Ashtangasamgraha 8.26

8.26

prāgudīcyordiśorguptaṃ bheṣajāgāramiṣyate |

uccaiḥ praśastadigdeśaṃ bahuvātāyanaṃ mahat ||

sahajaṃ kālakṛtaṃ yuktikṛtaṃ ca |

tatra sahajaṃ dehasattvayoḥ prākṛtam |

kālakṛtamṛtuvibhāgajaṃ vayaḥkṛtaṃ ca |

yuktikṛtaṃ punarāhāravihārotthamūrjaskarayogajaṃ ca |

tadvṛddhikarāstvime ca bhāvā bhavanti |

tadyathā |

balavatpuruṣe deśe janma tadvidhe ca kāle sukhaśca kālayogo bījakṣetraguṇaśarīrāhārasattvasampattayaḥ svamāvo yauvanaṃ vyāyāmo harṣaśca ||

cirādduḥkhaṃ dravaṃ śuṣkaḥ tanvāmaṃ śabdaphenavat ||

yathāsvaṃ pariśiṣṭāśca tatkṛtāśca tathāmayāḥ ||

tāḥ ṣaṭsarṣapaḥ |

te 'ṣṭau taṇḍulaḥ |

tau dhānyamāṣaḥ |

tau yavaḥ |

ataḥ paraṃ caturguṇavṛdhyāṇḍikāmāṣakaśāṇakarṣapalakuḍavaprasthāḍhakadroṇavahāḥ kalpyante |

dharaṇaṃ tu palasya daśamo bhāgaḥ |

māṣakasya paryāyo hemo dhānakaśca |

śāṇadvayasya paryāyo draṅkṣaṇaḥ kolo vaṭakaśra |

karṣasya suvarṇamakṣaṃ picurbiḍālapadakaṃ pāṇitalaṃ tindukaṃ kavalagrahaḥ ṣoḍaśikā ca |

karṣadvayasya śuktiraṣṭamikā ca |

palasya muṣṭiḥ prakuñcaścaturthikā bilvamāmraṃ ca |

paladvayasya prasṛto 'ṣṭamānaṃ ca |

kuḍavasyāñjaliḥ |

kuḍavadvayasya mānikā |

āḍhakasya pātraṃ kaṃsaśca |

droṇasya nalvaṇārmaṇonmānaghaṭakumbhakalaśāḥ |

droṇadvayasya śūrpaḥ |

tulā punaḥ palaśataṃ tāni viṃśatirbhāra iti |

bhavati cātra ||

bilvaiḥsabhaiḥkalkitairmūtravargeṇa siddhaṃ ghṛtam ||

A pharmacy well-concealed in the east or north is desirable,
elevated, in an auspicious cardinal quarter and region, with many windows, and spacious.

[Strength is] innate, temporal, and acquired.
There, innate is the natural [strength] of body and mind.
Temporal is that born of the division of seasons and born of age.
Acquired, however, arises from food and conduct, and is born from invigorating formulations.
These factors, moreover, are promoting of it.
Namely:
Birth in a region of strong people and at such a time; pleasant temporal circumstances; excellence of seed, field, qualities, body, diet, and mental temper; innate nature; youth; exercise; and joy.

[The stool is passed] with delay, with difficulty, liquid or dry, thin, undigested, with sound and foam.
And the remaining [symptoms] are according to each [doṣa], and likewise the diseases caused by them.
Six of those [seeds] make a mustard seed.
Eight of those make a grain of rice.
Two of those make a dhānyamāṣa.
Two of those make a barleycorn.
Beyond this, by a fourfold increase, an aṇḍikā, māṣaka, śāṇa, karṣa, pala, kuḍava, prastha, āḍhaka, droṇa, and vaha are reckoned.
A dharaṇa, however, is a tenth part of a pala.
Synonyms for a māṣaka are hema and dhānaka.
Synonyms for two śāṇas are draṅkṣaṇa, kola, and vaṭaka.
For a karṣa: suvarṇa, akṣa, picu, biḍālapadaka, pāṇitala, tinduka, kavalagraha, and ṣoḍaśikā.
For two karṣas: śukti and aṣṭamikā.
For a pala: muṣṭi, prakuñca, caturthikā, bilva, and āmra.
For two palas: prasṛta and aṣṭamāna.
For a kuḍava: añjali.
For two kuḍavas: mānikā.
For an āḍhaka: pātra and kaṃsa.
For a droṇa: nalvaṇa, armaṇa, unmāna, ghaṭa, kumbha, and kalaśa.
For two droṇas: śūrpa.
A tulā, moreover, is one hundred palas; twenty of those are a bhāra.
And on this matter there is [the following]:
Ghee prepared with bilva and śabhā made into a paste, together with the group of urines.