སྦྱར་བ་བརྒྱ་པ 8

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Disorders arising from blood are conquered by sugar and sea foam. / Pippalī produced with cow [milk] is for night blindness. / Tuttha and trikaṭu are for dimness of vision; / for white cataracts, [use] mākṣika honey. / Black sulphate, white tuttha, sea foam, / marica, śaṅkha, saindhava, red ochre, / and manohilā in equal parts, mixed with mākṣika and ground, / conquers timira, pterygium caused by rheum, and inflammatory pain. / Guḍūcī, puṣkaramūla, iron dust, viḍaṅga, marica, saindhava, karpūra, / tuttha, stone-lichen, māṅsī, haridrā, gairika, śaṅkha, sea foam / in equal powder, kept in an iron vessel and applied with honey, / is praised when smeared on flesh tags, / timira, cataracts, vascular eruptions, and flesh growths of the eye. / Yaṣṭīmadhu, utpala, sea foam, tvak, puṣkaramūla, gorocanā, mañjiṣṭhā, / māṅsī, candana, śaṅkha, red ochre, bālucara, tuttha, and black sulphate leaves: / all these in equal parts as a collyrium / conquer eye pustules, black eye heat, / bloody tears, cataracts, ocular growths, and pain; it is constantly recommended to apply it. / The treatment for the eyes is complete. // Devadāru, white ativiṣā, together with guḍūcī, / viḍaṅga, katukā, and atis, a decoction of pāṭhā / prepared with cow urine and mixed with honey, / should be drunk for all throat diseases. / Kṣāra, tejovatī, pāṭhā, / tuttha, dāruharidrā, haridrā, and pippalī: / make pills with honey and chew them / in the mouth for all throat diseases. / Dāruharidrā, mustā, jātī flowers, / fresh dīrghapatra, drākṣā, viḍaṅga, and triphalā boiled / and taken with honey will quickly pacify / diseases of the mouth and tongue in the body. / Kuṣṭha, roots of dāruharidrā, tuttha, mañjiṣṭhā, / haridrā, katukā, mustā, pāṭhā, and tejanī, / finely ground, cause loose teeth to become firm / and relieve acute, throbbing pain and bleeding from within. / Sauvīraka, cūkra, wet ginger, mātuluṅga / juice, māṃsa, guggulu, and saindhava, / boiled in hot ghee