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Mañjiṣṭhā (verse citralatā) is named among the five bṛhatīs, said to suit kapha disorders, remove kuṣṭha, destroy worms, counter poison and always suit fever.

हिन्दी: हरीतकी, हरडा · मराठी: हर्तकी, श्वेत निर्गुंडी, मंजिष्ठा, वेखंड, मृणाल, जजा, जयंती, कांजिका

हिन्दी: मंजीठ · मराठी: मंजिष्ठ

हिन्दी: मंजीठ · मराठी: मंजिष्ट

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

हिन्दी: कुटकी, कायफर, वराहकान्ता, कुम्भेर, हरड, मजीठ, एक प्रकार की हरड, मांसरोहिणी, गले का रोग · मराठी: हर्तकी, मंजिष्ठ, थोर शिवण, कटुकी, मांसरोहिणी, बादांगुळ, कायफळ, गंडमाळा रोग,…

हिन्दी: जलपीपर, गंगातिरिया, पिठबन, कलिहारी, कौंछ, किवांच · मराठी: कषमक, कुहिली, जलपिंपली, नारळी, गजपिंपळी, मंजिष्ट, कळलावी, पिठवण

हिन्दी: मजीठ, लज्जावन्ती, छुईमुई, खिरैटी, वराहक्रान्ता · मराठी: लघु चिकणा, मंजिष्ट, लाजाळुं

The roots, bark and leaves of about fifty plants (arka, ankola, chitraka, white oleander, musta, the milky and astringent trees and many others) are burnt to ash; the ash is mixed with six…

A powder of mango seed kernel, lodhra, liquorice, sesame, padmaka, dhataki flowers, silk-cotton gum, bael pulp, priyangu, kutaja bark, ativisha and manjishtha, drunk with whey, is said to…

Equal parts of manjishtha, licorice, trivrit, devadaru, grapes, the two turmerics, bharangi, the three pungents, vidanga, asafoetida and salt are powdered, mixed with ghee and kept in a…

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,…

The child is bathed in a cooled decoction of mango, neem, plantain, kapittha and jambu, and massage with oil cooked with the same trees and pastes of them are also commended. A footnote…

An enema of the decoction and paste of priyangu, musta, hribera, manjishtha and pishtaka mixed with goat milk, called the binding enema, which the text says checks the stool.

An enema of the decoction and paste of priyangu, musta, hribera (sugandhavala), manjishtha and pishtaka, mixed with goat milk, is called a binding (samgrahika) enema, which checks the stool.

Boils from excess pitta on the hand, chest, waist, flank, shoulder and armpit, accompanied by fever, are called kaksha; a paste of clove, licorice, sesame and manjishtha is useful (the…

Saffron, sandalwood, red sandalwood, lodhra, kushtha, lac, realgar, orpiment, turmeric and tree turmeric, lotus stamens, manjishtha, golden ochre and the kakoli group are ground well and…

Saffron, sandalwood, red sandalwood, lodhra, kushtha, lac, realgar, orpiment, the two turmerics, lotus stamens, manjishtha, golden ochre and the kakoli group are cooked into ghee with four…

A footnote adds that a paste of khas, licorice, hribera, sariva, lotus, lodhra, priyangu, manjishtha and red ochre is also beneficial for the Garuda-seized child.

An alkali made from the ash of many plants cooked with six parts of cow urine, with spice and mineral powders added during cooking, used as nasya, collyrium and paste against all poisons.

For kaksha the verse prescribes pastes of indrapushpa, madhuka, sesame and peas; the commentary calls a paste of clove, licorice, sesame and manjishtha useful.

The pitta-destroying group is kunduru, neem, clove, liquorice, sahadevi, gangeran, vidari tuber, kakoli, vrishchikali, rasaunt, mahua flowers, vetiver, mango, banana, musta, hribera, lotus,…

When the ulcers have healed, the skin colour is restored by applying, with ghee and sugar, turmeric, red ochre, or cool fragrant sandal or manjishtha; or kapittha, shali rice, khas and…

Equal parts of manjishtha, licorice, both drumsticks, turmeric, lac, realgar, orpiment, ingudi, cardamom and renuka are powdered, mixed with the urines (the commentary: eight kinds) and the…