Ashtangasamgraha 7.23

7.23

Astringent, sweet, light, causing constipation and distension, / unctuous, binding feces, cold, pungent in vipāka, they are beneficial // in [disorders of] pitta, blood, kapha, and medas, when employed as soups, pastes, and the like. / Among pulse-legumes, mudga is best, lightest, and produces little vāta. // As follows: / The urvī, kūrcaśiras, viṭapa, and kakṣadhara—these twelve are measured as one's own finger-breadth. / The two ankles, wrists, and breast-bases—these six are two finger-breadths. / The two knees and elbows—these four are three finger-breadths. / The kūrcas, anus, bladder, umbilicus, heart, nīlās, manyās, mātṛkās, sīmantas, and śṛṅgāṭakas—these twenty-nine are equal to the palm of the hand. / The remaining fifty-six have the measure of half a finger-breadth. / Others, however, say: / Kṣipra [marmas] are the size of a rice grain; / stanarohita and utkṣepa are the size of a pea; / and yet others consider marmas to be of the size of a sesame seed. / And here it is said: // Hemorrhoids that are easily cured are those that have arisen recently. // Blue water-lily, tāmalakī, trāyamāṇā, durālabhā— / making a paste [of these], cooked ghee is supreme in overcoming consumption, the king of diseases. // Rapid onset, aggravation of vāta, and feeling of fullness in the large intestine: / these are its complications, and what is suitable here should be administered. // One who laughs, dances, or sings in secret, and practices silence when surrounded by people, [is possessed] by Vikaṭa.