Ashtangasamgraha 16.6
Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 16.6
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16.6
parūṣakaṃ varā drākṣā kaṭphalaṃ katakāt phalam |
rājāhvaṃ dāḍimaṃ śākaṃ tṛṇmūtrāmayavātajit |
añjanaṃ phalinī māṃsī padmotpalarasāñjanam |
sailāmadhukanāgāhvaṃ viṣāntardāhapittanut ||
bhaviṣyataḥ kuṣṭhasamaṃ tathā sādaḥ ślathāṅgatā ||
tena pṛthak samaṃ mātuluṅgadāḍimāmrātakarasaśuktatuṣodakāranālaṃ ghṛtaprasthaṃ dadhyāḍhakopetaṃ vacākāravīśatāhvādvikṣāratrilavaṇatrikaṭukarāsnākumbhanikumbhayavānīyavānakahiṃsrāmlavetasanīlinīphalaviḍaṅgadāḍimahiṅgupāṣāṇabhedakoṣakavṛṣakahapuṣābhārṅgīśvadaṃṣṭrātrapusairvārubījājājīsārivopakuñcikāgranthikakustumbarītumburuphalamūrvācitrakasurasāgajapippalīgarbhaṃ sādhayet |
dādhikākhyametat sarpiḥ samānaṃ pūrveṇa |
mūtraghātonmādāpasmāravātavyādhiharaṃ ca |
pibedvā vyoṣaṣaḍgranthākṛmighnakaṭukācitrakasauvarcalābhayāyavakṣārairdaśāṃśakṣīrasaṃyuktaṃ sādhitaṃ sarpiḥ |
kṣīrāyogyāya ca surāmadirāmastudadhisaradāḍimarasānāmanyatamaṃ vidadhyāt ||
hanti tacchrukratimiraraktarājīśirorujaḥ ||
Parūṣaka, the noble [fruits of triphalā], grapes, kaṭphala, the seed of kataka, / rājāhva, pomegranate, and herbs, conquer thirst, urinary disorders, and vāta. / Collyrium, phalinī, māṃsī, lotus, blue lotus, rasāñjana, / with cardamom, liquorice, and ginger, remove poison, internal burning sensation, and pitta.
Its premonitory symptoms are like those of kuṣṭha: likewise, exhaustion and flaccidity of limbs.
One should prepare one prastha of ghee, combined with one āḍhaka of curd, equal in separate measures to each of the juices of citron, pomegranate, and āmrātaka, vinegar, husk-water, and sour gruel; having as its paste vacā, kāravī, śatāhvā, the two alkalis, the three salts, trikaṭu, rāsnā, kumbha, nikumbha, yavānī, yavānaka, hiṃsrā, amlavetasa, nīlinī fruit, viḍaṅga, pomegranate, asafoetida, pāṣāṇabheda, koṣaka, vṛṣaka, hapuṣā, bhārṅgī, śvadaṃṣṭrā, trapusa seeds, ervāru seeds, ajājī, sārivā, upakuñcikā, granthika, kustumbarī, tumburu fruit, mūrvā, citraka, surasā, and gajapippalī.
This ghee, named Dādhika, is equal [in effects] to the preceding one;
it also cures retention of urine, insanity, epilepsy, and diseases of vāta.
Or he may drink ghee prepared with vyoṣa, ṣaḍgranthā, kṛmighna, kaṭukā, citraka, sauvarcala, abhayā, and yavakṣāra, mixed with a one-tenth part of milk.
For one unsuited to milk, one should prescribe any one among surā, madirā, whey, the cream of curd, or pomegranate juice.
It destroys that [corneal] opacity, cataract, blood streaks, and headaches.
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- Aṣṭāṅganighaṇṭu — Vāhaṭa, Sanskrit
- Madanādinighaṇṭu — Candranandana, Sanskrit