Ashtangasamgraha 12.11

12.11

kasyaṃ kaṣāyānurasaṃ viśadaṃ lekhana laghu |

dṛṣṭiprasādanaṃ rūkṣaṃ tiktaṃ pittakaphāpaham ||

ketuśanirāhubhirjanmarkṣābhibhavo gṛhadāraśayanāsanavāhanamaṇiratnopakaraṇeṣu vā garhitalakṣaṇaprādurbhāvaścikitsāpratiṣedhāya ||

gavākṣitaṃ sirājālaḥ sadā guḍuguḍāyate ||

tiktalaghudravyaiśca kṛtasaṃsarjanasya doṣaśeṣaśamanārthaṃ madhunāvalehyamuṣṇāmbunā vā pātuṃ praṇayet |

mūrvākirātatatiktaparpaṭakavacācandanamustatrikaṭukatrāyamāṇāyavānīkaliṅgatvakphalakaṭurohiṇīdevadārudārvītvak padmakośīrāriṣṭapaṭolapatrātiviṣāsaurāṣṭrītvagelāmadhu śigrubījacūrṇam |

ayaṃ hi grahaṇīdoṣaśūlātisārapāṇḍuhṛdrogagulmajvarapramehakāmalāmukharogārocakanibarhaṇaḥ ||

aśāmyatyagninā dāho vamanaṃ virecanaṃ ca |

pippalīmadhukanimbajyotiṣmatīdevadāruviḍaṅgapriyaṅgutriphalākuṣṭhaśatāhvāsaidhavaiḥ siddhaṃ tailaṃ nāvayet |

tīkṣṇāvapīḍāñjanakavalāṃśca vidadhyāduṣṇopacāraṃ ca ||

Bell metal (kāṃsya) has an astringent secondary taste, is clear, scraping, and light; / it clears the vision, is dry and bitter, and eliminates pitta and kapha.

The affliction of the birth asterism by Ketu, Saturn, or Rāhu, or the appearance of inauspicious omens in one's house, wife, bed, seat, vehicles, gems, jewels, or implements, are grounds for forbidding medical treatment.

Covered with a network of vessels, [the abdomen] constantly rumbles.

And for one whose restorative diet has been performed with bitter and light substances, in order to pacify the remainder of the doṣas, one should prescribe an electuary with honey or advise them to drink it with warm water:

Mūrvā, kirātatikta, parpaṭaka, vacā, candana, musta, trikaṭu, trāyamāṇā, yavānī, bark and fruit of kaliṅga, kaṭurohiṇī, devadāru, bark of dārvī, padmaka, uśīra, ariṣṭa, leaves of paṭola, ativiṣā, saurāṣṭrī, bark of elā, honey, and powder of śigru seeds.

For this indeed destroys grahaṇī disorders, colic, diarrhea, anemia, heart disease, abdominal swellings, fever, urinary disorders, jaundice, diseases of the mouth, and anorexia.

The burning sensation is not relieved by fire, nor by emesis or purgation.

One should administer an errhine of oil prepared with pippalī, madhuka, nimba, jyotiṣmatī, devadāru, viḍaṅga, priyaṅgu, triphalā, kuṣṭha, śatāhvā, and saindhava.

And one should administer sharp errhines (avapīḍa), collyria, and mouth gargles, as well as warm regimens.