[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) › 1.5 # The Bower Manuscript 1.5 Bower Manuscript 1.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.5) 4 bhavati tailaṃ nāmataś cedam udīrṇam atyarthakārmukam\* / tailam etad yaḥ surām api vā puruṣaḥ prayuṃjīta yatnataḥ 5 pariharanti taṃ gadānīkāny ājau kṛtāstrān ivetare // 36 // prasthaṃ piṣṭvā śodhitam ekaṃ laśunānāṃ yuṃjyāc cūrṇais traiphalair ardhapalitaiḥ / 6 sarpistailābhyāṃ kuḍavaś ceti daśāhaṃ vyuṣṭaṃ kāsaśvāsaviḍaṃ vighnam uśanti // 37 // hanyād yukto mārutagulmaṃ pavanaghnaiḥ 7 kuṣṭaṃ hanyād yojitamātraṃ khadireṇa / kāsaśvāsaghno hayagandhāvyatimiśraḥ svaryaḥ proktaś caiṣa vimiśro madhuyaṣṭyā // 38 // nānāvidhān eṣa nihanti rogān 8 nānāvidhadravyaviśeṣayuktaḥ / na yantraṇā kutracid asti kalpe yathā prayuktaḥ sukhibhiḥ sa kalpaḥ // 39 // rasāyanavarasyāsya prayuktasya 9 guṇāni mat\* / samāsataḥ procyamānān suśrute 'gramanāḥ śṛṇu // 40 // kuṣṭhārocakagulmakāsakṛśatāśvitrāgnisādapraṇut\* vātāsṛgdaraśūlaśoṣajaṭharaplihodarārśoharaḥ / 10 pakṣāghātakaṭigrahakrimigadodāvartamehāpahaḥ tandrīpīnasavāhupṛṣṭapavanāpasmārasaṃsūdanaḥ // 41 // śrīmān veṇumṛdaṃgavalguninadas taptāgrahemadyutir medhādhībalavān 11 susaṃhatatanur balyādibhir varjitaḥ / nityotsāhasuvardhibhiḥ samuditaiḥ sarvair dṛḍhair indriyaiḥ jīved abdaśataṃ dṛḍhānalabalaḥ striṣv akṣayo vā pumān\* // 42 // \_ v1 ^ ^ ^ ^ laśunāṃ kalpa ukto mayāyaṃ munibhir api ca dṛṣṭaḥ prāktanair evam eva / pa ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ \_ \_ \_ prayuṅktāṃ ca samyag ^ ^ ^ ^ .ṛ ^ .ū .y. \_ ^ \_ \_ ^ \_ \_ // 43 // \_ > and this is called 'the elevated oil', exceedingly efficacious. / A man who diligently uses this oil or the liquor, / the hosts of diseases shun him, as other \[warriors shun\] those skilled in weapons in battle. // 36 > Having ground one purified prastha measure of garlic, one should combine it with powders of the three myrobalans of half a pala measure each, / and with a kuḍava measure of clarified butter and sesame oil; kept for ten days, it is said to remove cough, dyspnoea, and obstruction of stool. // 37 > Combined with wind-destroying \[drugs\], it cures wind abdominal tumours; / just combined with khadira, it cures leprosy; / mixed with aśvagandhā, it destroys cough and dyspnoea; and mixed with liquorice, it is declared beneficial for the voice. // 38 > It destroys various kinds of diseases / when combined with various specific substances; / there is no restriction anywhere in this formulation; this formulation is used by the prosperous as desired. // 39 > Of this supreme elixir when used, / hear with an attentive mind from me, Suśruta, the virtues / being stated in brief: // 40 > It dispels leprosy, anorexia, abdominal tumours, cough, emaciation, leukoderma, and sluggishness of the digestive fire; / it removes gout, menorrhagia, colic, consumption, abdominal enlargement, enlargement of the spleen, and piles; / it removes hemiplegia, stiffness of the lumbar region, worm-diseases, upward movement of wind, and urinary disorders; / it destroys torpor, chronic rhinitis, wind in the arms and back, and epilepsy. // 41 > Splendid, possessing a voice delightful as a bamboo flute or mṛdaṅga drum, having the brilliance of heated superior gold, / possessed of intellect, wisdom, and strength, his body well-compacted, free from old age and the like, / with all firm sense faculties gathered together in constant vitality and great growth, / with firm power of digestive fire, a man lives for a hundred years, or remains inexhaustible among women. // 42 > \[…\] this procedure for garlic has been declared by me, and thus indeed was seen by ancient sages; \[…\] and may one apply \[it\] properly \[…\] // 43 // \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.4) - [Next: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.6) - [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.1.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.5) · Pramāṇa