Charak Samhita

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अष्टाष्टौ त्रिवृतादीनां मुष्टींस्तु सनखान् पृथक्| द्रोणेऽपां साधयेत् पादशेषे प्रस्थं घृतात् पचेत्||१४||

[Tilvaka ghrita] 1. Eight antarnakhamushti(fistful) each of eight drugs- trivrita (Operculina turpethum(L)Silva Manso), chaturangula(Cassia fistula Linn), mahavriksha (Euphorbia nerifolia) , saptala (Euphorbia pilosa), shankhini((Euphorbia dracanculoides), danti (Baliospermum montanum) and dravanti (Croton tiglium)) are taken with one drona (approximately 12.3 litres) of water separately and boiled till one fourth of liquid remains. Tilvaka is then taken in 16 antarnakhamushti pramana (96gms) with 1 drona water (12.3 litre) and reduced to one fourth quantity. Later these decotions are mixed together. To this one prastha (approximately 800gms) bilva, and paste of above said 9 drugs is added with one pala(50 ml) cows’s urine and salt.

english translation

aSTASTau trivRtAdInAM muSTIMstu sanakhAn pRthak| droNe'pAM sAdhayet pAdazeSe prasthaM ghRtAt pacet||14||

hk transliteration by Sanscript