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Charak Samhita

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हृत्पाण्डुरोगं प्लीहानं कामलां विषमज्वरम्। वर्चोमूत्रानिलकृतान् विबन्धानग्निमार्दवम्॥१५१॥

spleen disorders, jaundice, visamajwara (malarial fever), obstruction to the passage of stool, urine and flatus, low power of digestion,

english translation

कासं गुल्ममुदावर्तं फलारिष्टो व्यपोहति। अग्निसन्दीपनो ह्येष कृष्णात्रेयेण भाषितः॥१५२॥

cough, gulma and udvarta (upward movement of wind in the abdomen ). It stimulates the power of digestion. It is called phalarista, and is propounded by the sage Krishnaatreya.

english translation

दुरालभायाः प्रस्थः स्याच्चित्रकस्य वृषस्य च। पथ्यामलकयोश्चैव पाठाया नागरस्य च॥१५३॥`

[Phalarishta (Second recipe)] Duralabha (Fagonia criteca) (one prastha) and chitraka (Plumbego zylenicum), vasa (Adhatoda vasika), haritaki (Terminalia chebula), amalaki (Embelica officnalis), patha (Cesalpinia pareira), nagara (Zingiber officinalis)

english translation

दन्त्याश्च द्विपलान् भागाञ्जलद्रोणे विपाचयेत्। पादावशेषे पूते च सुशीते शर्कराशतम्॥१५४॥

and danti (each two pala) should be added with two dronas of water and boiled till one fourth remains. The decoction should be strained out through a cloth and cooled then added 100 palas of sugar.

english translation

प्रक्षिप्य स्थापयेत् कुम्भे मासार्धं घृतभाविते। प्रलिप्ते पिप्पली चव्य प्रियङ्गु क्षौद्र सर्पिषा॥१५५॥

It should be kept in a jar for fifteen days. The inside wall of the jar should be smeared with the paste containing pippali (Piper longum), chavya (Piper retrofractum), priyangu (Callicarpa macrophylla), honey and ghee.

english translation