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The Compendium of Caraka 7.9

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Now we shall explain the formulation of tilvaka.

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Thus said the reverend Ātreya:

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Tilvaka is considered to be lodhra, bṛhatpatra, and tirīṭaka. / Dried root bark of it, devoid of inner bark,

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he should powder; having divided it into three parts, he should then decant two parts / with a decoction of lodhra itself; he should impregnate the third with that.

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He should impregnate that portion again with a decoction of daśamūla; / having made the dried powder again, he should use it thereafter.

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With curd, buttermilk, the scum of wine, urine, badara-sīdhu, / or with juice of āmalakas, one should then drink a palmful.

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When meṣaśṛṅgī, abhayā, kṛṣṇā, and citraka are boiled in water, / he should steep marujas, and when that has become saubīraka,

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one should always drink lodhra paste with an añjali of that; / or one should drink wine prepared with lodhra decoction that has stood for a fortnight.

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In a droṇa [of decoction] of dantī and citraka, having boiled down one āḍhaka of water for each, / he should cast in one tulā of jaggery and an añjali of lodhra;

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that is an excellent purgative for wine-drinkers after a fortnight. / Well impregnated ten times with a decoction of kampillaka,

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one should drink a dose with a decoction of kampillaka itself. / Another electuary should also be made according to the caturaṅgula formulation.

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With a decoction of triphalā, with ghee, honey, and phāṇita, / an electuary prepared with lodhra powder is excellent for purging.

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With a decoction and paste of tilvaka, with sugar, / an electuary prepared with ghee is also excellent for purging.

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Eight handfuls with fingernails each of trivṛt and the others separately / he should boil in a droṇa of water; when a quarter remains, he should cook a prastha of ghee

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with those same [drugs] ground in bilva-sized portions, with urine and salt; / then he should drink a dose at the proper time; this is an excellent purgative.

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He should cook ghee with lodhra paste, urine, sours, and salt; / and he should prepare two ghees according to the caturaṅgula formulation.

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Here are the two verses:

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Five with curd and the like; one with wine; and with saubīraka; / one ariṣṭa; likewise, one formulation with kampillaka;

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three electuaries; and four with ghee are proclaimed: / sixteen formulations of lodhra roots are shown in this chapter.

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Thus ends the ninth chapter, titled "Formulation of Tilvaka," in the Section on Formulation of the treatise composed by Agniveśa, redacted by Caraka, and, being unavailable, completed by Dṛḍhabala.

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