कफपित्तास्रनिचयोत्थाः कुकूणकः ॥ ४४ ॥

In Amloshita, the same treatments should be administered, as were prescribed for Abhishyanda caused by Pitta. Utklista caused by Kapha, Pitta, Asra and Nichaya (sannipata), Kukunaka,

english translation

पक्ष्मोपरोधं शुष्काक्षिपाकः पूयालसो बिसः । पोथक्यम्लोषितोऽल्पाख्यः स्यन्दमन्था विनाऽनिलात् ॥ ४५ ॥

Pakshmoarodha, Shushkaakshipaka, Puyalasa, Bisa Vartma, Pothaki, Amloshita, Alpakhya (Alpasopha), Syanda (Abhishyanda), Mantha (Adhimantha),

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