The Bower Manuscript 33.4

33.4

3 mātuluṃgasya yojayec chardināśanam* // 1085 // āmrajambūpravāḍāṃś ca kṣīriṇāṃ ca samāvapet* / payasyā śārivāmūlaṃ gaṇḍīraṃ ca sacitrakam* // 1086 // etat kvāthya pibed bālo madhuśarkarayā yutam* /
4 trigandhikayutaṃ hṛdyaṃ chardyatīsāranāśanam* // 1087 // bilvamūlasya nikvātho lājācūrṇaiḥ susaṃskṛtaḥ / krimicchardyāṃ lihed bālaḥ śarkarāmadhuyojitam* // 1088 // elāṃ hiṃguṃ ca bhārgīñ ca śṛṅgaveraṃ
5 sasaindhavam* / ghṛtena pāyayet kṣipraṃ vātaśūlavināśanam* // 1089 // śvetāṃs tilān samadhukāñ ccharkarātailamākṣikaiḥ / lehaḥ pravāhikāṃ hanyāl lohitaṃ yaś ca sāryate // 1090 // madhukaṃ tilakalkaś
6 ca śarkarā madhv athāpi ca / taṇḍulodakasaṃyuktaṃ dadyāt samadhuśarkaram* // 1091 // raktātisāre bālānāṃ tathā saṃpadyate sukhī // vaṭaśuṃgāś ca rodhraṃ ca kārṣmaryāṇy atha śarkarā // 1092 // madhukaṃ bilvamūlaṃ
7 ca samaṃgāṃśumatīṃ balām* / kṛtvā saśālmaleḥ puṣpaṃ pṛśniparṇīṃ sadhātakīm* // 1093 // etaiḥ siddhaṃ ghṛtaṃ hanyāt kṣipram eva pravāhikām* // varāṃgam atha rodhraṃ ca mukhyāny āmalakāni ca // 1094 //
8 samāni kṣaudrayuktāni cūrṇāni mukhadhāvanam* / haridrā nimbapatrāṇi madhukaṃ madhu sḥtpalam* // 1095 // tailam etad vipaktavyaṃ mukhapāke samārkavam* / sakṣaudrāṇi
9 kaṣāyāṇi triphalācūrṇam eva ca // 1096 // mukhapāke praśastāni dhāvanaṃ cchardanāni ca // dve bṛhatyau rubūgakaśvadaṃṣṭrā vāśakāv ubhau // 1097 // śṛṃgaveraṃ yavāṃś caiva darbhī vṛkṣādanaṃ

one should administer [juice] of citron; it destroys vomiting. // 1085
And one should add young shoots of mango and jambul, and of the latex-bearing trees,
payasyā, śārivā root, gaṇḍīra, together with plumbago. // 1086
Having boiled this, the child should drink it combined with honey and sugar;
containing the three aromatics, agreeable to the heart, it destroys vomiting and diarrhoea. // 1087
A decoction of bilva root well prepared with parched-paddy powder,
combined with sugar and honey, the child should lick in worm-vomiting. // 1088
Cardamom, asafoetida, bhārgī, dry ginger,
together with rock salt, one should quickly give to drink with ghee: it destroys colicky pain from the wind humour. // 1089
White sesame seeds with licorice, along with sugar, sesame oil, and honey—
this electuary cures dysentery and when blood is passed. // 1090
Licorice, paste of sesame,
sugar, and also honey,
combined with rice-water, one should give with honey and sugar // 1091
in the bloody diarrhoea of children; thereby he becomes comfortable.
Sprouts of banyan, rodhra, kārṣmarya fruit, and sugar, // 1092
licorice, bilva root,
samaṅgā, aṃśumatī, balā,
together with silk-cotton blossom, pṛśniparṇī, and dhātakī: // 1093
ghee prepared with these destroys dysentery very quickly.
Cinnamon bark, rodhra, and choice emblic myrobalans, // 1094
in equal parts, combined with honey as a powder, are a mouthwash.
Turmeric, neem leaves, licorice, honey, blue water-lily: // 1095
this oil should be cooked together with mārkava for stomatitis.
Astringent decoctions with honey, and powder of the three myrobalans, // 1096
are praised in stomatitis as a wash and as emetics.
The two bṛhatīs, castor root, tribulus, both vāśakas, // 1097
dry ginger, barley, darbha grass, and vṛkṣādana: