[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) › 15.p5 # The Bower Manuscript 15.p5 Bower Manuscript 15.p5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.15.p5) 4 tvagdādimād vatsakāc ca pibed vā takrasaṃyutām\* / yogadvayam atīsāre mahāsāṃgrāhikaṃ smṛtam\* // 417 // vighuṣṭaśabdau śrīmantāv aśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau / yogaṃ lohitapittīnām 5 arśasāṃ jvariteṣu ca // 418 // vāsavāyocatuḥ śreṣṭhaṃ yad uktaṃ brahmaṇā purā / candanaṃ naladaṃ rodhram uśīraṃ padmakesaram\* // 419 // nāgapuṣpaṃ ca bilvaṃ ca bhadramustātha śarkarām\* / hiriveraṃ ca 6 pāṭhāṃ ca kuṭajasya phalaṃ tvacam\* // 420 // śṛṃgaveraṃ sātiviṣāṃ dhātakīṃ sarasāṃjanām\* / āmrāsthi jambusārāsthi tathā mocarasaṃ bhavet\* // 421 // nīlotpalaṃ samaṃgāṃ ca sūkṣmelāṃ dāḍimatvacam\* / 7 caturviṃśati caitāni samabhāgāni kārayet\* // 422 // taṇḍulodakasaṃyuktaṃ kṣaudreṇa saha pāyayet\* / hitaṃ lohitapittīnām arśasāṃ jvariteṣu ca // 423 // mūrchātamopasṛṣṭānāṃ 8 tṛṣārttānāñ ca dāpayet\* / atīsāraṃ ca chardiṃ ca strīṇāṃ ca rajanigraham\* // 424 // aśvibhyām anumato yogo raktapittanivāraṇaḥ / pracyutānāñ ca garbhāṇāṃ sthāpanaṃ paraṃ ucyate // 425 // {X} raktapittinām 9 āśvino yogaḥ ślo 12 {X} dadhisarpiś ca tailaṃ ca śṛṃgaveraṃ saphāṇitam\* / kṣaudraṃ karkandhucūrṇaṃ ca sarvam āmathya pāyayet\* // 426 // eṣa nirvāhikāyogaḥ prasahya vinivartayet\* / 10 latākuṃjopamaṃ ruddhaṃ nadīvegam ivānilaḥ // 427 // vadarīpatrakalkaṃ vāpy abhayārodhrayoś tathā / kapittharasasaṃyuktaṃ sakṣaudraṃ dadhinā pibet\* // 428 // pravāhikāvedanayābhibhūtaḥ 11 \_ \_ pibed āḍhakimūlasiddham\* / pūte ghṛte dhūpya punaḥ paceta sa vedanāṃ saṃśamayaty udīrṇām\* // 429 // pravāhikāyāṃ trapusasya bījaṃ piṣṭaṃ pibet taṇḍuladhānyakena // 430a // > Or one should drink \[bark\] from pomegranate rind and kurchi combined with buttermilk; > these two formulations are known as great astringents in diarrhoea. // 417 > The famed, illustrious Aśvins, best of physicians, > \[taught\] a formulation for sufferers of bleeding disorders, / for piles, and in fevered persons, // 418 > The best \[formulation\] which was declared formerly by Brahmā to Indra: > sandalwood, nalada, lodhra, vetiver, lotus filaments, // 419 > Ironwood flower, bael, bhadramustā, and sugar, > hirivera, pāṭhā, the fruit and bark of kurchi, // 420 > Ginger, along with ativiṣā, dhātakī, along with rasāñjana, > mango stone, jambu kernel stone, and silk-cotton gum, // 421 > Blue water lily, samaṅgā, cardamom, and pomegranate rind— > one should make equal parts of these twenty-four. // 422 > Combined with rice water, one should have him drink it with honey; > it is beneficial for sufferers of bleeding disorders, piles, and in fevered persons. // 423 > And one should give it to those afflicted by fainting and darkness of vision, > and to those tormented by thirst, / for diarrhoea, vomiting, and menstrual retention in women. // 424 > The formulation approved by the Aśvins cures bleeding disorders; > and it is declared to be the best for arresting threatened miscarriages. // 425 > The Aśvins' formulation for sufferers of bleeding disorders: 12 verses. > Curds, clarified butter, sesame oil, ginger, and treacle, > honey, and jujube powder: having stirred all together, one should have him drink it. // 426 > This formulation for dysentery forcibly turns back \[the disease\], > like the wind checks \[an obstructed river torrent\] resembling a bower of creepers. // 427 > Or a paste of jujube leaves, or likewise of chebulic myrobalan and lodhra, > combined with wood-apple juice, with honey, one should drink with curds. // 428 > Overcome by the pain of dysentery, > \[…\] one should drink \[ghee\] prepared with pigeon-pea root; / having fumigated the clarified butter when strained, one should cook it again: it pacifies fierce pain. // 429 > In dysentery, having ground cucumber seeds, one should drink \[them\] with rice and coriander. // 430a > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.416](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.15.416) - [Next: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.16) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.15.p5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.15.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.15.p5) · Pramāṇa