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Breast milk, one kudava (16 tola in the commentary), is the liquid in which chandramrita is taken.

Verse 61 directs that the many diseases of the breast be treated by dosha, with stage-wise treatment of any swelling.

Ghee cooked with pomegranate juice and the juice of nichula (hijjala and cane) together with breast milk, given as nasya, is said to stop bleeding from the nose; the ghees described earlier…

Woman's milk (verse nārī) is one of the eight kinds of milk, all said to be wholesome for all beings.

The introduction says the gross dhātus appear in increasing order as animal bodies become more complex: some creatures have only rasa and rakta, some rasa, rakta and māṁsa, and some rasa,…

Mercury processed with gems (mani) is said to become most excellent, and the commentary says gems burst at its touch.

Kacūra leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove pitta, increase kapha, give strength and suit those with blood disorders.

The text describes the divine plant chandramrita taken mixed in breast milk in the morning by a person secluded in a specially built house, within a month-long regimen of fasting, cold…

Finely powdered conch rubbed hard with breast milk in two iron vessels and repeatedly fumigated with sugar is applied regularly as a collyrium to eyes affected by pitta disorders.

A collyrium of dry ginger powder ground with breast milk, ghee, oil, rock salt and citron juice, described as excellent for shushkakshipaka.

The text says mercury processed with gems (mani) also becomes most excellent, and the commentary says gems burst at its touch and that the method of processing with gems is now told.…

Describes chandramrita, a divine plant whose leaves wax and wane with the moon, drunk in one kudava of breast milk in the morning inside a three-walled, three-storeyed secluded house,…

Dry ginger powder ground well with breast milk, ghee, oil, rock salt and citron juice makes an excellent collyrium for shushkakshipaka; nourishing the eyes (tarpana) with ghee and oil is…

Finely powdered conch is rubbed hard with breast milk in two iron vessels (with an iron pestle, says the commentary), fumigated again and again with sugar, and applied regularly as a…

Mixed in one kudava of breast milk (16 tola in the commentary), drunk in the morning.

The verse speaks of bright red lamps with layers dyed with lac (alaktaka); the commentary says the lamp vessels are first smeared with lac juice, the sulphur group and the poison group…

Meshashringi with kapurakachari, ground in breast milk and applied as a paste, is said to split even the hard diamond.

For bleeding from the nose the commentary gives as nasya ghee cooked with the juice of durva, hribera and guduchi and with milk, or ghee cooked with pomegranate juice and the juice of…

The first sarana is said to make the mercury a hundred times more powerful, pratisarana a thousand times and anusarana a hundred thousand times (the commentary: a lakh). Mercury processed…

The lamp vessels are first smeared with lac juice and the sulphur and poison groups ground in breast milk; mercury mixed with gold bhasma is tied in a fine cloth and placed in the vessel,…

Lamp vessels are smeared with lac juice and the sulphur and poison groups ground in breast milk; mercury mixed with gold bhasma, tied in a fine cloth, is placed in the vessel, and the lamp…

Mercury is ground well in a stone mortar with brick powder and milk (the verse: milk from the breast) and washed with kanji, which purifies it. The purified mercury is mixed with dry…

For the child's long life and intelligence, a wet nurse is to be kept who has milk and slender breasts, has been examined and found free of bad nature, wishes the child well, belongs to the…

For the child's long life and intelligence, a wet nurse is to be appointed who has milk and slender breasts, has been examined and found free of bad nature, wishes the child well, is of the…