The Bower Manuscript 15

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15.407

With the portions ground, in half a prastha measure [of sesame oil], with four times as much milk as sesame oil, having strained it slowly, when prepared, it should be administered through the nose by one who is ready. // 394
With this, one should treat wrinkles, grey hair, […] blemishes of the face; it cures all head diseases;
so say the teachers. // 395
Sesame oil for nasal administration that cures wrinkles, grey hair, and diseases of the head: 3 verses.
A prastha measure of emblic myrobalan juice, a prastha measure of gold flower,
a prastha measure of bhṛṅgaraja, and a prastha measure of sesame oil should be given. // 396
One should boil these four prastha measures in a new iron vessel;
then one should store it for a month in a round box of walnut wood. // 397
Indeed, for cows, horses, donkeys, camels, and white birds,
this sesame oil, which destroys wrinkles and grey hair, removes whiteness. // 398
Sesame oil that destroys wrinkles and grey hair.
Phaṇijjhaka, with kṣavaka, aquatic plant, navamālikā jasmine,
sauvarcala salt, vacā, and asafoetida—one should take equal parts of these. // 399
In the measure of an akṣa each,
one should boil a prastha measure of sesame oil with these over a gentle fire,
with a portion of natron and cow's urine, in four times as much goat's milk. // 400
Then one should administer it through the nose to him; it cures scrofula.
Taking a dead black cobra and placing it in a new pot, // 401
having smeared it,
one should roast it internally on a blazing fire.
With that mixed with sesame oil, one should smear his scrofula. // 402
Indeed, after smearing for seven nights, scrofula will subside. // 403
The excellent remedy for scrofula.
In the Nāvanītaka of proven efficacy, the third chapter: The preparation of oils.
Hereafter we shall explain miscellaneous formulations.
Having thoroughly roasted sesame seeds, extinguished them in milk, one should grind them;
a poultice for gout [is made] with those sesame seeds or with [those] combined with liquorice. // 404
A plaster with clarified butter, goat's milk, and wheat is praised;
this principal remedy should be known as curing gout. // 405
Two formulations to relieve gout: 2 verses.
Clarified butter, sesame oil, jaggery, vinegar, and ginger as the fifth;
this, drunk, becomes an immediate refresher that cures pain in the sacrum. // 406
Citraka, long pepper root, vacā, kaṭukarohiṇī,
pāṭhā, kurchi seeds, chebulic myrobalan, and dry ginger; // 407

15.409

This binds quickly the stool arising from undigested food, painful diarrhoea,
characterised by phlegm humour and bile humour. // 408
Chebulic myrobalan, three pungents, asafoetida, and sauvarcala salt,
and likewise ativiṣā: one should have him drink [them] with hot water. // 409

15.414

This checks painful diarrhoea arising from undigested food,
though exceedingly advanced, as the shore [checks] the ocean. // 410
Chebulic myrobalan, prativiṣā, asafoetida, sauvarcala salt, vacā,
and rock salt: ground, / one should have him drink these with hot water. // 411
This formulation for diarrhoea with undigested food is praised by physicians;
now this method is to be employed by a physician who desires wealth and fame. // 412
Formulations for diarrhoea with undigested food: 4; verses: 7.
The stone of jambu and mango, and lodhra, and pomegranate rind,
rasāñjana, anantā, cardamom, and lotus filaments, // 413
Combined with a portion of honey, is considered a great astringent formulation.
Rasāñjana, collyrium, anantā, śailebhā, mustā, kaṭphala, // 414

15.416

The stone of jambu and mango, and bael, yavāsa, kurchi, and red silk-cotton,
dhātakī, ativiṣā, lodhra, priyaṅgu, mecīka, and red ochre: // 415
With rice, jaggery, and honey, one should drink this great astringent [formulation];
or one should drink cucumber seeds combined with rasāñjana, // 416

15.p5

Or one should drink [bark] from pomegranate rind and kurchi combined with buttermilk;
these two formulations are known as great astringents in diarrhoea. // 417
The famed, illustrious Aśvins, best of physicians,
[taught] a formulation for sufferers of bleeding disorders, / for piles, and in fevered persons, // 418
The best [formulation] which was declared formerly by Brahmā to Indra:
sandalwood, nalada, lodhra, vetiver, lotus filaments, // 419
Ironwood flower, bael, bhadramustā, and sugar,
hirivera, pāṭhā, the fruit and bark of kurchi, // 420
Ginger, along with ativiṣā, dhātakī, along with rasāñjana,
mango stone, jambu kernel stone, and silk-cotton gum, // 421
Blue water lily, samaṅgā, cardamom, and pomegranate rind—
one should make equal parts of these twenty-four. // 422
Combined with rice water, one should have him drink it with honey;
it is beneficial for sufferers of bleeding disorders, piles, and in fevered persons. // 423
And one should give it to those afflicted by fainting and darkness of vision,
and to those tormented by thirst, / for diarrhoea, vomiting, and menstrual retention in women. // 424
The formulation approved by the Aśvins cures bleeding disorders;
and it is declared to be the best for arresting threatened miscarriages. // 425
The Aśvins' formulation for sufferers of bleeding disorders: 12 verses.
Curds, clarified butter, sesame oil, ginger, and treacle,
honey, and jujube powder: having stirred all together, one should have him drink it. // 426
This formulation for dysentery forcibly turns back [the disease],
like the wind checks [an obstructed river torrent] resembling a bower of creepers. // 427
Or a paste of jujube leaves, or likewise of chebulic myrobalan and lodhra,
combined with wood-apple juice, with honey, one should drink with curds. // 428
Overcome by the pain of dysentery,
[…] one should drink [ghee] prepared with pigeon-pea root; / having fumigated the clarified butter when strained, one should cook it again: it pacifies fierce pain. // 429
In dysentery, having ground cucumber seeds, one should drink [them] with rice and coriander. // 430a

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