Garudapurana 1.175

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1.175.18 — 1 part

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The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, [chapter] 175. / Rudra said: / Thus Dhanvantari, who is Viṣṇu, spoke to Suśruta and others. / Hari spoke again to Hara of various formulations that destroy disease.

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Hari said: / In all fevers, Śaṅkara, fasting should be done first, / as well as drinking boiled water and resorting to windless places.

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Fevers are thus destroyed by heat and diaphoresis, O Lord! / A decoction of guḍūcī with mustaka removes wind-fever.

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Listen to the clarified butter that removes biliary fever, prepared with durālabhā: / with dry ginger, parpaṭa, mustā, bālaka, uśīra, and sandalwood,

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a decoction taken with clarified butter [cures biliary fever]; but with dry ginger and durālabhā, it cures phlegmatic [fever]; / with vālaka, dry ginger, and parpaṭa, it cures all fevers.

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With kirātatikta, nārī, guḍūcī, dry ginger, and mustaka, / it relieves bilious fever; hear another excellent formulation:

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A decoction made of vālaka, uśīra, pāṭhā, kaṇṭakārī, mustaka, / and likewise devadāru, drives away fever.

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O Śaṅkara, of coriander, nimba, and musta, mixed with honey; / and combined with paṭola leaves, guḍūcī, and triphalā,

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when drunk, it dispels all fevers, produces appetite, and removes vāta. / The powder produced from harītakī, pippalī, āmalakī, and citraka,

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boiled with coriander, uśīra, and parpaṭa, [cures] fever; / combined with āmalakī, guḍūcī, honey, and sandalwood,

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it dispels all fevers. Hear that which dispels sannipāta fever: / with haridrā, nimba, triphalā, mustaka, and devadāru,

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an astringent decoction with kaṭurohiṇī, paṭola, and its leaves; / this boiled water, when drunk, removes fever born of the three humours.

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Having consumed the powder of nāgabalā with kaṇṭakārī, dry ginger, / guḍūcī, and puṣkara, one is freed from asthma, cough, and the like.

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In a phlegm-and-wind fever, warm water should be given to one who is thirsty. / Prepared with dry ginger, parpaṭaka, uśīra, musta, and sandalwood,

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one should give thoroughly cooled water, which dispels thirst, vomiting, fever, and burning sensation. / A decoction of the bilva group of five roots is for fever born of vāta;

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it is a digestive; pippalī root, guḍūcī, and dry ginger— / this decoction, when given in vāta fever, is the supreme bringer of relief.

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A decoction of parpaṭa and nimba with honey cures bilious fever. / Even when medical measures are taken, if a person does not regain consciousness,

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one should burn [the skin] on the feet or the forehead with an iron rod. / Tiktā, pāṭhā, parpaṭa, viśālā, triphalā, and trivṛt, / a purgative decoction mixed with milk, is a purifier of all fevers.

Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of Various Formulations for Dispelling Fever and Others', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit