[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) › 11.283 # The Bower Manuscript 11.283 Bower Manuscript 11.283 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.283](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11.283) 5 apasmāraṃ dhanuṣkaṃbhaṃ tailam etac cikitsati / tvaggataś caiva ye vātā ye ca majjānam āśritāḥ // 273 // sirāgatāḥ snāyugatās tathā sarvagatāś ca ye / sarvāñ cchamayate vātān iti nāsty atra 6 saṃśayaḥ // 274 // ṛtukāle ca nārīṇāṃ śiraḥsnātāsu dāpayet\* / bandhyāpi labhate garbhaṃ prayogena samācaran\* // 275 // varṇabhedapraśamanam alakṣmīśamanaṃ śivam\* / balātailaṃ bhiṣag dadyād 7 balendriyavivardhanam iti // 276 // {X} balātailaṃ ślo 16 {X} balāśatakaṣāyeṇa tailasyārdhāḍhakaṃ pacet\* / kalkair madhukamāṃjiṣṭhācandanotpalapadmakaiḥ // 277 // gandhaiś ca jīvanīyaiś ca dugdhadvidroṇasādhitam\* / 8 balātailaṃ narendrārham etad vātavikāranut\* // 278 // kalpenānena rāsnāyā guḍūcyā madhukasya ca / svanāmākhyaṃ pacet tailaṃ tadvat sahacarasya ca // 279 // {X} balātailaṃ ślo 2 pā 1 {X} śataṃ 9 sutulitaṃ kuryād balāmūlasya paṇḍitaḥ / sādhayec ca jaladroṇe caturbhāgāvaśeṣitam\* // 280 // palāni daśa cānyāni balāyā dugdhapeṣimam\* / luṃcitānāṃ tilānāṃ tu kuryāt tailāḍhakadvayam\* // 281 // caturguṇena 10 payasaḥ pacen mṛdvagninā tu tam\* / anena vidhinā tailaṃ daśakṛtvo vipācayet\* // 282 // siddham etad balātailaṃ naikarogavināśanam\* / pānābhyaṃge bhojane ca nāsye vastau ca śāsyate // 283 // > epilepsy, or tetanus—this oil cures them. > And whichever wind humours reside in the skin, and whichever have resorted to the marrow, // 273 > those in the blood vessels, those in the sinews, and those that have pervaded all parts, > it pacifies all wind humours; there is no doubt about this. // 274 > And at the time of menstruation, when women have bathed their heads, he should administer it; > even a barren woman obtains offspring, performing \[its\] application. // 275 > Allaying discolouration, allaying misfortune, auspicious, > the physician should give Balātaila, which increases strength and faculties. Thus. // 276 // Balātaila. Sixteen verses. With a decoction of one hundred \[palas\] of balā, one should cook half an āḍhaka measure of sesame oil, > with pastes of madhuka, Indian madder, sandalwood, blue lotus, and padmaka, // 277 > and with aromatics and restorative herbs, cooked with two droṇa measures of milk. > This Balātaila, worthy of kings, removes disorders of the wind humour. // 278 > By this procedure, one should cook an oil of rāsnā, of guḍūcī, and of madhuka, > called by their own names, and likewise of sahacara. // 279 // Balātaila. Two and one-fourth verses. The learned man > should take a well-weighed hundred \[palas\] of balā root > and should boil it in a droṇa measure of water until reduced to one-fourth. // 280 > And another ten pala measures of balā to be ground with milk; > and of husked sesame seeds he should take two āḍhaka measures of oil. // 281 > With four times as much milk he should cook it over a gentle fire. > By this method one should cook the oil ten times. // 282 > This perfected Balātaila destroys many diseases; > it is commended in draught, inunction, food, nasal medication, and in enema, // 283 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.272](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11.272) - [Next: 11.285](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11.285) - [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.11.283) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11.283](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11.283) · Pramāṇa