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Ashtangasamgraha 15.18

Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 15.18

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Sanskrit

15.18

mañjiṣṭhāśleṣmātakarajanīsuvahāśirīṣapālindyaḥ |

sailācandanakatkāḥ sasinduvārā viṣaṃ ghnanti ||

tadāṅgamākṣipatyeṣa vyādhirākṣepakaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

bastikarma puraḥ kṛtvā vaṅkṣaṇasthaṃ tato dahet |

agninā mārgarodhārthaṃ maruto 'rdhenduvakrayā ||

bindurjalasyeva calaḥ padminīpuṭasaṃśritaḥ ||

Mañjiṣṭhā, śleṣmātaka, turmeric, suvahā, śirīṣa, pālindī,
together with cardamom, a paste of sandalwood, and sinduvāra destroy poison.
Then it convulses the limbs; this disease is known as ākṣepaka (convulsion).
Having first administered enema therapy, one should then cauterize at the groin / with fire by means of a crescent-shaped [iron] to obstruct the path of vāta.
Like a drop of water trembling upon the petal of a lotus.

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