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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…

The root of a single juicy nili plant, ground well and mixed with the milk of a black cow, is drunk in darkness at night on the day when the sun and moon are in conjunction; the text says…

हिन्दी: फलवृक्षविशेष, एलायची, इलायची · मराठी: एलाची, नीळी, वेलदोडा

हिन्दी: नीलका वृक्ष, पीपल, वायची, जटामांसी, कालाजीरा, पद्मावती, दाख, नीली, सोंठ, कंभारी, कुटकी, श्यामलता, कालीसर, राई, काकोली, जौंक · मराठी: पापडी, कटुकी, शाहजिरें, लघु नीली, काळी तुळस,…

हिन्दी: नील का पेड़ · मराठी: शरपुखाकृतीच्या झाडापासून गुळी उत्पन्न होत्यें ती, लघु नीळी, निळी निर्गुंडी, सिंहपिंपळी, नीललोह, कथील, क्षुद्ररोग, लासें

For nilika the physician should apply suitable calming measures such as bloodletting and pastes, using his own judgement.

Vyanga is described as a black patch on the face from blood, pitta, vata and emotional and heat causes; nilika, large black patches on the body or face, is described next and treated with…

From pitta, blood and vata, large black patches on the body or face are nilika; the physician treats them with suitable bloodletting, pastes and other calming measures, using his own…

A child seized by the Putana graha is sprinkled with water boiled with the ghost-conquering drugs neem, varuna, arka, nili and asphota.

हिन्दी: नील अपराजिता, इन्द्रायण, नीली कोयलता, कृष्णकान्ता · मराठी: दुधी, चारोळी, श्वेत गोकर्णी, काळी किन्ही, थोर इन्द्रावण, काळी गोकर्णी, वारुणी, आक्षोठ, गवाक्षी, शेन्दणी, लघु कांवडळ

हिन्दी: नीली कोयल, बड़ा नील का पेड़ · मराठी: थोर नीली

हिन्दी: हलदी, नील का पेड़, जतुका · मराठी: पापडी, हळद, नीलिनी, दारूहळद

हिन्दी: मनशिल, कपूर, नीलिका, गेरू, शिलाजित · मराठी: कापूर, मनशील, लघु पाषाण, शैलेय, बहुपुष्पी, हरीतकी, रोचना, मल्लूर

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

The body is said to have one spleen (plīhā).

Cillī is named with bathua and amaranth as greens wholesome in pitta; a footnote glosses it as gandharāsnā.

Nālī (nāḍī) greens are listed among the root vegetables.

The commentary explains nali as a particular fragrant substance.

हिन्दी: लोध, चिल्ली, शाक, बथुवा · मराठी: लोध्र, रक्तचील, चाकवत

हिन्दी: नली · मराठी: गुलछब्बु, उतरणी, नाडीशाक, नलुका घोवडा, पवारी

Linganasha is described as timira that has reached the fourth layer of the eye and blocks sight completely; it is also called nilika kacha and has six dosha types, besides two externally…