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Ashtangasamgraha 4.51

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4.51

The sun casts sharp rays due to the dispersal of the masses of clouds; / the quarters of the sky are tawny, extremely clear, and crowded with rows of krauñca birds.
Six parts of a decoction of balā root, an equal amount of milk, one part of a decoction of barley, kola jujube, horse gram, and daśamūla, and fourteen parts of oil—combining all that together and adding finely ground kākolī, kṣīrakākolī, jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, mudgaparṇī, māṣaparṇī, medā, mahāmedā, kṣīraśuklā, madhuka, devadāru, mañjiṣṭhā, sandalwood, sārivā, tagara, kuṣṭha, śatāvarī, aśvagandhā, punarnavā, dill, triphalā, tejapatra, resin, sarala pine, śaileya lichen, cardamom, vacā, agallochum, kālānusārī, and rock salt, boiling it slowly over a gentle fire, one should store it carefully preserved in a good vessel. This king of oils, esteemed by the venerable Dhanvantari, is to be employed in drinking, errhines, massages, and enemas for kings, royal dignitaries, puerperal women, the emaciated, children, the elderly, the delicate, those suffering from colic, those seized by great grahas, those whose bodies are wasted by chronic diseases, those whose vital spots have been pierced, who have fallen, who have been struck, whose bones are fractured or joints dislocated, and those afflicted with mental distress from divine visitation or curses. / By it, strength, virility, memory, intellect, wisdom, digestive fire, potency, and vital essence are increased; paraplegia, convulsions, facial paralysis, and other diverse vāta disorders, as well as abdominal swellings, hiccups, dyspnea, and cough subside. / And when used daily, after six months intestinal hernia is alleviated, and a barren woman obtains an excellent son as desired.
And here they say:
With meat broth of desert animals, fats, and oils of sesame, mustard, and neem,
one should administer enemas combined with appropriate medicinal drugs after careful consideration.
Kṛtamālā and Akṣataśiras—these are the mothers of the grahas.

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