Sushruta Samhita

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अत ऊर्ध्वमयस्कृतीर्वक्ष्यामः- तीक्ष्णलोहपत्राणि तनूनि लवणवर्गप्रदिग्धानि गोमयाग्निप्रतप्तानि त्रिफलाशालसारादिकषायेण निर्वापयेत् षोडशवारान्, ततः खदिराङ्गारतप्तान्युपशान्ततापानि सूक्ष्मचूर्णानि कारयेद्धनतान्तवपरिस्रावितानि , ततो यथाबलं मात्रां सर्पिर्मधुभ्यां संसृज्योपयुञ्जीत, जीर्णे यथाव्याध्यनम्लमलवणमाहारं कुर्वीत, एवं तुलामुपयुज्य कुष्ठमेहमेदःश्वयथुपाण्डुरोगोन्मादापस्मारानपहत्य वर्षशतं जीवति, तुलायां तुलायां वर्षशतमुत्कर्षः, एतेन सर्वलौहेष्वयस्कृतयो व्याख्याताः ||११||

sanskrit

Now we will describe the iron preparations. Thin sheets of sharp iron are treated with salt preparations, heated with cow dung fire, and cooled in the decoction of triphala and shala, repeated sixteen times. Afterward, the cooled sheets are heated with acacia charcoal, ground into a fine powder, and filtered through a fine cloth. The dosage should be taken according to one’s strength, mixed with ghee and honey. After digestion, one should consume food that is neither sour nor salty and is appropriate for the disease. Using up to one tola, this preparation can eradicate leprosy, diabetes, obesity, edema, anemia, insanity, and epilepsy, allowing one to live for one hundred years. For each additional tola consumed, one can gain an extra hundred years of life. This explains all the iron preparations.

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hindi translation

ata UrdhvamayaskRtIrvakSyAmaH- tIkSNalohapatrANi tanUni lavaNavargapradigdhAni gomayAgniprataptAni triphalAzAlasArAdikaSAyeNa nirvApayet SoDazavArAn, tataH khadirAGgArataptAnyupazAntatApAni sUkSmacUrNAni kArayeddhanatAntavaparisrAvitAni , tato yathAbalaM mAtrAM sarpirmadhubhyAM saMsRjyopayuJjIta, jIrNe yathAvyAdhyanamlamalavaNamAhAraM kurvIta, evaM tulAmupayujya kuSThamehamedaHzvayathupANDurogonmAdApasmArAnapahatya varSazataM jIvati, tulAyAM tulAyAM varSazatamutkarSaH, etena sarvalauheSvayaskRtayo vyAkhyAtAH ||11||

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