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Mandukaparni (gotu kola)

मंडूकपर्णी · मण्डूकपर्णी

Maṇḍūkī, glossed brāhmī, is listed among greens said to remove pitta and kapha, subdue worms and remove skin diseases.

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Brahmi (water hyssop)

ब्राह्मी

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कपोतवंक (कपोतवंका)

ब्राह्मी घास

हिन्दी: ब्राह्मी घास · मराठी: ब्राह्मी, सूर्यफूल वल्ली

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ब्राह्मी

सोमवल्ली

हिन्दी: सोमवल्ली, महाज्योतिष्मती, मत्स्याक्षी, वाराही, हिलमोचिका, ब्राह्मी, मारंगी, सोमलता, बड़ी मालकांगनी, मछेली, वाराहीकन्द, हुलहुल शाक · मराठी: चान्दवेल, भारंग, कारिवणोकोशीं, बिरीचा…

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मंडूकपर्णी

मंजीठ

हिन्दी: मंजीठ, हुरहुर, हुलहुल, मंडूकपानी, ब्रह्ममंडूकी · मराठी: मंजिष्ट, सूर्यफूलवल्ली, आदित्यकान्ता, ब्राह्मी, शालिपर्णी, अळूं, कंडुरूल, टेंटू

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मंडूकी

मंडूकपानी

हिन्दी: मंडूकपानी, ब्रह्ममंडूकी, हुलहुल वृक्ष, ब्राह्मी घास · मराठी: ब्राह्मी, सूर्यफूलवल्ली, भेकपर्णी

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मत्स्याक्षी

मछेछी औषधी

हिन्दी: मछेछी औषधी, सोमलता, ब्राह्मीघास, गांडरदूब, हुलहुल शाक · मराठी: गंडरदूर्वा, ब्राह्मी, कांगोणी, लघु कावळी, महाराष्ट्री, काकमाचा मासा, सोमलता

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सुवर्चला (सुवर्चल)

अलसी

हिन्दी: अलसी, सूरजमुखी के फूल, हुलहुल वृक्ष, सज्जीखार, अश्वगंध · मराठी: सूर्यफूलवल्ली, ब्राह्मी, जवस

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Formulation

Brāhmī and other rasāyana

ब्राह्म्यादि रसायन

Brāhmī, maṇḍūkaparṇī (the commentary: मजीठ) and a larger share of vacā are powdered and taken daily, with a pure mind, mixed with sugar, milk and ghee. One who takes it is said to destroy…

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Brāhmī and other rasāyana

ब्राह्म्यादि रसायन

Brāhmī, maṇḍūkaparṇī (the commentary: मजीठ) and a larger share of vacā, with sugar, milk and ghee, taken daily with a pure mind, are said to remove all diseases and give evident strength,…

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Principle

The physician (vaidya)

वैद्य (चिकित्सक) · वैद्य

The editor reports the author's explanation of the word vaidya (chapter 1, verse 18): vidyā is omniscience (kevalajñāna), which reveals the characteristics of the soul (jīva) and all other…

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Non-violent diet and avoidance of meat in medicine

अहिंसक आहार (मांस निषेध) · मांसनिषेध

The introduction says that the treatment portion of the Kalyāṇakāraka resembles Caraka to a large extent, apart from the parts dealing with honey, wine and meat.

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Expiation (prayashchitta)

प्रायश्चित्त

A quoted verse defines expiation (prayashchitta) as the dharma that wins the mind (chitta) of the people (prayah); because the sins of cutting grass, shrubs, creepers and trees are not…

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Formulation

Powder of danti and other drugs for kushtha (unnamed)

दंती आदि चूर्ण (कुष्ठहर योग)

After venesection, a powder of danti, dravanti, trivrit, turmeric, costus, vacha, kutki, patha, bhallataka, bakuchi seed, neem seed kernel, sesame, nut grass, the three myrobalans, vidanga,…

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Procedure

Collecting plant medicine after worshipping the tree

वृक्ष की पूजा करके औषधि लेना · औषधानयन

Medicine brought with compassion, after worship, for treating brahmins, holy men, sages and distinguished people is said to be meritorious; quoting the Paitamaha, the text says that after…

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Ghee that destroys vata-type stone

वाताश्मरीनाशक घृत · वाताश्मरी-नाशक घृत

At the onset of a stone the patient is cleansed by emesis, purgation and the like, then given ghee cooked with the decoction and paste of pashanabheda, shilajit, shatavari, gokshura,…

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Formulation

Kapotavankadi decoction

कपोतवंकादि क्वाथ

A decoction of brahmi, vishnukranta, teak fruit, semal and hijjala with borax powder, sugar and camphor, drunk for urinary gravel.

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Kapotavankadi decoction

कपोतवंकादि क्वाथ

A decoction of brahmi (kapotavanka), vishnukranta, the fruit of the teak tree, semal and hijjala (samudraphala), mixed with borax powder, sugar and camphor, is to be drunk by one with…

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Properties of śārṅgeṣṭā and other bitter greens

शार्ङ्गेष्टा आदि शाकों के गुण · शार्ङ्गेष्टादि शाकगुण

Śārṅgeṣṭā (baḍī karañj), paṭola, jalakācarī, makoy, mālkāṅgnī, maṇḍūkī (brāhmī), saptalā (a kind of thūhar), dravaṇikā, guḍūcī, putriṇī (vandā), neem, chirāyatā, jhārasī and white punarnavā…

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Treatment of kushtha from the three doshas

त्रिदोषज कुष्ठ की चिकित्सा · त्रिदोष कुष्ठ चिकित्सा

In kushtha from the three doshas the patient drinks ghee or good oil cooked with drugs that break the force of kushtha, to purify the body. After judging curability and letting blood from a…

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