[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) › 24.2 # The Bower Manuscript 24.2 Bower Manuscript 24.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.24.2) 9 ucyate / jātopasargaṃ yakṣmāṇam apy ekādaśarūpikam\* // 756 // rasāyanam idaṃ hanti sadā cāyuś ca vardhate / eṣa eva tu kalpaḥ syān madhukasya rasāyane // 757 // maṇḍūkaparṇyāś ca tathā śṛṃgaverasya 10 cocyate / etad ābalikaṃ proktaṃ rasāyanam anuttamam\* // 758 // {X} nāgabalāprayogaḥ ślo 6 {X} śubhe mārgaśire māse saṃśuddho vamanādibhiḥ / upetaphalapuṣpān tu kāchamācīṃ 11 prayojayet\* // 759 // palāni daśa śuddhāyāḥ kācamācyāḥ samāhitaḥ / pacet kārṣṇāyase pātre tailārdhena śanair bhiṣak\* // 760 // tasya mātrāṃ prayuṃjīta ṣaṣṭikānnaṃ ca bhojayet\* / v1 tena śākena bhuṃjīta mātrayā ṣaṣṭikodanam\* // 761 // anupānaṃ pibec cātra jalam āmalakair yutam\* / ekaviṃśatirātraṃ tu prayogam idam uttamam\* // 762 // dvisaptarātraṃ 2 madhyaṃ tu saptarātraṃ tathāparam\* / prayogam ācared enaṃ grāmadharmaṃ ca varjayet\* // 763 // na cācared divā svapnaṃ vyāyāmaṃ ca vivarjayet\* / kramaśaś ca prayogānte rasān abhyavahārayet\* // 764 // na cātivelaṃ 3 bhuṃjīta na cāsātmyaṃ kathaṃcana / eṣa prāyeṇa vṛddhānāṃ yauvanaṃ punar ānayet\* // 765 // baliṃ hanyād gataṃ vāyuḥ prāṇināṃ sannivarjayet\* / ye copahatapuṃstvās tu teṣāṃ puṃstvaṃ 4 viśodhayet\* // 766 // vijātibhiś ca saṃyuktāḥ karmabhir vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ / sevyamānā yatheṣṭaṃ tu kramāt samupanāmayet\* // 767 // dhanyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ kalyāṇaṃ maṃgalaṃ param\* {X} // kācamācīprayogaḥ {X} > is prescribed. > This rejuvenating tonic destroys even pulmonary consumption (yakṣman) that has arisen with complications > and has all eleven forms, and life is constantly increased. // 756 > This very procedure should also apply to the rejuvenating tonic of liquorice, > and is likewise stated for maṇḍūkaparṇī and for fresh ginger. > This is declared as an unsurpassed rejuvenating tonic bringing strength. // 757–758 > Application of nāgabalā: 6 verses. > In the auspicious month of Mārgaśīrṣa, having purified himself with emetics and the like, > \[the patient\] should make use of black nightshade (kākamācī) possessing fruits and flowers. // 759 > Attentively, a physician should slowly cook ten pala measures of cleaned black nightshade > in an iron vessel with half \[that measure\] of sesame oil. // 760 > He should administer a dose of it and feed \[him\] with ṣaṣṭika grain; > he should eat ṣaṣṭika rice in appropriate measure along with that cooked vegetable. // 761 > And here he should drink water infused with emblic myrobalans as an after-drink. > This supreme course lasts for twenty-one nights; // 762 > the middling is two seven-night periods (fourteen days), and another lasts seven nights. > He should practice this regimen and avoid sexual intercourse. // 763 > He should not take day-sleep, and should avoid physical exercise; > and gradually, at the end of the course, he should reintroduce the tastes (rasa). // 764 > He should not eat out of due time, nor anything unwholesome in any way. > This generally brings back youth to the aged; // 765 > it destroys wrinkles; it turns away wind that has departed \[from balance\] in living beings; > and for those whose virility is impaired, it purifies their virility. // 766 > Combined with manifold auspicious deeds free from irregularities, > being taken as desired, it will gradually produce success. // 767 > It brings fortune, brings fame, brings longevity, and is a supreme blessing and auspiciousness. > Application of kācamācī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.24.1) - [Next: 24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.24.3) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.24.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.24.2) · Pramāṇa