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Fol. 13: Bower manuscript r1 bhāgaiḥ piṣṭaiḥ prasthārdhe payasā caturguṇena tailasya śanair vipūya siddhaṃ nastaḥkarmaṇi codyatena deyam\* // 394 // etena valīpalita x ḍa x vyaṅga mukhasya vidadhyāt sarvaśiroganāśanam 2 ity āhur ācāryāḥ // 395 // {X} nastaḥkarmaṇi tailaṃ valīpalitaśirorogavināśanaṃ ślo 3 {X} āmalakarasaprasthaḥ prasthaḥ syāc chātakumbhasya / bhṛṅgarajasya prasthaḥ prasthas tailasya 3 dātavyaḥ // 396 // etāṃś caturaḥ prasthān vipācayed āyase nave bhāṇḍe / tat priyakasālasārasya samudge sthāpayen māsam\* // 397 // etad gośvakharāṇām uṣṭrāṇāṃ śvetapakṣiṇāṃ caiva / śvetatvaṃ 4 nāśayati hi valīpalitanāśanaṃ tailam\* // 398 // {X} valīpalitanāśanaṃ tailaṃ {X} phaṇijjhakaṃ sakṣavakaṃ nādeyaṃ navamālikām\* / sauvarcalaṃ vacāhiṅguṃ samabhāgāni kārayet\* // 399 // akṣamātraiḥ 5 paced ebhis tailaprasthaṃ sukhāgninā / sasyikāmūtrabhāgena vastakṣīre caturguṇe // 400 // tato 'sya nastato dadyād gaṇḍamālāvināśanam\* // {X} kṛṣṇasarpaṃ mṛtaṃ gṛhya sannidhāya nave ghaṭe // 401 // avalipya 6 samṛddhe 'gnau vāntardāhaṃ vipācayet\* / tailamiśreṇa tenāsya gaṇḍamālāṃ pralepayet\* // 402 // saptarātrapralepād dhi gaṇḍamālā śamaṃ prajet\* // 403 // gaṇḍamālāyogavaraḥ // 7 nāvanītake siddhasaṃkarṣe tailapākas tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ {X} ataḥ paraṃ prakīrṇakayogān vakṣyāmaḥ // bhṛṣṭān bhṛṣṭāns tilān samyak kṣīre nirvāpya piṣayet\* / vātaraktapradehas tais tilair 8 vā madhukāśritaiḥ // 404 // śastaḥ pralepaḥ saghṛtaiś chagalīkṣīragodhumaiḥ / vātaraktaharaṃ jñeyaṃ pradhānam idam auṣadham\* // 405 // {X} vātaśoṇitapraśamanaṃ yogadvayaṃ ślo 2 {X} 9 sarpis tailaṃ guḍaṃ śuktaṃ paṃcamaṃ viśvabheṣajam\* / pītam etad bhavet sadyas tarpaṇaṃ trikaśūlanut\* // 406 // citrakaṃ pippalīmūlaṃ vacā kaṭukarohiṇī / pāṭhā vatsakavījañ ca harītakyo mahauṣadham\* // 407 // > With the portions ground, in half a prastha measure \[of sesame oil\], with four times as much milk as sesame oil, having strained it slowly, when prepared, it should be administered through the nose by one who is ready. // 394 > With this, one should treat wrinkles, grey hair, \[…\] blemishes of the face; it cures all head diseases; > so say the teachers. // 395 > Sesame oil for nasal administration that cures wrinkles, grey hair, and diseases of the head: 3 verses. > A prastha measure of emblic myrobalan juice, a prastha measure of gold flower, > a prastha measure of bhṛṅgaraja, and a prastha measure of sesame oil should be given. // 396 > One should boil these four prastha measures in a new iron vessel; > then one should store it for a month in a round box of walnut wood. // 397 > Indeed, for cows, horses, donkeys, camels, and white birds, > this sesame oil, which destroys wrinkles and grey hair, removes whiteness. // 398 > Sesame oil that destroys wrinkles and grey hair. > Phaṇijjhaka, with kṣavaka, aquatic plant, navamālikā jasmine, > sauvarcala salt, vacā, and asafoetida—one should take equal parts of these. // 399 > In the measure of an akṣa each, > one should boil a prastha measure of sesame oil with these over a gentle fire, > with a portion of natron and cow's urine, in four times as much goat's milk. // 400 > Then one should administer it through the nose to him; it cures scrofula. > Taking a dead black cobra and placing it in a new pot, // 401 > having smeared it, > one should roast it internally on a blazing fire. > With that mixed with sesame oil, one should smear his scrofula. // 402 > Indeed, after smearing for seven nights, scrofula will subside. // 403 > The excellent remedy for scrofula. > In the Nāvanītaka of proven efficacy, the third chapter: The preparation of oils. > Hereafter we shall explain miscellaneous formulations. > Having thoroughly roasted sesame seeds, extinguished them in milk, one should grind them; > a poultice for gout \[is made\] with those sesame seeds or with \[those\] combined with liquorice. // 404 > A plaster with clarified butter, goat's milk, and wheat is praised; > this principal remedy should be known as curing gout. // 405 > Two formulations to relieve gout: 2 verses. > Clarified butter, sesame oil, jaggery, vinegar, and ginger as the fifth; > this, drunk, becomes an immediate refresher that cures pain in the sacrum. // 406 > Citraka, long pepper root, vacā, kaṭukarohiṇī, > pāṭhā, kurchi seeds, chebulic myrobalan, and dry ginger; 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