The Bower Manuscript 19

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II. Fol. 17: Bower manuscript
One should administer the juice of radish roots combined with unctuous substance. / With that, one should apply a cotton pledget to the ear and perform enema therapy. // 536
By that, severe earache is quickly pacified. / […] // 537
Sesame oil prepared with the alkali of long pepper relieves ear disease. / […] // 538
[…] relieves ear disease. / One should cook the fat of a cock and large black gram. // 539
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Throwing all together [for] days […] / […] // 541
[…] / arjuna bark, jasmine oil, varaṇī […] // 542
[…] / the wise person should cook […] // 543
For seven nights […] / […] // 544
[…] realgar, / kaṭphala, lotus stalk, and […] // 545
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Turmeric, red ochre, honey, iron sulphate, and rock salt, / […] // 547
[…] / This sesame oil should be cooked: it is an excellent liniment for skin diseases. // 548
[…] / […] // 549
[…] one should grind. / Washing with the scum of salt-soil water, it destroys ringworm and skin diseases. // 550
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This bael together with turmeric […] / […] // 552
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[…] and nutgrass […] / […] // 557
[…] / one should eat […] // 558
[…] / and likewise […] // 559
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[…] with […] / […] // 561
[…] / […] vatsaka // 562
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[…] / ground, skin disease […] // 564
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[…] / fragrant nutgrass, lodhra, and […] // 566
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Itching, urticaria, boils, and […] / […] // 568
[…] / it destroys many […] // 569
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