[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Formularies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga) › [The Bower Manuscript](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower) › 1.10 # The Bower Manuscript 1.10 Bower Manuscript 1.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.10) 9 vadanapralepaiḥ kāleṣu gharmādiṣu saṃprayojyaḥ / nidarśitā dṛṣṭihitā narāṇāṃ doṣāpahān me śṛṇu cocyamānān\* // 92 // vātāmayaghnā jaladāgamoktāḥ pittāmayaghnāḥ 10 śaradi pradiṣṭāḥ / grīṣmopadiṣṭā rudhirāmayaghnāḥ kaphāmayaghnāḥ kusumāgamoktāḥ // 93 // karpāsamūlāni latām uśīrakālīyakā kṣīravatāṃ tvacaś ca / bhadraśriya 11 \_ ^ ^ kaṃ yavāś ca vadanti varṇyān vadanapralepān\* // 94 // etāni mūtreṇa gavāṃ praśoṣya kolāmblamūtraiḥ saha miśritā vā / syur mātuluṃgasya rase yutā vā sasarṣapāḥ śoṣya I. Fol. 5: Bower manuscript r1 mukhe vidheyāḥ // 95 // \_ \_ ^ \_ \_ ^ ^ \_ ^ kāsu kliṣṭe ca duṣṭe rudhire ca mukte / snehe vireke vividhe ca nāsye kṛte vidheyā vadanapralepāḥ // 96 // tvakpatramāṃsī natacandanaṃ ca manaḥśilā vyāghranakhaṃ 2 hareṇum\* / x āmblīkakuṣṭhaṃ surase haridre viṣāpahāḥ syur vadanapralepāḥ // 97 // mūrvāśvagandhā triphalā karañjaṃ śothāpahāḥ syur vadanapralepāḥ // mūrvāpi gomūtrayūtaṃ vadanti śothāpahaṃ 3 syād vadanapralepam\* // 98 // mukhe pralipte na hasen na rudyāt svapnaṃ na seveta tathā na cādyāt\* / nāgnau pratapyen na ca dhārayeta śuṣkaṃ pralepaṃ vadane manuṣyaḥ // 99 // abhīlu nīlīkam athāpi 4 kuṣṭhaṃ vyaṃgaṃ sapilpuṃ tilakāṃś ca jantoḥ / śāmyanti sadyo vadanapralepād dṛṣṭiś ca vaktraṃ ca bhavet prasannam\* // 100 // mukhe pralipte hasato 'śnato vā śleṣmā savāyuḥ 5 svapataḥ prakopaḥ / yātyāśu tasmāc chiraso virekāḥ snehāś ca dhūmāś ca punaḥ prayojyāḥ // 101 // agnipratāpād vidrutaś ca jantor dhṛte ca śuṣke vadanapralepe / abhīlupūrvān > 9 To be applied as facial pastes in the appropriate seasons, such as the hot season and others. / Those beneficial to the eyesight of men have been shown; now hear from me those spoken of as removing the humours: // 92 // Those destroying disorders of the wind humour are stated for the arrival of the rains; those destroying disorders of the bile humour / are prescribed in autumn; those destroying blood disorders are taught in summer; those destroying phlegm disorders are stated for the arrival of spring. // 93 // Cotton roots, latā, uśīra, kālīyaka, and the bark of trees with milky sap, / bhadraśriya, \[…\] and barley: they call these complexion-enhancing facial pastes. // 94 // Having dried these with cow's urine, or mixed together with jujube-water and urine, / or combined with the juice of citron together with mustard seeds, having dried them, they should be applied on the face. // 95 // \[…\] when \[the skin\] is distressed, and when corrupt blood has been released, / and after oleation, purgation, and various types of nasal medication have been performed, facial pastes should be applied. // 96 // Cinnamon bark, patra, māṃsī, nata, sandalwood, red arsenic, tiger's claw, / hareṇu, \[…\], tamarind, kuṣṭha, surasā, and the two turmerics—these facial pastes are destroyers of poison. // 97 // Mūrvā, aśvagandhā, the three myrobalans, and karañja—these facial pastes destroy swelling. / They also say that mūrvā combined with cow's urine is a facial paste that destroys swelling. // 98 // When the face is smeared, one should not laugh, nor weep, nor indulge in sleep, and likewise should not eat; / a man should not warm himself at a fire, nor keep a dried paste on the face. // 99 // Abhīlu, dark spots, kuṣṭha, melasma along with pilpu, and freckles of a person— / these subside immediately from a facial paste, and the eyesight and face become clear. // 100 // When the face is smeared, if one laughs or eats, the phlegm humour along with the wind humour / quickly flares up when sleeping; therefore, purgations of the head, unctuous substances, and fumigations must again be employed. // 101 // And from heat of fire, it melts away, or if a dry facial paste is retained on a person, / they say that the diseases beginning with abhīlu arise; one should provide relief for them as prescribed. // 102 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.9) - [Next: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.11) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.1.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.10) · Pramāṇa