Charak Samhita

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चित्रक क्षार बिल्वानां तैलेनाभ्यज्य बुद्धिमान्| यव माष कुलत्थानां पुलाकानां च पोट्टलैः||४०||

sanskrit

[Recipes for fomentation] The pile mass should be smeared with the help of the oil prepared by boiling chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica Linn.), alkalies and bilva (Aegle marmelos Carr.). Fomentation should be done with the help of the following formulations: 1. Pottali (medicines tied in a piece of cloth in the form of a bolus) containing yava (Hordeum vulgare Linn.), masha, kulattha (Vigna unquiculata (Linn.) walp and pulaka (tucchadhnnya ) 2. Pottali prepared of the cake of the sesame seed

english translation

citraka kSAra bilvAnAM tailenAbhyajya buddhimAn| yava mASa kulatthAnAM pulAkAnAM ca poTTalaiH||40||

hk transliteration by Sanscript