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Fol. 16: Bower manuscript r1 x x x x ^ \_ \_ x x x x x ulūkhale / rātriparyuṣitaṃ hy etad dadyāc charkarayā saha // 504 // kaṣāya eṣa vāta x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ // 2 x x x x x x x x ślo 10 {X} abhayāhiṃgupippalyo yavānīm āmblavetasam\* // 505 // etān akṣasamān bhāgān pibet tu x ^ \_ ^ \_ / x x x x ^ \_ \_ x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ // 506 // x x 3 x x ^ \_ \_ x dīpanīyaṃ paraṃ smṛtam\* / hṛdroge pārśvaśūle ca vātagulme ca pūjitam\* // 507 // koṣṭhastheṣu ca vā \_ x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ / x x x x ^ \_ \_ x x x x x ^ 4 \_ ^ \_ // 508 // praśasyate nāsyam etac chīrṣarogavināśanam\* // 509a // śirorujāyāṃ saghṛtaḥ sacandanaṃ kuṣṭham atho vāpi natotpalaṃ ca // yāṣṭyāhvam 5 elā kamalotpalaṃ ca prapauṇḍarīkaṃ suradārukuṣṭham\* // 510 // kuryāt samaṃ padmakacorakau ca śirorujāyāṃ saghṛtaḥ pradehaḥ // x \_ ^ \_ \_ ^ ^ \_ ^ \_ \_ x \_ ^ \_ \_ ^ ^ \_ ^ \_ \_ // 511 // 6 ghṛtottamaṃ vā vadareṇa siddhaṃ nastaḥ pradadyād avabhedakānte / paścād ghṛtaṃ cāpy anupāna \_ \_ x \_ \_ ^ ^ \_ ^ \_ \_ // 512 // x \_ ^ \_ \_ ^ ^ \_ ^ \_ \_ 7 bhuktvā ca bhakṣyaṃ labhate guḍena // 513a // bilvamūlaṃ phalaṃ caiva nastaḥ karmaṇi \_ ^ \_ // x x x x ^ \_ \_ x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ // 514 // x x x x x 8 saṃgṛhya tat tailaṃ vipaced bhiṣak\* / tato 'sya nastato dadyāc chīrṣarogavināśanam\* // 515 // x x x x ^ \_ \_ \_ x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ / x x x x^ \_ \_ ^ 9 nastaḥ kuryāt punaḥ punaḥ // 516 // bhāgo purāṇatailasya tāvat syāt pāṭalasya ca / x x x x x ^ \_ \_ \_ x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ // 517 // lalāṭalepaḥ 10 śasto 'yaṃ khyātaḥ śīrṣarujāpahaḥ / {X} lavaṇaṃ śṛṃgaveraṃ ca x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ // 518 // x x x x ^ \_ \_ x x x 11 citrakatinduke / bastamūtreṇa saṃyojya lepaḥ śīrṣarujāpahaḥ // 519 // x x x x x^ \_ \_ x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ / v1 kaṇḍīramārkamūlaṃ ca triphalā kaṭusarṣapāḥ // 520 // gavāṃ mūtreṇa \_ \_ x x x x x x^ \_ ^ \_ / x x x x ^ \_ \_ x x x x ambarāmbunā // 521 // 2 śīrṣāmayaharāḥ paṃca yogāḥ ślo 16 {X} x x x x ^ \_ \_ x x x x x x^ \_ ^ \_ / x x x x x^ 3 kaṃ caiva kaṇṭakāryāḥ phalāni ca // 522 // sūkṣmacūrṇam idaṃ kṛtvā kuryāt pradhānam auṣadham\* // vartākakulakavyoṣakulatthāḍhakimudgajam\* // 523 // 4 yūṣam etan naraḥ pītvā pratiśyāyāt pramucyate // saktūn suprayutāṅ kṛtvā ghṛtair mallakasaṃpuṭe // 524 // x x x x x x x x x x x x 5 pā {X} kaṇḍīram agninā dagdhvā bhasma tad gṛhya buddhimān\* / dantānta x ^ \_ \_ x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ // 525 // x x x x ^ 6 bhāgena dantaśūlaṃ praśāmyati // ajājī śṛṃgaveraṃ ca viḍaṃgāni ^ \_ ^ \_ // 526 // x x x x ^ \_ \_ x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ / daśamūlaṃ 7 supiṣṭaṃ tu sarpiṣā saha dāpayet\* // 527 // x x stavāyase bhāṇḍe agni x x ^ \_ ^ \_ / x x x x ^ \_ \_ x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ // 528 // niculaṃ sarṣapaṃ 8 śvetaṃ pippalyo viśvabheṣajam\* / kṣāraṃ ca lavaṇaṃ caiva kabaḍodantaśūlanut\* // 529 // somarājī ^ \_ \_ x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ / x x x x ^ \_ \_ x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ // 530 // 9 x x x x śṛṃgaveraṃ śuktapiṣṭaṃ vijānatā / dantaśūlāpahaṃ kuryāt kabaḍagraham uttamam\* // 531 // dantaśūlaharā x x x x x x x x {X} x x x x ^ \_ \_ x x x x x ^ \_ ^ \_ / x x 10 x ^ \_ \_ x sarpiś caibhir vipācayet\* // 532 // karṇapūraṇam etena kartavyaṃ karṇaśūlinām\* // karṇakṣveḍe karṇanāde kaṭutailena pūrayet\* // 533 // nādabādhiryayoḥ kuryāt karṇaśūloktam auṣadham\* // pippalyo bilvamūlaṃ 11 ca kuṣṭhaṃ madhukam eva ca // 534 // māṃsī vyāghranakhaṃ rodhraṃ sūkṣmelā devadāru ca / garbhenānena tailasya prasthaṃ mṛdvagninā pacet\* // 535 // > II. Fol. 16: Bower manuscript > \[... in a\] mortar; / this, kept overnight, one should give with sugar. // 504 > This decoction \[destroys\] wind \[...\] > \[...\] 10 verses. / Chebulic myrobalan, asafoetida, long pepper, ajowan, and sour lemon // 505 > — taking these in parts equal to an akṣa, one should drink \[...\] // 506 > \[...\] is considered pre-eminently digestive; / it is praised in heart disease, pain in the side, and wind abdominal lump, // 507 > and when the wind \[humours\] are situated in the bowels \[...\] // 508 > This nasal medication is recommended as destroying head diseases. // 509a > For headache, an application of kuṣṭha with ghee and with sandalwood, or also nata and blue lotus, > or liquorice, cardamom, red lotus and blue lotus, prapauṇḍarīka, deodar, and kuṣṭha // 510 > — making these along with padmaka and coraka in equal parts — with ghee is an application for headache. \[...\] // 511 > Or an excellent ghee prepared with jujube one should administer as nasal drops at the end of hemicrania, / and afterwards ghee as an after-drink \[...\] // 512 > \[...\] and having eaten food with jaggery, he obtains \[relief\]. // 513a > Bilva-root and fruit indeed \[should be used\] in nasal therapy \[...\] // 514 > \[...\] taking \[...\], the physician should cook that sesame oil; / then he should give it to him as nasal drops, destroying head diseases. // 515 > \[...\] / he should administer as nasal drops again and again. // 516 > A part of old sesame oil, and there should be the same amount of pāṭala, / \[...\] // 517 > This forehead-plaster is recommended and celebrated as relieving headache. / \[...\] salt and ginger, and \[...\] // 518 > \[...\] citraka and tinduka, / combining them with goat's urine, this plaster removes headache. // 519 > \[...\] / and kaṇḍīra, root of arka, three myrobalans, and pungent mustard // 520 > with cow's urine \[...\] / \[...\] with sky-water \[rainwater\]. // 521 > Five recipes removing head diseases; 16 verses. / \[...\] / \[...\] and the fruits of kaṇṭakārī. // 522 > Making this a fine powder, one should prepare the principal medicine. / Arising from eggplant, patola, the three pungents, horse gram, pigeon pea, and mung bean, // 523 > a man, having drunk this soup, is freed from chronic catarrh. / Having well prepared groats with ghee in a pair of earthenware cups \[...\] // 524 > \[...\] / Having burnt kaṇḍīra with fire, the wise man, taking that ash, / \[applying it to\] the edge of the teeth \[...\] // 525 > \[...\] by part, toothache is pacified. / Cumin, ginger, and false black pepper \[...\] // 526 > \[...\] / Daśamūla well ground, however, one should give with clarified butter. // 527 > \[...\] in an iron vessel, fire \[...\] / \[...\] // 528 > Nicula, white mustard, long pepper, and dry ginger, / alkali and salt: a gargle removing toothache. // 529 > Somarājī \[...\] / \[...\] // 530 > \[...\] ginger ground with fermented gruel by one who knows / makes an excellent gargle that removes toothache. // 531 > \[Recipes\] that remove toothache \[...\] / \[...\] / \[...\] and one should cook clarified butter with these. // 532 > An ear-filling must be performed with this for those suffering from earache. / In whistling in the ear and ringing in the ear, one should fill \[the ear\] with pungent oil. // 533 > In ringing in the ear and deafness, one should apply the remedy stated for earache. / Long pepper, bilva-root, kuṣṭha, and liquorice, // 534 > Indian spikenard, vyāghranakha, rodhra, small cardamom, and deodar / — with this paste one should cook one prastha measure of sesame oil over a gentle fire. // 535 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.17.3) - [Next: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Bheḷasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.21.53) — Bheḷa, Sanskrit - [Gadanigraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.gadanigraha.57.45) — Soḍhala, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.18) · Pramāṇa