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Astanga Hrudaya

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शतावरीमूलतुलाचतुष्कात्क्षुण्णपीडितात् । रसेन क्षीरतुल्येन पाचयेत घृताढकम् ॥३६॥

The milky juice taken out by pounding four tula (19.2 Kg) of roots of śatāvarī – Asparagus racemosus is cooked with one adhaka (3.072 Kg) of ghee,

english translation

जीवनीयैः शतावर्या मृद्वीकाभिः परूषकैः । पिष्टैः प्रियालैश्चाक्षांशैर्द्विबलामधुकान्वितैः ॥३७॥

adding the paste of 1 aksha (12 grams) quantity each of herbs of jivaniya gana (chapter 15 of Sutrasthana), śatāvaryā – Asparagus racemosus, mṛdvīkābhiḥ – Vitis vinfera, parūṣakaiḥ – Grewia asiatica, priyālai: – Buchanania lanzan, the two Bala -atibala – Abutilon indicum, bala – Sida cordifolia madhukānvitaiḥ – and Glycyrrhiza glabra;

english translation

सिद्धशीते तु मधुनः पिप्पल्याश्च पलाष्टकम् । शर्कराया दशपलं क्षिपेल्लिह्यात्पिचुं ततः ॥३८॥

after it cools, eight pala (384 grams) each of honey and pippali – Piper longum and ten pala (480 grams) of sugar are added and stored. If consumed in doses of one pichu (one aksha – 12 grams),

english translation

योन्यसृक्शुक्रदोषघ्नं वृष्यं पुंसवनं परम् । क्षतं क्षयमसृक्पित्तं कासं श्वासं हलीमकम् ॥३९॥

it cures diseases of the vagina, menstrual blood, semen, is an aphrodisiac; helps to get male children, cures wound, consumption, bleeding disease, cough, dyspnea, severe jaundice,

english translation

कामलां वातरुधिरं विसर्पं हृच्छिरोग्रहम् । अपस्मारार्दितायाममदोन्मादांश्च नाशयेत् ॥४०॥

jaundice, gout, herpes, pain of the heart and head, epilepsy, facial paralysis, tetanus, intoxication and insanity will be cured off.

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