183 - Diseases 

Hari said: 

1. A decoction of Maricha, Shrungavera, Kutaja and Tvacha when drunk removes Grahaņi (diarrhoea) O Shiva, with the Crescent moon for crest. 

2-3. Pippali, Pippalīmūla, Maricha, Tagara, Vachă, Devadāru juice, and Pāthá must be ground into paste with milk. When drunk, this removes dysentery. A collyrium made of Maricha and Tila flower removes chlorosis. 

4. O Rudra, Equal quantity of Haritaki and jaggery taken with honey is a good laxative, there is no doubt about it. 

5. Triphala, Chitraka, Chitra, and Kațukarohini constitute a good purgative and a remedy for Urustambha (paralysis of the thighs). 

6. A decoction of Haritaki, śhrungavera, Devadaru and Chandana cooked with goat's milk and root of Apåmărga or Jayanti remove Urustambha in seven days. 

7. Pills made of a compound of Ananta, Shrungavera (finely powdered) and equal quantities of Guggula and jaggery are very effective in all disorders of Vayu, nerves and sinews and impaired digestion. 

8. Cull the Shankhapuşhpi plant with roots and leaves when Puşhya star is in conjunction with moon and cook it in goat's milk. It is a good remedy for hysteric fits. 

9. A decoction of Ašhvagandha and Abhaya in equal quantities is a sure remedy for Raktapitta (Haemorrhage). 

10. Take a mouthful of powdered Kuşhtha and Haritaki and wash it down the throat with cold water. All sorts of vomiting vanish. 

11-12. A decoction of Gudüchi, Padmaka, Arishta, Dhanyáka and Raktachandana removes fevers due to Pitta and Kapha, vomiting, burning sensation, and thirst and improves digestion. With the mantra Om Hum Namah Shankhapushpi is to be tied to the ears. Then recite the following mantra. All fevers will be dispelled – Om Jambhini Stambhini Mohaya Sarvavyadhin Me Vajrena Thah thah Sarvavyādhin Me Vajrena Phat. 

13. Take the flower and recite the above mantra eight hundred times and hand it over to the patient and touch his nail. O Rudra, the Chaturthaka and other types of fever calm down immediately. 

14. A compound of Jambūphala, Haridra and the slough of a serpent fumigated removes all fevers and especially the quotidian. 

15. Oil should be cooked with Karavira, Bhrungapatra, Lavana, Kushtha and Karkata in four times cow's urine. This removes itches, Vicharchika and Kuşhtha. By anointing this all ulcers heal. 

16. Pippali and honey or sweet diet or the bulbous root Sūraņa cure enlarged spleen. 

17. Pippali and Haridrå pasted with cow's urine must be inserted into the rectum. It removes piles. 

18-19. An oral administering of Ardraka with goat's milk is a cure for enlarged spleen. Saindhava, Vidanga, Somarăji, Sarşhapa, the two types of Rajani and Vişha must be ground into paste with cow's urine and applied with leaves of Nimba, etc. This removes Kushtha.