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Charak Samhita

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अथातोऽपामार्गतण्डुलीयमध्यायं व्याख्यास्यामः ॥१॥

Now we shall expound the chapter "Apamarga Tanduliya" (Dehusked Seeds of Apamarga and other medicines).

english translation

इति ह स्माह भगवानात्रेयः ॥२॥

Thus said Lord Atreya.

english translation

अपामार्गस्य बीजानि पिप्पलीर्मरिचानि च। विडङ्गान्यथ शिग्रूणि सर्षपांस्तुम्बुरूणि च ॥३॥

[Herbs used for Shirovirechana (Catharsis of Cephalic Region) and indications] one should prescribe, seeds of Apamarga (Achyranthes aspera Linn.), Pippali (Piper longum Linn.), Maricha (Piper nigrum Linn.), Vidanga (Embelia ribes Burm.f.), Shigru (Moringa oleiferaLam.), Sarshapa (Brassica juncea Czern.& Coss), Tumburu(Zanthoxylum alatum (Roxb.) DC ),

english translation

अजाजीं चाजगन्धां च पीलून्येलां हरेणुकाम्। पृथ्वीकां सुरसां श्वेतां कुठेरकफणिज्झकौ ॥४॥

Ajaji (Cuminum cyminum Linn.), Ajagandha (Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briquet), Pilu (Salvadora persica Linn.), Ela(Elettaria cardamomum Maton), Harenu (Vitex negundo Linn.), Prithvika (Gardenia lucida Roxb.), Surasa (Ocimum sanctum Linn. ), Shweta (Ocimum sanctum Linn), Kutheraka (Orthosiphon pallidus),

english translation

शिरीषबीजं लशुनं हरिद्रे लवणद्वयम्। ज्योतिष्मतीं नागरं च दद्याच्छीर्षविरेचने ॥५॥

Phanijjaka (Ocimum canum Sims), seeds of Shireesha (Albizzia lebbeck (L.) Benth), Lashuna (Allium sativum Linn.), Haridra dwaya(Haridra (Curcuma longa Linn.), Daruharidra(Berberis aristata), Lavana dwaya (Saindhava, Souvarchala), Jyotishmati (Celastrus panniculatus), Nagara (Zingiber officinale Rosc.).

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