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Astanga Hrudaya

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आमाद्यवस्थास्वलजीं गण्डे शोफवदाचरेत् । स्विन्नस्य शीतदन्तस्य पालीं विलिखितां दहेत् ॥११॥

Gandalaji in its unripe stage, should be treated just as any swelling. In Śītadanta, the gums should be fomented, then scraped and burnt with heated oil;

english translation

तैलेन प्रतिसार्या च सक्षौद्रघनसैन्धवैः । दाडिमत्वग्वरातार्क्ष्यकान्ताजम्ब्वस्थिनागरैः ॥ १२ ॥

paste of ghana – Cyperus rotundus, saindhava – rock salt, dāḍima tvak – bark of Punica granatum, varā (Haritaki – Terminalia chebula, Vibhitaki – Terminalia bellerica, Amalaki – Emblica officinalis), tārkṣya – emerald/rasāñjana, kāntā – iron, jambū asthi – seed of Syzygium cumini, and nāgara – Zingiber officinale, mixed with honey should be rubbed to the gums;

english translation

कवल: क्षीरिणां क्वाथैरणुतैलं च नावनम् । दन्तहर्षे तथा भेदे सर्वा वातहरा क्रिया ॥ १३ ॥

mouth gargles with decoction of bark of trees having milky sap and nasal medication using Aṇutaila should be done. In Dantaharṣa and Dantabheda, all therapies mitigating Vata should be done.

english translation

तिलयष्टीमधुशृतं क्षीरं गण्डूषधारणम् । सस्नेहं दशमूलाम्बु गण्डूषः प्रचलद्द्विजे ॥ १४ ॥

Milk boiled with tila – Sesamum indicum and yaṣṭīmadhu – Glycyrrhiza glabra should be held in the mouth. Gandusha with the decoction of daśamūla (Bilva – Aegle marmelos, Agnimantha – Premna mucronata, Shyonaka – Oroxylum indicum, Patala – Stereospermum suaveolens, Gambhari – Gmelina arborea, Shalaparni – Desmodium gangeticum, Prishniparni – Uraria picta, Brihati – Solanum indicum, Kantakari – Solanum xanthocarpum, Gokshura – Tribulus terrestris) added with fat is to be done to move in between the teeth;

english translation

तुत्थलोध्रकणाश्रेष्ठापत्तङ्गपटुघर्षणम् । स्निग्धाः शील्या यथावस्थं नस्यान्नकवलादयः ॥ १५ ॥

paste of purified copper sulphate, lodhra – Symplocos racemosa, kaṇā – Piper longum, śreṣṭhā – Cynodon dactylon, pattaṅga – Caesalpinia sappan and paṭu – salt should be rubbed. Nasal medication, foods (and drinks), mouth gargles, etc. should be unctuous, and suitable to the stage of the disease.

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