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Charak Samhita

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नीलिनीं त्रिफलां रास्नां बलां कटुकरोहिणीम्। पचेद्विडङ्गं व्याघ्रीं च पलिकानि जलाढके ॥१०६॥

[Nilinyadyam ghritam] Take 50 gm each of nilini, triphala, rasna, bala, katuki, vidanga and kantakari and add to it 2.5 litres of water and prepare the decoction by reducing it to one-fourth.

english translation

तेन पादावशेषेण घृतप्रस्थं विपाचयेत्। दध्नः प्रस्थेन संयोज्य सुधाक्षीरपलेन च ॥१०७॥

Add to it 640 ml of ghee, 640 ml of curd and 50 ml of latex of snuhi and prepare ghee as per method of sneha-paka.

english translation

ततो घृतपलं दद्याद्यवागूमण्डमिश्रितम्। जीर्णे सम्यग्विरिक्तं च भोजयेद्रसभोजनम् ॥१०८॥

Its 40 ml mixed with manda (liquid obtained by filtering the boiled rice) should be given for virechana. When the patient is well purged and the drug is digested then meat soup is given in diet.

english translation

गुल्मकुष्ठोदरव्यङ्गशोफपाण्ड्वामयज्वरान्। श्वित्रं प्लीहानमुन्मादं घृतमेतद्व्यपोहति ॥१०९॥

This ghrita cures gulma, kushtha, udara roga, vyanga (freckles), swellings, anemia, fever, leukoderma, splenomegaly and psychic disorders (unmada). Thus nilinyadi ghritam is described

english translation

कुक्कुटाश्च मयूराश्च तित्तिरिक्रौञ्चवर्तकाः। शालयो मदिरा सर्पिर्वातगुल्मभिषग्जितम् ॥११०॥

[Pathya in vata gulma] Red rice, wine and ghee; meats of chicken, peacock, partridge (tittara), krauncha (demoiselle)

english translation