The Bower Manuscript 11.283

11.283

epilepsy, or tetanus—this oil cures them.
And whichever wind humours reside in the skin, and whichever have resorted to the marrow, // 273
those in the blood vessels, those in the sinews, and those that have pervaded all parts,
it pacifies all wind humours; there is no doubt about this. // 274
And at the time of menstruation, when women have bathed their heads, he should administer it;
even a barren woman obtains offspring, performing [its] application. // 275
Allaying discolouration, allaying misfortune, auspicious,
the physician should give Balātaila, which increases strength and faculties. Thus. // 276 // Balātaila. Sixteen verses. With a decoction of one hundred [palas] of balā, one should cook half an āḍhaka measure of sesame oil,
with pastes of madhuka, Indian madder, sandalwood, blue lotus, and padmaka, // 277
and with aromatics and restorative herbs, cooked with two droṇa measures of milk.
This Balātaila, worthy of kings, removes disorders of the wind humour. // 278
By this procedure, one should cook an oil of rāsnā, of guḍūcī, and of madhuka,
called by their own names, and likewise of sahacara. // 279 // Balātaila. Two and one-fourth verses. The learned man
should take a well-weighed hundred [palas] of balā root
and should boil it in a droṇa measure of water until reduced to one-fourth. // 280
And another ten pala measures of balā to be ground with milk;
and of husked sesame seeds he should take two āḍhaka measures of oil. // 281
With four times as much milk he should cook it over a gentle fire.
By this method one should cook the oil ten times. // 282
This perfected Balātaila destroys many diseases;
it is commended in draught, inunction, food, nasal medication, and in enema, // 283