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Listed with kasha and utkata among the drugs for pitta-type stone.

Chapter 23 ends with a series of pastes, oils and nasyas said to turn white hair black, most of them containing iron powder and matured in iron vessels or pots buried in grain.

A cold decoction of kasha grass, sugarcane root, liquorice, sandalwood and sariva is given to digest pitta fever.

For digesting (pachana) vata fever a lukewarm decoction of bilva, agnimantha, both nightshades and patala is drunk; for pitta fever a cold decoction of kasha grass, sugarcane root,…

Nili juice, bhringaraja juice and triphala decoction, one prastha (64 tola) each, and one prastha of sesame oil are mixed and kept. Pieces of the heartwood of vijayasara (asana, the hard…

Very cold water of kasha grass, sugarcane, sandalwood and sariva with good sugar, mixed with a paste of kankola, nutmeg, nagakesara and clove, is drunk to remove the heat produced by pitta.

Very cold water of kasha grass, sugarcane, sandalwood and sariva, sweetened with good sugar and mixed with a paste of kankola, nutmeg, nagakesara and clove, is drunk to remove the heat…

The juice of kasha grass, sugarcane, kaivarta-musta and jasmine, with a paste of liquorice, old jaggery and buffalo milk, drunk after a cold bath while wearing the wet cloth, is said to…

Juice of kasha grass, sugarcane, kaivarta-musta and jasmine, mixed with a paste of liquorice, old jaggery and buffalo milk, drunk after a cold bath while still wearing the wet cloth, is…

Oil cooked with two parts of a decoction of kasha grass, darbha, kusha, patala and bilva, one part of milk and half as much oil as milk; applied by nasal therapy and similar means, it is…

Oil cooked with two parts of a decoction of kasha grass, darbha, kusha, patala and bilva, one part of milk and half as much oil as milk, applied by nasal therapy and similar means, is said…

Sariva, kusha, kaseru, kasha grass, khas, nagaramotha and mahua are ground and decocted; when cool, sugar is added and it is drunk, and it is said to remove severe thirst.

A decoction of sariva, kusha, kaseru, kasha grass, khas, nagaramotha and mahua, cooled and sweetened with sugar, is said to remove severe thirst.

Bhringaraja, iron powder and triphala are taken in equal parts and powdered, and the powder is stirred into three times its quantity of triphala decoction and set aside (in a pot in a heap…

Verse 87 says that, the four kinds of procedure and the remedies for the mishaps of their excessive use and the like having been fully described, the text will now set out the best…