[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 1.175 # Garudapurana 1.175 English (machine translation) 1.175 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.175.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.18) — 1 part ### [1.175.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.1) 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. ### [1.175.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.2) Hari said: / In all fevers, Śaṅkara, fasting should be done first, / as well as drinking boiled water and resorting to windless places. ### [1.175.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.3) Fevers are thus destroyed by heat and diaphoresis, O Lord! / A decoction of guḍūcī with mustaka removes wind-fever. ### [1.175.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.4) Listen to the clarified butter that removes biliary fever, prepared with durālabhā: / with dry ginger, parpaṭa, mustā, bālaka, uśīra, and sandalwood, ### [1.175.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.5) 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. ### [1.175.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.6) With kirātatikta, nārī, guḍūcī, dry ginger, and mustaka, / it relieves bilious fever; hear another excellent formulation: ### [1.175.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.7) A decoction made of vālaka, uśīra, pāṭhā, kaṇṭakārī, mustaka, / and likewise devadāru, drives away fever. ### [1.175.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.8) O Śaṅkara, of coriander, nimba, and musta, mixed with honey; / and combined with paṭola leaves, guḍūcī, and triphalā, ### [1.175.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.9) when drunk, it dispels all fevers, produces appetite, and removes vāta. / The powder produced from harītakī, pippalī, āmalakī, and citraka, ### [1.175.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.10) boiled with coriander, uśīra, and parpaṭa, \[cures\] fever; / combined with āmalakī, guḍūcī, honey, and sandalwood, ### [1.175.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.11) it dispels all fevers. Hear that which dispels sannipāta fever: / with haridrā, nimba, triphalā, mustaka, and devadāru, ### [1.175.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.12) an astringent decoction with kaṭurohiṇī, paṭola, and its leaves; / this boiled water, when drunk, removes fever born of the three humours. ### [1.175.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.13) Having consumed the powder of nāgabalā with kaṇṭakārī, dry ginger, / guḍūcī, and puṣkara, one is freed from asthma, cough, and the like. ### [1.175.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.14) 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, ### [1.175.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.15) 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; ### [1.175.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.16) it is a digestive; pippalī root, guḍūcī, and dry ginger— / this decoction, when given in vāta fever, is the supreme bringer of relief. ### [1.175.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.17) A decoction of parpaṭa and nimba with honey cures bilious fever. / Even when medical measures are taken, if a person does not regain consciousness, ### [1.175.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.18) 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. ### [1.175.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175.18.p1) 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. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.175.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.175) · Pramāṇa