Ashtangasamgraha 15.18
English (machine translation) 15.18
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15.18
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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- Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit