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Charak Samhita

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घृतं खर्जूरमृद्वीकाशर्कराक्षौद्रसंयुतम् [३] । सपिप्पलीकं वैस्वर्यकासश्वासज्वरापहम् ॥९६॥

Ghee prepared of dates and grapes and commixed with sugar, honey and long pepper is curative of hoarseness of voice, cough, dyspnea and fever.

english translation

दशमूलशृतात् क्षीरात् सर्पिर्यदुदियान्नवम्। सपिप्पलीकं सक्षौद्रं तत् परं स्वरबोधनम् ॥९७॥

Fresh ghee prepared from the milk in which the dashamula ( group of ten roots) has been decocted and commixed with long pepper and honey,

english translation

शिरःपार्श्वांसशूलघ्नं कासश्वासज्वरापहम्। पञ्चभिः पञ्चमूलैर्वा शृताद्यदुदियाद्घृतम् ॥९८॥

is an excellent tonic for the voice, is curative of pain in the head, sides of the chest and shoulder region, and remedies cough, dyspnea and fever.

english translation

पञ्चानां पञ्चमूलानां रसे क्षीरचतुर्गुणे। सिद्धं सर्पिर्जयत्येतद्यक्ष्मणः सप्तकं बलम् ॥९९॥

Another effective remedy is fresh ghee prepared from the milk in which have been decocted the roots of all the five varieties of panchamula. The ghee, prepared in the decoction of all the five varieties of panchamula with four times its quantity of milk, subdues the rigor of the syndrome of seven of the key symptoms of rajayakshma.

english translation

खर्जूरं पिप्पली द्राक्षा पथ्या शृङ्गी दुरालभा। त्रिफला पिप्पली मुस्तं शृङ्गाटगुडशर्कराः ॥१००॥

Dates, long pepper, grapes, chebulic myrobalans, galls, and cretan prickly clover ; (2) the three myrobalans , long pepper, nut-grass, Indian water-chestnut, gur and sugar;

english translation