[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) › 11.268 # The Bower Manuscript 11.268 Bower Manuscript 11.268 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.268](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11.268) 10 balāyāḥ khalu mūlānāṃ śuṣkhaṃ palaśataṃ bhavet\* / guḍūcyāḥ paṃcaviṃśac ca rāsnādaśapalaṃ bhavet\* // 262 // prakṣālya jarjarīkṛtvā paced divyena vāriṇā / jalāḍhakaśate siddham āḍhakaṃ cāvaśeṣayet\* // 263 // kaṣāyeṇa paraṃ tena tailāḍhakaṃ vipācayet\* / dadhimastu ca śuktaṃ ca tathaivekṣuraso bhavet\* // 264 // ajakṣīrārdhabhāgaṃ ca śanair mṛdvagninā pacet\* / v1 kalkapeṣyāṇi caitāni palonmitāni pradāpayet\* // 265 // balātibalayor mūlaṃ saralaṃ devadāru ca / mustaṃ madhukamaṃjiṣṭhātagaraṃ padmakāgurum\* // 266 // hareṇv elāvyāghranakhaṃ 2 kesaraṃ surasaṃ ṣaḍīm\* / mudgaparṇīṃ māṣaparṇīṃ jīvakarṣabhakāv ubhau // 267 // jānīyāt tad yadā siddham athainam avatārayet\* / patrakalkaṃ ca bhiṣajaḥ pradadyād avatārite // 268 // > Indeed, there should be one hundred dried pala measures of roots of balā, > and twenty-five of guḍūcī, and there should be ten pala measures of rāsnā. // 262 > Having washed and bruised them, one should cook \[them\] with rain water; > when cooked in a hundred āḍhaka measures of water, one should reduce it to an āḍhaka. // 263 > With that excellent decoction one should cook an āḍhaka measure of sesame oil; > and there should be curd whey, fermented gruel, and likewise sugarcane juice, // 264 > and a half-share of goat's milk; one should cook it slowly over a gentle fire. > And one should add these \[following ingredients\], measured in pala quantities, to be ground into a paste: // 265 > Roots of balā and atibalā, pine, Himalayan cedar, > mustā, madhuka, Indian madder, tagara, padmaka, agallochum, // 266 > renuka, cardamom, vyāghranakha, > keśara, surasā, śaṭī, > mudgaparṇī, māṣaparṇī, and both jīvaka and ṛṣabhaka. // 267 > When he knows that it is cooked, then he should take it down; > and, after it is taken down, the physician should add a paste of fragrant leaves. // 268 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.261](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11.261) - [Next: 11.270](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11.270) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.11.268) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11.268](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11.268) · Pramāṇa