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

A paste of the flowers and fruit of patali is also called beneficial in hiccup.

A paste of sesame and hribera is drunk with whey (the liquid of curd) in the ama stage of pitta diarrhoea.

A paste of patha, ajamoda, black pepper, amalaki and haritaki is drunk in warm water in the ama stage of kapha diarrhoea.

The sprouts and roots of the milky trees, ground in milk, are applied as a paste for disorders caused by raktapitta.

A paste of the drugs of the previous verse (patala and the others) is given to the piles patient to drink with curd whey and sour buttermilk, or with alkali water.

A paste of tree turmeric, turmeric, the three pungents, musta and chitraka is drunk in warm water in the ama stage of kapha diarrhoea.

A paste of the roots of patala (kuberakshi) and madana is taken with a sour liquid, buttermilk or kanji; or a paste of shigru root, trikatu and rock salt is drunk with a decoction of…

Lotus stalk, kalhara (white water lily), padmaka, blue water lily, the chief milky trees, karkatashringi and sandalwood, ground with milk and mixed with ghee and sugar, are applied as a…

Orpiment and turmeric powder mixed in arka latex are applied as a paste; the text says piles subside.

Equal parts of chakramarda, amalaki, rock salt, bakuchi and bhushirisha, ground fine with alkali water, milk, buttermilk or salt water, are rubbed on or applied for kitibha, dadru, kachchhu…

Kushtha, chitraka, snuhi and black salt are pounded and ground with cow urine and applied as a paste on piles.

Pippali, rock salt, chitraka and gunja (with kushtha in the verse) are pounded and ground with arka latex and applied as a paste on piles.

Chitraka, gunja, rock salt and turmeric powder mixed in snuhi latex are applied as a paste; the text says piles subside.

Orpiment, realgar, banyan leaves, white mica and mercury are ground well with milk and applied to the face; the text says the face becomes like a lotus and draws every mind and eye.

A paste of the same drugs is given to the piles patient to drink with curd whey and sour buttermilk, or with alkali water.

Pastes for piles: arka latex with orpiment and turmeric powder; snuhi latex with chitraka, gunja, rock salt and turmeric; pippali, rock salt, chitraka and gunja (with kushtha in the verse)…

For raktapitta, the sprouts and roots of the milky trees are ground in milk and applied, and the patient is bathed with a decoction of the bark of jambu, kadamba and neem, or with milk, or…

Mango fruits with soft stones, iron powder and jujube are powdered in equal parts; a hundred pala of this powder is mixed with one adhaka of sesame oil and one drona of triphala decoction…

Orpiment, realgar, banyan leaves, white mica and mercury ground well with milk and applied to the face are said to make it like a lotus and attractive to every mind and eye.

Equal parts of mango-kernel powder and iron powder, with triphala powder and nilanjana powder each equal to these, are rubbed with six parts of triphala decoction and two of sesame oil,…

After washing a fresh wound well, its opening is filled with ghee, with the healing paste described above or with a paste of well-ground liquorice, to relieve the heat of the wound.