The Bower Manuscript 5

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There should be citraka, the three pungents, along with puṣkara root, / with asafoetida and amlavetasa, with viḍa salt and aśvagandhā, / coriander seeds with sweet flag, pomegranate, / black salt, and fresh barley-derived / alkali. // 80 // He should give equal parts weighed on a balance of fresh yavānī, / pippalī, ajagandhā, piśuna, maraja, and cumin seeds; / dried in the rays of the sun, and the parts combined, the physician should prepare a fine powder with equal flavor. // 81 // Having ground it steeped in citron juice, and kneaded it, he should make pills the size of a jujube fruit; / in the morning, one should drink one [pill] with fermented liquor, honey-wine, spring-wine, or sugar-wine, or with spirituous liquor