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Horse gram cooked in the filtered decoction of mushkaka ash, with salt and plenty of trikatu, is drunk constantly by the indigestion patient; the text says it kindles the digestive fire.

A decoction is made with mushkaka (morva) ash and filtered; horse gram cooked in it, with salt and trikatu added, is drunk constantly by the patient with indigestion and is said to kindle…

Of the kinds of vajra (vajra, vajraloha, vajrabandha fruit, vajrakapala and vajra stone), whichever can be had are collected, burnt by rule in the strong fire of a bellows and, when red…

They are burnt red hot in a bellows fire, quenched in water of patala and arjuna wood ash, washed seven times with very hot horse-gram decoction, put into milk and powdered; the powder is…

The opening of chapter 19 treats poisoning as a danger to kings: who poisons, how a poisoner and poisoned food are recognised, and the signs of poison in food, drinks and personal articles.

Vajras are of many kinds (vajra, vajraloha, vajrabandha fruit, vajrakapala, vajra stone). Whichever can be had are burnt in the strong fire of a bellows, quenched while red in water made…

Fourteen adhaka of sesame oil cooked with bala-root decoction, milk and decoctions of kola, bilva, both nightshades, tuntuka, agnimantha, barley and horse gram, and with a paste of the…

Fourteen adhaka of sesame oil is cooked with bala-root decoction six times its quantity, milk and decoctions of kola, bilva, both nightshades, tuntuka, agnimantha, barley and horse gram,…

Ghee cooked with the liquids named in the verse (horse gram, kola or jujube, a sour liquid, milk and curd; the commentary reads decoctions of horse gram and jujube with milk and curd) is…

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,…

Six parts of a decoction of khadira, kutaja, patha, patala, bilva, bhallataka, aragvadha, brihati, eranda, the two karanjas, barley, jujube, horse gram, vacha and chitraka are cooked with…

An enema of the decoction of jujube, barley and horse gram, with a paste of long pepper, licorice and rock salt and with old jaggery and sesame oil, called the siddha enema; the text says…

An enema of the decoction of jujube, barley and horse gram with a paste of long pepper, licorice and rock salt, mixed with old jaggery and sesame oil, is called the siddha enema and is said…

Oil cooked with a paste and decoction of well-known vata-reducing drugs, jujube and barley water, horse-gram soup, curd, milk, sour fruits and ghee; it is to be used in apatanaka and the…

An oil is cooked with a paste and decoction of well-known vata-reducing drugs, jujube and barley water, horse-gram soup, curd, milk, sour fruits and ghee.