[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) › 33.1 # The Bower Manuscript 33.1 Bower Manuscript 33.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.33.1) II. Fol. 32: Bower manuscript r1 bālayuṣe susiddhaṃ vā tasmai bālāya dāpayet\* // 1045 // jvaritasyātha bālasya mātuḥ kṣīraṃ viśodhayet\* / x x x x ^ \_ sya ca 2 kaṣāyam upakalpayet\* // 1046 // uśīraṃ bhadramustāñ ca trāyamāṇām athāpi ca / tathā candanakalkena madhukaṃ ca saśarkaram\* // 1047 // jīvanīyopasiddhaṃ ca ghṛtam abhayaṃjanaṃ 3 hitam\* / kṛśasya śuṣyato vāpi kumārasy aṅgavardhanam\* // 1048 // pravakṣyāmi vidhiṃ siddhaṃ balavarṇakaraṃ param\* / kuśakāśam uśīrāṇi drākṣā padmasya kesaram\* // 1049 // 4 siddham etat payo deyaṃ kṛśāya sahaśarkaram\* / etaiḥ siddhaṃ ghṛtaṃ vāpi jīvanīyaiś ca lepayet\* // 1050 // madhuparṇyā vipakvaṃ tu kṣīram asmai pradāpayet\* / tarkārīm utpalaṃ 5 caiva saindhavaṃ vikasāṃ tilān\* // 1051 // apāmārgaphalaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ cūrṇam āmalakasya ca / aśvagandhāṃ cavāṃ caiva priyaṃguṃ gaurasarṣapān\* // 1052 // samabhāgāni sarvāṇi dadhnā 6 saha vimiśrayet\* / etad unmardanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ hīnamāṃse prayojayet\* // 1053 // kṣīradroṇyāṃ suśītāyāṃ svabhyaktam avagāhayet\* / atha śvasiti yo bālaḥ kāsate 7 kvathate 'pi ca // 1054 // tasmai lehān imān dadyāt pratipānam athāpi ca / kaṭphalaṃ śṛṃgaveraṃ ca pippalyo 'tha harītakī // 1055 // sauvarcalaṃ ca cūrṇāni 8 lehayen madhusarpiṣā / hareṇukāṃ pippalīñ ca sūkṣmelāṃ sadurālabhām\* // 1056 // drākṣāṃ ceti supiṣṭāni lehayen madhusarpiṣā / kuṣṭhaṃ puṣkaramūlaṃ 9 ca śṛṃgaveraṃ harītakī // 1057 // kalkapeṣyāṇi jalenoṣṇena pāyayet\* / bhadramustām atho hiṃguṃ tagaraṃ sahacorakam\* // 1058 // sukhodakena piṣṭāni pibet kāsanivāraṇam\* / > II. Fol. 32: Bower manuscript > or one should give that child \[a medicine\] properly prepared for children's longevity. // 1045 > And for a feverish child, one should purify the mother's milk, / and prepare a decoction of \[...\] and \[...\] // 1046 > uśīra, bhadramustā, and also trāyamāṇā, / as well as madhuka with paste of sandalwood, along with sugar. // 1047 > And ghee prepared with the vitaliser drugs is beneficial as an anointing salve. / For an emaciated or withering child, \[to promote\] growth of the limbs, // 1048 > I shall proclaim a proven regimen, exceedingly promotive of strength and complexion: / kuśa, kāśa, uśīra, grapes, and filaments of lotus, // 1049 > this milk prepared \[with these\] should be given to an emaciated \[child\], along with sugar; / or ghee prepared with these and with the vitaliser drugs should be applied as an unguent. // 1050 > Or one should give him milk boiled with madhuparṇī. / Tarkārī, blue water-lily, rock salt, vikasā, sesame seeds, // 1051 > fruit of apāmārga, kuṣṭha, and powder of āmalaka, / aśvagandhā, cavya, and priyaṅgu, and white mustard seeds— // 1052 > one should mix all these equal parts together with curd. / This is the best massage \[powder\], to be applied for one deficient in flesh. // 1053 > Well-anointed, he should be immersed in a very cool tub of milk. / Now, a child who pants, coughs, and is feverish, // 1054 > to him one should give these linctuses, and also as an after-drink: / kaṭphala, ginger, long pepper, and chebulic myrobalan, // 1055 > and sauvarcala salt: he should lick these powders with honey and clarified butter. / Hareṇukā, long pepper, cardamom, along with durālabhā, // 1056 > and grapes—well-ground, he should lick these with honey and clarified butter. / Kuṣṭha, puṣkaramūla, ginger, and chebulic myrobalan: // 1057 > these to be ground into a paste he should drink with hot water. / Bhadramustā, asafetida, tagara, together with coraka, // 1058 > ground with lukewarm water, he should drink to remove cough. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.32) - [Next: 33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.33.2) - [Up: 33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.33) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.33.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.33.1) · Pramāṇa