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Citron (बिजौरा नींबू) is listed among very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy and unctuous, cause salivation, cleanse impurities and be sharp.

A powder of yavakshara, rock salt, haritaki, the pungents and amalaki is stirred into citron juice and drunk for anorexia; the teeth are also cleaned with the same drugs.

A powder of yavakshara, rock salt, haritaki, the pungents and amalaki is put into citron juice and drunk for anorexia; the same drugs are used to clean the teeth.

Equal parts of the three pungents and rock salt with citron juice, the first of four powders said to remove all kapha diseases and excessive urination.

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

A powder of the three pungents, vidanga, asafoetida, vida salt, rock salt, cardamom, chitraka, black salt, devadaru, kutki and cumin, taken mixed with ghee, citron juice or buttermilk or…

A collyrium of long pepper, black pepper, dry ginger and drumstick seeds ground in sour citron juice; constant use is said to remove pishtaka and many kapha diseases.

Citron juice, rock salt, ghee, sesame oil, woman's milk and nili are rubbed together into a collyrium, fumigated with the three pungents and applied regularly to the eyes in vata-type…

Citron juice, rock salt, ghee, sesame oil, woman's milk and nili are rubbed together into a fine collyrium, which is fumigated with the three pungents and applied regularly to the eyes.

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…

Long pepper, black pepper, dry ginger and drumstick seeds ground well with sour citron juice make a collyrium; constant application is said to remove pishtaka and many kapha diseases…

Four preparations are given: the three pungents and rock salt in equal parts with citron juice; the reddish alkali of the mushkaka (mokha) tree; triphala in equal parts; and bhringaraja…

Kapha is calmed by holding gargles of mustard and the like, of salty, pungent, astringent and bitter drugs and of hot water; by cleaning the teeth with sticks of neem, karanja, babul and…

A ghee pot is heated in fire, leaves of jambu, kapittha, tulasi, mango and citron are boiled in it, it is washed with fragrant water, smeared inside with pepper and pippali in sugar water,…

A powder of the three pungents with vidanga, asafoetida, vida salt, rock salt, cardamom, chitraka, black salt, devadaru, kutki and cumin, taken in ghee, citron juice or buttermilk or with…

Gambhari, citron, wood apple, mango, jambu and shaileya (the commentary: bhuri charila, a kind of fragrant substance), their flowers; guduchi, hata (shaivala), mahanila, vanamallika, nili…

A decoction of dry ginger, the three myrobalans, agnimantha, both nightshades, castor root, devadaru, patala, citron and bilva is used to prepare ghee, sour items, curd, buttermilk, milk,…

A decoction of dry ginger, the three myrobalans, agnimantha, both nightshades, castor root, devadaru, patala, citron and bilva is used to prepare ghee, sour items, curd, buttermilk, milk,…

A collyrium of citron, amlaka, rock salt, turmeric, haritaki, dry ginger and the three pippalis, rubbed in a copper vessel and fumigated with haritaki and sesame oil; the commentary says it…

Citron, amlaka (glossed as badhal), rock salt, turmeric, haritaki, dry ginger and the three pippalis (pippali, vanapippali, gajapippali) are rubbed hard in a clean copper vessel and…

The last entries of the म section, 31–59 on PDF 748–749, from मातुलुंग (बिजौरा, citron) to मांसी (जटामांसी). They include मार्कव (भांगरा), माष (उडद, also a weight of 5 to 12 ratti according…

The procedure for preparing the pot in which, the text says, all nectar-like preparations (all arishtas, in the commentary) are made: a ghee pot is fired, cleansed with boiled leaves and…

Mango, āmrātaka (ambāḍā), citron, lakuca (baḍhar), old tamarind, pomegranate, the small, large and bush jujubes, cavya, phalsa, emblic, chironji, karavandī, cane, jīva, āmraka, sour…

A variant of the same saktu, mixed with trijataka, dry ginger and the bhallataka group, impregnated with a decoction of neem, asana and aragvadha, mixed with sugar, amalaki, sour fruits,…