Sushruta Samhita

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क्षुण्णान् यवान्निष्पूतान् रात्रौ गोमूत्रपर्युषितान् महति किलिञ्जे शोषयेत्, एवं सप्तरात्रं भावयेच्छोषयेच्च, ततस्तान् कपालभृष्टान् शक्तून् कारयित्वा, प्रातः प्रातरेव कुष्ठिनं प्रमेहिणं वा सालसारादिकषायेण कण्टकिवृक्षकषायेण वा पाययेद्भल्लातकप्रपुन्नाडावल्गुजार्कचित्रकविडङ्गमुस्तचूर्णचतुर्भागयुक्तान्; एवमेव सालसारादिकषायपरिपीतानामारग्वधादिकषायपरिपीतानां वा गवाश्वाशकृद्भूतानां वा यवानां शक्तून् कारयित्वा भल्लातकादीनां चूर्णान्यावाप्य खदिराशननिम्बराजवृक्षरोहीतकगुडूचीनामन्यतमस्य कषायेण शर्करामधुमधुरेण द्राक्षायुक्तेन दाडिमामलकवेतसाम्लेन सैन्धवलवणान्वितेन पाययेत्; एष सर्वमन्थकल्पः ||४||

sanskrit

Take crushed, husked barley grains soaked overnight in cow’s urine, dry them thoroughly in a large container. Repeat this process for seven nights, and then roast the dried barley in a clay pot to make flour. Every morning, mix this flour with a decoction of Salsarādi or Kantakivriksha, and administer it to a person suffering from Kushtha or Prameha, along with one-fourth part of powdered Bhallataka, Prapunnada, Valguja, Arka, Chitraka, Vidanga, and Musta. Similarly, barley flour prepared in the same manner, consumed with decoctions of Salsarādi or Aragvadha, or soaked in the urine of cows, horses, or donkeys, should be administered along with the powders of Bhallataka, etc. It should be taken with a decoction of Khadira, Ashana, Neem, Rajavriksha, or Guduchi, sweetened with sugar, honey, and grapes, along with sour agents like pomegranate, amalaki, or vetasa, and mixed with Saindhava salt. This is the preparation for a medicinal beverage (Mantha).

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hindi translation

kSuNNAn yavAnniSpUtAn rAtrau gomUtraparyuSitAn mahati kiliJje zoSayet, evaM saptarAtraM bhAvayecchoSayecca, tatastAn kapAlabhRSTAn zaktUn kArayitvA, prAtaH prAtareva kuSThinaM pramehiNaM vA sAlasArAdikaSAyeNa kaNTakivRkSakaSAyeNa vA pAyayedbhallAtakaprapunnADAvalgujArkacitrakaviDaGgamustacUrNacaturbhAgayuktAn; evameva sAlasArAdikaSAyaparipItAnAmAragvadhAdikaSAyaparipItAnAM vA gavAzvAzakRdbhUtAnAM vA yavAnAM zaktUn kArayitvA bhallAtakAdInAM cUrNAnyAvApya khadirAzananimbarAjavRkSarohItakaguDUcInAmanyatamasya kaSAyeNa zarkarAmadhumadhureNa drAkSAyuktena dADimAmalakavetasAmlena saindhavalavaNAnvitena pAyayet; eSa sarvamanthakalpaH ||4||

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