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Ashtangasamgraha 4.20

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4.20

And roughness arises from the dehydrating period (ādāna); therefore, the previous regimen should be followed even more intensely.
In spring, the wind is from the south and the sun has reddish rays.
Then one should give an unctuous enema (anuvāsana) prepared with the Vidāryādi group of drugs.
And one should stay in a windless place.
In pitta, one should drink milk prepared with a decoction of madhuka and vidārī.
Having pounded three fat hens and an āḍhaka of dehusked black gram in a mortar with milk and water, and having cooked the broth of either francolin or partridge with that liquid and with ghee, one should administer it to drink in order to nourish the fetus of an Upaviṣṭaka pregnancy and to plump up an Upaśuṣkaka pregnancy.
One should drink gruel prepared with goat's ghee, milk, and vitalizing drugs.
And, consuming milk and meat broth, [one should use] the medicated smokes mentioned for hiccup and dyspnea.
Kharanāsā, mṛgorvāru, mahāśvetā, and śatāvarī;

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