[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Formularies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga) › [Bower Manuscript](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt) › 5 # The Bower Manuscript 5 English (machine translation) 5 - **Language:** English ### [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.5) 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 - [Previous: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.4) - [Next: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bower Manuscript](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.5) · Pramāṇa