The great bibhitaki (aksha) oil

Flowers of gambhari, citron, wood apple, mango, jambu and shaileya, with guduchi, shaivala, mahanila, vanamallika, nili leaves, nilanjana, tuvaraka, kasisa, madanaphala seed, punarnava, sariva, black sesame, licorice, kanakali, lotuses, bakula and lotus-pond mud, one tola each, are made into a paste with decoctions of asana, khadira heartwood and triphala and kept ten days in an iron pot; one adhaka of bibhitaki oil is then cooked with it on a mild fire. A person afflicted by grey hair, wrinkles and old age, purified by emesis, purgation and the like, is given this oil as nasya in a windless house for a month; nose diseases are said to go, the face to become lotus-like and even the old to become youthful, and the oil is to be given to loved ones.