184 - Diseases 

Hari said: 

1. Rajani and the ashes of Kadali when pasted remove blotches and scabs. A decoction of one part of Kuşhtha and two parts of Pathyå if drunk removes all aches of the pelvic region. 

2. Abhayå taken with butter, sugar and Pippali removes piles; there is no doubt in this. 

3. Cook powdered Āțarūşhaka leaves in butter over a low fire. Plastering with this cures piles effectively. 

4-5. A decoction of Guggulu and Triphala removes fistula in ano. Cook Ajáji and Shrungavera in curd and gruel. This taken with salt cures strangury. Yavakshāra taken with sugar is also a remedy for strangury. 

6. The excreta of Khanjarița and the foam of a horse mixed with Shobhanjana fumigated or applied to the eyes as a collyrium makes the man invisible even to the gods. O Shiva what then about mere mortals? 

7. Burn Yava and paste it with gingelly oil. An application of this is a sure remedy for burns and scalds. An application of the paste of Lajjālu and Sharapunkha with butter is also similarly effective. 

8. This mantra is to be recited - "Om Namo Bhagavate tha tha cchindhi cchindhi. Jvalanam Prajvalita Nashaya Naśhaya Hum Phat". 

9-10. Roots of Nirgundi tied round the wrist cure all types of fever. Roots of white Gunjä must be cut into seven pieces and tied to the wrists remove piles. There is no doubt in this. Vişhnukrántā pasted with goats' urine and applied over the body affords a great protection from thieves and tigers, 

11. Roots of Brahmadandi enable one to do many wonderful acts, Powdered Triphala taken with butter removes Kuşhtha. 

12. Butter cooked and medicated with Punarnava, Bilva and Pippali removes hiccough, cough, Asthma and bronchitis. Internally administered to women, it facilitates conception. 

13-15. The drugs mentioned before are to be cooked with milk and butter and daily taken with honey and Sugar. They secrete semen profusely. Vidanga, Madhuka, Pathā, Māmsi, Sarjapasa, Haridrá, Triphala, Apåmärga, Manaḥshila, Udumbara and Dhätaki must be ground to paste in gingelly oil. This applied over the penis and vaginal passage gives very great pleasure to the man and woman in their sexual embrace. 

16. "Namaste Isha Varadaya Akarshini Vikarshini Mugdhe Svähå." The man and woman must rub the vaginal passage and penis with the oil after repeating this mantra, O Shankara. 

17-18. Mercury must be mixed with the juice of Jātikā and the seeds of Punarnavå Amrutå Durva, Kanaka and Indraväruni¹. This compound must be put in a crucible. This Rasa is a great death-giving agent. Milk taken with honey and butter removes wrinkles and greying it hair. 

1. Citrullus colocynthis. 

19. Copper burnt with the compound of honey, butter, jaggery, and juice of Karavella becomes silver. Now hear me explain the process of converting it into gold. 

20. A Pala of lead, yellow Dhattūra flower and a twig of Långalika burnt together makes it converted into Gold. 

21. A yogin seated in Samadhi posture with a lamp burning with the oil of Dhattura, cannot be seen even by those who are in heaven. 

22. A clay model of a bull grappling a frog shall be fumigated with the smoke of this Dhattura oil lamp. The clay frog will bellow like a living bull, O Shankara. 

23. An oil lamp burns down the insect Khadyota. Both burning together produce a great conflagration. 

24. O Rudra, burn the dead body of a rat. The ashes when rubbed over the body produce a severe burning sensation. When sandal wood is applied or drunk he will be free from the distress. 

25. Apply the ichor of an elephant in rut to its own eyes, O Shiva. The elephant will be victorious in battles. The man also becomes a great hero. 

26. Keep a piece of ivory in the mouth of water snake and throw it in water. It will stay steady in water as on land. 

27. A compound of the eyes, teeth, bones, blood and suet in oil must be smeared over the body. The man can stay under water for three days. 

28. The eyes of crocodile, the heart of a tortoise, the suet and bones of a rat and the suet of a Shishumara (porpoise) pasted together and applied over the body enable a man to stay under water as in his own house. 

29-30. Iron filings drunk with butter milk cure jaundice. Roots of Tanduliyaka and Gokshuraka drunk with milk remove chlorosis and all ailments of the mouth. The roots of Jåti and Kola drunk with buttermilk cure impaired digestion. 

31. The roots of Kuśha or Bakuchi taken with buttermilk cure indigestion. Roots of Bākuchi taken with sour gruel dispel diseases of the teeth. 

32. O Shiva, roots of Indra-Väruņi drunk with water remove poison of drinking. The roots of Surabhikä сure disorders due to the derangement of Vayu. 

33-35. Powdered Guñja plastered on the head with sour gruel cures headache. Powdered Bala, Atibala and Yasti mixed with honey and sugar taken by even a sterile woman enables her to conceive. There is no doubt. Roots of white Aparajitā, ground together with Pippali and Shunțhi and applied over the head remove acute headache. Drinking clusters of Nirgundikä removes goitre. 

36-37. Ashes of the leaves of Ketaki taken with jaggery or Sharapunkhå taken with butter milk cures enlarged spleen. Juice of Matulunga taken with jaggery and butter remove dis orders due to Väyu and Pitta. Drinking Shunthi, Sauvarchala and Hingu removes all heart pains.