The Bower Manuscript 33.1

33.1

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.