Ashtangasamgraha 8.20

8.20

karṇapūraṇaprayukte śophaśūlapākāḥ śrotravaiguṇyaṃ ca |

tatra bahupatrāsvaraso ghṛtakṣaudrasaṃyuktaḥ pratipūraṇaṃ somavalkaraso vā suśītaḥ |

mukhālepaprayukte mukhaśyāvatā padmakaṇṭakā bhavantyabhyaṅgajāśca vikārāḥ |

tatra madhukapayasyābandhujīvabhañjīpunarnavacandanaiḥ saghṛtairlepo

madhusarpiṣī pānam |

saviṣapuṣpāghrāṇācchirovyathā sāśrunetratvaṃ gandhājñānaṃ ca |

tatrānantarokto vidhirbāṣpoditaśceti ||

tatrāṣoḍaśādvarṣādbālam |

ā ṣaṣṭermadhyam |

tato vṛddham |

teṣvapi stanyāhārobhayavṛttyā bālaṃ trividham |

tasmin dehapramāṇavṛddhiḥ śleṣmodrekaśca |

tena bālasya snehamārdavasaukumāryālpakrodhatvasaubhāgyāni bhavanti ||

yuktena koṣṇatoyena durbalaṃ copavāsayet ||

snehapāke tvamānoktau caturguṇavivardhitam |

kalkasnehadravaṃ yojyamadhīte śaunakaḥ punaḥ ||

digdhāhatān darpitasarpadaṣṭāṃ stesādhayantyañjananasyalepaiḥ ||

When [poison] is applied as ear-drops, there is swelling, earache, suppuration, and auditory impairment.

There, fresh juice of bahupatrā mixed with ghee and honey should be dropped in, or thoroughly cooled juice of somavalka.

When [poison] is applied as a face ointment, there is darkening of the face, thorny eruptions, and the disorders born of unction.

There, an unguent of madhuka, payasyā, bandhujīva, bhañjī, punarnavā, and candana with ghee [is prescribed];

Honey and ghee are a drink.

From smelling a poisoned flower, there is headache, tearful eyes, and loss of smell.

There, the method just stated and that described for vapor [should be applied].

Among them, up to sixteen years of age is a child;

Up to sixty is middle age;

Beyond that is old age.

Among them too, a child is of three kinds: by living on breast milk, on [solid] food, or on both.

In that [childhood] there is increase in bodily dimensions and an excess of śleṣman.

Therefore, a child has unctuousness, softness, tenderness, mildness of anger, and charm.

One should make a weak person fast, accompanied by lukewarm water.

In cooking medicated fat, when the measure is stated, it should be increased fourfold;

The liquid for the paste and the fat should be employed, as Śaunaka further teaches.

They cure those struck by poisoned arrows or bitten by proud snakes through collyriums, snuffs, and unguents.