[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) › 1.8 # The Bower Manuscript 1.8 Bower Manuscript 1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.8) 6 madhukaṃ samaṃgā / kālīyakaṃ parpaṭakā latā ca drākṣātha kārṣmaryaparūṣakaṃ ca // 71 // mūlāni gundrānaḍavetasānāṃ śuṃgāni cāpuṣpavatāṃ tṛṇānām\* / 7 prapauṇḍarīkaṃ sakirātatiktaṃ bhadraśriyaṃ nimbapaṭolavāśam\* // 72 // dvau trīṇi vāje payasi striyā vā śritāny athāścyotanam uttamaṃ syāt\* / saśarkaraṃ mākṣikasaṃprayuktaṃ paitte 'kṣiroge 8 rudhirātmake ca // 73 // trīṇy ūṣaṇāni triphalā haridrā kāsīsajātīgṛhadhūmajātyaḥ / lākṣātha dantī suraso vacā pāṭhāśvagandhāmaradāru cāgryam\* // 74 // sakaṭphalailāgurukaṇṭakārī 9 rodhraṃ karañjaṃ bṛhatīṃ śvadaṃṣṭrām\* / dve trīṇi vātaḥ salile śritāni koṣṇāni kāryāṇi sasaindhavāni // 75 // āścyotanaṃ śleṣmakṛte 'kṣiroge madhupragāḍhaṃ pravadanti santaḥ / paruṣakāmratakatintiḍīkavṛkṣāmblajaṃbvāmrakapitthakolaiḥ // 76 // 10 samātuluṃgair atha dāḍimāmblair madyaiḥ payobhir dadhimastunā vā / dārvyutpalādyaiḥ kvathitaiś ca sāmblair āścyotanaṃ saindhavasaṃprayuktaṃ \* // 77 // 11 x tyāsaśītoṣṇakṛtāṃ nihanti raktātmikāṃ netrarujaṃ prasahya / saṃsargaje sarvasamutthite vā hīnādhikatvaṃ prasamīkṣya roge // 78 // kurvīta xṃ \_ .r. ^ \_ ^ \_ \_ v1 \_ paharī vivijñaḥ / eraṇḍamūlaṃ saphalaprarohaṃ vijarjanaṃ kṣīrayutaṃ tv ajānām\* // 79 // syād vātaraktāpaham etad agryam āścyotanaṃ sadbhiṣajo vadanti // prapauṇḍarīkaṃ madhukaṃ haridrāñ ca \_ ^ \_ \_ ^ ^ \_ ^ \_ \_ // 80 // > licorice, mañjiṣṭhā, > kālīyaka, parpaṭaka, latā, grapes, kārṣmarya, and parūṣaka, // 71 > roots of gundrā, reed, and vetasa, sprouts of flowerless grasses, > prapauṇḍarīka with kirātatikta, sandalwood, neem, snake gourd, and vāsā: // 72 > two or three of these boiled in goat's milk or woman's milk would be an excellent eye drops; > with sugar and combined with honey, in eye disease caused by bile humour and originating from blood. // 73 > The three pungents, three myrobalans, turmeric, iron sulfate, nutmeg, soot, jasmine, > lāc, dantī, holy basil, sweet flag, pāṭhā, aśvagandhā, prime devadāru, // 74 > kaṭphala, cardamom, agallochum, kaṇṭakārī, > lodh tree, karañja, bṛhatī, gokhru: > two or three of these boiled in water, made lukewarm with rock salt, // 75 > the wise call an eye drops plentiful in honey for eye disease caused by phlegm humour. > With parūṣaka, āmrātaka, tamarind, vṛkṣāmla, rose apple, mango, wood apple, and jujube, // 76 > with citron and sour pomegranate, with wine, milks, or whey, > boiled with tree turmeric, blue water lily, and the others, sour, as eye drops combined with rock salt, // 77 > \[...\] forcefully destroys pain of the eyes caused by \[blood\] arisen from alternating cold and heat. > In a disease born of combination \[of two humours\] or arisen from all \[three\], having examined deficiency and excess, // 78 > the discerning \[physician\] removing \[...\] should prepare \[...\]. > Castor root with sprouting fruits, vijarjana, combined with goat's milk // 79 > would be foremost in dispelling vātarakta; good physicians call it an eye drops. > Prapauṇḍarīka, licorice, turmeric, and \[...\] // 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.9) - [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.1.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.8) · Pramāṇa