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Vidanga powder impregnated many times with horse-dung juice and mixed with sesame oil and sugar is said to destroy worms when used.

Vidanga powder is steeped many times in the juice of horse dung, then mixed with sesame oil and sugar; its use is said to destroy the colonies of worms.

A very fine powder of vidanga is taken every morning with cold water as the after-drink. The commentary says that this, or the licorice alternative of the same verse, destroys wrinkles,…

A very fine vidanga powder, or licorice powder with an equal part of sugar, taken every morning with cold water, is said (the commentary) to remove wrinkles, grey hair and the like and to…

Pandu is described in four kinds (vata, pitta, kapha, all three) sharing pallor and told apart by colour: black, yellow, white or all three. It is treated by purification followed by licked…

Rali and vidanga powder stirred into mushikakarni juice and cooked with ghee is eaten; the text says it destroys worms.

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.

Whole barley plant, patala, bilva, kantakari, whole sesame plant, palasha and bhadraka (nut grass) are burnt to ash, which is stirred into water and filtered; cinnamon, vidanga, tarumushika…

Ash of barley, patala, bilva, kantakari, sesame, palasha and nut grass is steeped in water and filtered; the alkaline water, with cinnamon, vidanga, tarumushika fruit and cardamom, is drunk…

Patha, asafoetida, triphala, the three pungents, parpataka, ajamoda, chitraka, rock salt, vida salt, vidanga and black salt are powdered, mixed with cow ghee and kept in a horn; used for…

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…

Iron powder (the verse adds licorice and nilanjana) is ground in a mortar into oil prepared with madanaphala, triphala, guduchi, lotus, the bark of milky trees, mahanila and the roots of…

White hair is first smeared with a paste (kalka) of triphala and washed with triphala decoction. Then iron powder, in an amount equal to it, is ground well with the juices of champa,…

The kapha-destroying group is kakajangha, both karanjas (karanja and putikaranja), khadira, palasha, vijayasar, meshashringi, long pepper, cardamom, turmeric, tree turmeric, kutaja bark,…

A powder of the three pungents, vidanga, asafoetida, vida salt, rock salt, cardamom, chitraka, black salt, devadaru, kutki and cumin, taken mixed with ghee, citron juice or buttermilk or…

A powder of the three pungents with vidanga, asafoetida, vida salt, rock salt, cardamom, chitraka, black salt, devadaru, kutki and cumin, taken in ghee, citron juice or buttermilk or with…

For patients who are obese through kushtha, prameha, udara or sinuses, with swelling, kapha disorders or excess fat, and who wish or need to become lean: a saktu of wheat, renuka seed and…

Powder of rali (uncertain) and vidanga is stirred into the juice of mushikakarni, cooked with ghee and eaten to destroy worms.

Musta, vidanga, triphala, chitraka and the three pungents are powdered in equal parts and mixed with iron equal to the nine parts, then taken with sugar and ghee; the well-known navayasa is…

Powder of neem seed kernel with vidanga, bhallataka seed and the two turmerics, combined with neem seed oil, is said to destroy all kinds of kushtha.

A powder of neem seed kernel, vidanga, bhallataka seed and the two turmerics, combined with neem seed oil, is said to destroy every kind of kushtha.

Rock salt, the three pungents, asafoetida and vidanga are powdered and mixed with ghee and sesame oil, and smoked; this oily smoke is said to remove vata cough quickly.

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)…

After venesection, a powder of danti, dravanti, trivrit, turmeric, costus, vacha, kutki, patha, bhallataka, bakuchi seed, neem seed kernel, sesame, nut grass, the three myrobalans, vidanga,…