Astanga Hrudaya

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वाराहीकन्दमार्द्रार्द्रं क्षीरेण क्षीरपः पिबेत् । मासं निरन्नो मासं च क्षीरान्नादो जरां जयेत् ॥ ५८ ॥

vārāhīkandaṃ – Rhizome of Dioscorea bulbifera, which is in its moist condition should be consumed along with milk, subsisting on milk only for one month and without solid food and on milk and boiled rice for another month. By this regimen, the person gets over his old age.

english translation

vArAhIkandamArdrArdraM kSIreNa kSIrapaH pibet । mAsaM niranno mAsaM ca kSIrAnnAdo jarAM jayet ॥ 58 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript