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1.192.1

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 192
Hari said:
Eight parts of citraka and sixteen of śūraṇa,
four parts of dry ginger and two of black pepper,

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three of pepper root, four of viḍaṅga,
eight parts of muśalī, and four of triphalā—
with twice the amount of jaggery, one should make sweetmeat balls of these.

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Eating that indeed cures indigestion, anemia, jaundice,
diarrheas, weak digestive fire, and spleen disease.

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Bilva, agnimantha, śyonāka, pāṭalā, pāribhadraka,
prasāraṇī, aśvagandhā, bṛhatī, and kaṇṭakārikā—

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Balā, atibalā, rāsnā, śvadaṃṣṭrā, and punarnavā,
eraṇḍa, śārivā, parṇī, guḍūcī, and kapikacchū;

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One should boil ten-pala portions of these in clear water;
with that reduced to one-fourth, one should cook [the decoction] in a vessel with oil.

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Having added four times as much goat's milk or cow's milk,
one should put in śatāvarī and rock salt equal [in measure] to the oil.

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The substances that are to be ground, those I shall state; listen to that:
śatapuṣpā, devadāru, balā, parṇī, vacā, aguru,

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Kuṣṭha, māṃsī, rock salt, and one pala of punarnavā.
One should administer this oil in drinks, as nasal drops, and in massage.

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It cures chest pain, flank pain, and scrofula;
epilepsy and gout; and a man becomes vigorous.

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A she-mule might attain pregnancy, what to say of a human woman, O Hara!
For horses stricken by vāta, for elephants, and likewise for men,
this oil is to be employed for all suffering from vāta disorders.

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Mustard oil prepared with asafoetida, tumburu, and dry ginger,
this is the supreme ear drop, extremely effective in removing earache.

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The alkali of dried radish and dry ginger, cinnabar, and ginger:
one should add four parts buttermilk and cook this oil.

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Deafness, earache, and the discharge of pus from the ears,
and worms are destroyed by instilling this oil.

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The alkali of dried radish and dry ginger, cinnabar, ginger,
śatapuṣpā, vacā, kuṣṭha, devadāru, śigru, rasāñjana,

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Sauvarcala salt, barley alkali, sea salt, and rock salt,
long pepper root, viḍa salt, mustā, and four times as much honey and sour vinegar;

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Citron juice and plantain juice—
the oil should be cooked with these; it is supreme in removing earache.

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Deafness, ringing in the ears, severe pus discharge,
and worms in the ears, O Hara,

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perish immediately by instilling this oil, O moon-crested god!
This alkali-oil is supreme, removing impurities of the mouth and teeth.

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Sandalwood, saffron, māṃsī, camphor, mace,
and the fruits of nutmeg, kaṅkola, betel nut, and cloves;

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Aguru, musk, kuṣṭha, tagara,
gorocanā, priyaṅgu, balā, and nakhī;

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Sarala, saptaparṇa, lac, and āmalakī,
and likewise padmaka—with these one should prepare an oil.

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It is supreme in removing excess sweating, dirt, foul odor, itching, and kuṣṭha skin diseases;
[a man] approaches a hundred women, O Rudra, and even a barren woman obtains a son.

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Yavānī, citraka, coriander, tryūṣaṇa, cumin,
sauvarcala salt, viḍa salt, long pepper root, and black mustard:

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With these one should cook a prastha of ghee together with eight prasthas of water;
it cures piles, abdominal lumps, and swelling, and indeed stimulates the digestive fire.

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Black pepper, trivṛt, kuṣṭha, yellow orpiment, realgar,
devadāru, the two turmerics, kuṣṭha, māṃsī, and sandalwood;

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Viśālā, karavīra, calotropis latex, cow-dung juice—
of these there should be a karsa each, and half a pala of aconite.

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One should cook a prastha of mustard oil in eight times as much cow's urine
in an earthen pot or iron pot slowly over a gentle fire.

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Scabies, eczema, ringworm, and boils
are destroyed through massage [with it], and softness of the skin is produced.

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One should rub even widespread leukoderma with this oil;
even long-standing leukoderma becomes destroyed that very instant.

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Trichosanthes leaf, kaṭukā, madder, śārivā, turmeric,
jasmine, śamī, neem leaf, and liquorice—ghee boiled [with these]:

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By anointing with these, discharging wounds become free of pain, O Śiva.
Śaṅkhapuṣpī, vacā, soma, brāhmī, brahmasuvarcalā,

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Abhayā, guḍūcī, āṭarūṣaka, and bākucī—
with these in parts equal to an akṣa one should cook a prastha of ghee,

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along with a prastha of kaṇṭakārī juice and a prastha of milk.
This is called brāhmī-ghṛta, supreme in producing memory and intellect.

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Agnimantha, vacā, vāsā, pippalī, honey, and rock salt:
by use for seven nights, one sings like the Kinnaras.

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Apāmārga, guḍūcī, vacā, kuṣṭha, śatāvarī,
śaṅkhapuṣpī, and abhayā, eaten in equal parts with ghee and viḍaṅga,
in three days makes a man retain eight hundred treatises.

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Taken for one month with water, milk, or ghee,
vacā will make a man wise, endowed with retention of the scriptures.

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One pala of vacā drunk with milk during a lunar or solar eclipse
instantly makes a man endowed with great wisdom.

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Water boiled with bhūnimba, neem, triphalā, and parpaṭa,
and with paṭolī, mustaka, and vāsaka, destroys

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boils and blood disorders; herein no doubt should be entertained.
Kataka fruit, conch, rock salt, tryūṣaṇa, vacā,

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cuttlefish bone, rasāñjana, honey, viḍaṅga, and realgar:
a wick [made] of these cures cataract, dark-field vision defects, and opacity.

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Two prasthas of māṣa and a decoction from a droṇa of water;
with a fourth part remaining, one should cook a prastha of oil.

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Having added an āḍhaka of fermented gruel, one should put in these ground items:
punarnavā, gokṣuraka, rock salt, tryūṣaṇa, vacā,

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salt, devadāru, madder, and kaṇṭakārikā.
Through nasal administration and drinking, it indeed removes severe earache,

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deafness, and all diseases; and through massage, O Maheśvara!
Two palas of rock salt, dry ginger, the group of five beginning with citraka,

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and five prasthas of fermented barley water; then one should cook a prastha of oil.
It removes menorrhagia, voice disorders, spleen disorders, and all vāta afflictions.

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Udumbara, vaṭa, plakṣa, both kinds of jambū, then arjuna,
pippalī, kadamba, palāśa, lodhra, tinduka,

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madhūka, mango, sarja, jujube, filaments of the lotus,
śirīṣa seed, and kataka—an oil prepared with the decoction of these
heals even long-standing ulcers by application.

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Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-second chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa, designated as the first section, in the Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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