Agni Purana

गिरिमृच्चन्दनं लाक्षा मालती कलिका तथा । संयोज्या या कृता वर्त्तिः क्षतशुक्रहरी तु सा ।। २७९.

Mountain clay, sandalwood, lac, and jasmine buds—when combined and made into a paste, it removes seminal wounds.

व्योषं त्रिफलया युक्तं तुच्छकञ्च तथा जलम् । सर्वाक्षिरोगशमनं तथा चैव रसाञ्जनम् ।। २७९.

Vyosha mixed with triphala, along with tucchaka and water, is effective for curing all eye diseases, as is rasanjana.

आज्यभृष्टं शिलापिष्टं लोध्रकाञ्जीकसैन्धवैः । आश्च्योतनाविनाशाय सर्वनेत्रामये हितम् ।। २७९.

Clarified butter roasted and ground on stone, mixed with lodhra, sour rice water, and rock salt, is beneficial for washing and curing all eye ailments.

गिरिमृच्चन्दनैर्लेपो वरिर्नेत्रस्य शस्यते । नेत्रामयविघातार्थं त्रिफलां शीलयेत् सदा ।। २७९.

A paste of mountain clay and sandalwood is recommended for the eyes; for the prevention of eye diseases, triphala should always be used.

रात्रौ तु मधुसर्पिभ्यां दीर्घमायुर्ज्जिजीविषुः । शतावरीरसे सिद्धौ वृष्यौ क्षीरघृतौ स्मृतौ ।। २७९.

At night, those desiring long life should use honey and clarified butter; shatavari juice prepared with milk and ghee is considered invigorating.

कलम्बिकानि माषाश्च वृष्यौ क्षीरघृतौ तथा । आयुष्या त्रिफला ज्ञेया पूर्ववन्मधुकान्विता ।। २७९.

Kalambika and mash beans are invigorating when prepared with milk and ghee; triphala is known to promote longevity, as previously stated, when combined with licorice.

मधुकादिरसोपेता बलीपलितनाशिनी । वचासिद्धघृतं विप्रं भूतदोषविनाशनम् ।। २७९.

Licorice and other juices impart strength and remove gray hair; clarified butter prepared with vacha, O Brahmin, destroys defects caused by spirits.

कव्यं बुद्धिप्रदञ्चैव तथा सर्वार्थसाधनम् । वलाकल्ककषायेण सिद्धमभ्यञ्जने हितम् ।। २७९.

Poetry brings intelligence and accomplishes all purposes; ointment prepared with valā and kalkakaṣāya is beneficial for massage.

रास्नासहचरैर्वापि तैलं वातविकारिणाम् । अनभिष्यन्दि यच्चान्नं तद्‌व्रणेषु प्रशस्यते ।। २७९.

Oil prepared with rasna and sahachara is recommended for disorders caused by wind; any food that does not cause obstruction is praised for wounds.

शक्तुपिण्डी तथैवाम्ला पाचनाय प्रशस्यते । पक्कस्य च तथा भेदे निम्बचूर्णञ्च रोपणे ।। २७९.

Shaktu cakes and sour foods are recommended for digestion; for ulcers and their healing, neem powder is also beneficial.

तथा शूच्युपचारश्च बलिकर्म विशेषतः । सूतिका च तथा रक्षा प्राणिनान्तु सदा हिता ।। २७९.

Likewise, proper cleaning and special sacrificial offerings are especially important; protection for women in childbirth is always beneficial for living beings.

भक्षणं निम्बपत्राणां सर्पदष्टस्य भेषजम् । तालनिम्बदलङ्केश्यं जीर्णन्तैलं यवा घृतम् ।। २७९.

Eating neem leaves is a remedy for snakebite; applying a mixture of palmyra and neem leaves, aged oil, barley, and ghee is also beneficial.

धूपो वृश्चिकदष्टस्य शिखिपत्रघृतेन वा । अर्कक्षीरेण संपिष्टं लोपा वीजं पलाशजं ।। २७९.

For scorpion stings, fumigation with peacock feather ghee, or applying a paste of arka milk with lotus seed and palasha seed, is effective.

वृश्चिकार्त्तस्य कृष्णा वा शिवा च फलसंयुता । अर्कक्षीरं लितं तैल पललञ्च गुड़ं समम् ।। २७९.

For scorpion affliction, black nightshade or shiva plant with fruit, mixed with arka milk, oil, and equal parts of clay and jaggery, is beneficial.

पानाज्जयति दुर्बारं श्वविषं शीघ्रमेव तु । पीत्वा मूलं त्रिवृत्तुल्यं तण्डुलीयस्य सर्पिषा ।। २७९.

By drinking the root of tandulīya, equal to trivrit, with ghee, one quickly overcomes the severe poison of rabid dog bite.

सर्पकीटविषाण्याशु जयत्यतिबलान्यपि । चन्दनं पद्मकङ्कुष्ठं तलाम्बूशीरपाटलाः ।। २७९.

Even the most potent poisons from snakes and insects are swiftly conquered by sandalwood, padmaka, kuṣṭha, palmyra, usira, and pāṭalā.

निर्गुण्डी शारिवा सेलुर्लूताविषहरो गदः । शिरोविरेचनं शस्तं गुड़नागरकं द्विज ।। २७९.

Nirgundi, shariva, selu, and lūta are remedies for poison; for cleansing the head, gur and nāgara are excellent, O twice-born one.

स्नेहपाने तथा वस्तौ तैलं घृतमनुत्तमम् । स्वेदनीयः परो वह्निः शीताम्भः स्तम्भनं परम् ।। २७९.

For internal oleation and enemas, the best oil and ghee should be used; strong fomentation with fire is recommended, and cold water is the supreme astringent.

त्रिवृद्धि रेचने श्रेष्ठा वमने मदनं तथा । वस्तिर्विरेको वमनं तैलं सर्पिस्तथा मधु ।। २७९.

Trivrit is best for purgation, madana for emesis; enema, purgation, emesis, oil, ghee, and honey are all used accordingly.

वातपित्तबलाशानां क्रमेण परमौषधं ।। २७९.

For disorders of vāta, pitta, and kapha, these are the supreme medicines, to be used in proper sequence.

धन्वन्तरिरुवाच शारीरमानसागन्तुसहजा व्याधयो मताः । शारीरा ज्वरकुष्ठाद्याः क्रोधाद्या मानसा मताः ।। २८०.

Dhanvantari said: Diseases are considered to be of bodily, mental, external, and congenital origin; bodily diseases include fever and skin disorders, while those from anger and such are mental.

आगन्तवो विघातोत्थाः सहजाः क्षुज्जरादयः । शारीरागन्तुनाशाय सूर्य्यवारे घृतं गुड़म् ।। २८०.

External diseases arise from injury; congenital ones include hunger and old age. To destroy bodily and external diseases, offer ghee and jaggery on Sunday.

लवणं सहिरण्यञ्च विप्रायापूपमर्पयेत् । चन्द्रे चाभ्यङ्गदो विप्रे सर्वरोगैः प्रमुच्यते ।। २८०.

Offer salted rice-cake with gold to a Brahmin; on the day of the moon, anoint the Brahmin, and he will be freed from all diseases.

तैलं शनैश्चरे दद्यादाश्विने गोरसान्नदः । घृतेन पयसा लिङ्गं संस्नाप्य स्याद्रुगुज्झितः ।। २८०.

On the day of Saturn, give oil; on the day of Ashvini, offer cow's milk and rice. Bathe the image with ghee and milk, and one will be freed from disease.

गायत्र्या हावयेद्वह्नौ दूर्वान्त्रिमधुराप्लुताम् । यस्मिन् भे व्याधिमाप्नोति तस्मिन् स्नानं बलिः शुभे ।। २८०.

Recite the Gāyatrī while offering darbha grass soaked in three sweet substances into the fire; bathe and make offerings at the place where the disease occurred.

मानसानां रुजादीनां विष्णोः स्तोत्रं हरं भवेत् । वातपित्तकफा दोषा धातवश्च तथा श्रृणु ।। २८०.

For mental pains and afflictions, the praise of Viṣṇu is curative; now hear about the humors—vāta, pitta, kapha—and the bodily tissues.

भुक्तं पक्काशयादन्नं द्विधा याति च सुश्रुत । अंशेनैकेन किट्टत्वं रसताञ्चापरेण च ।। २८०.

The food eaten and digested in the stomach, O Suśruta, divides into two parts: one becomes waste, the other becomes essence.

किट्टभागो मलस्तत्र विण्मूत्रस्वेददूषिकाः । नासामलह्कर्णमलं तथा देहमलञ्च यत् ।। २८०.

The waste portion forms the excretions—feces, urine, sweat, nasal, ear, and other bodily impurities.

रसभागाद्रसस्तत्र समाच्छोणिततां व्रजेत् । मांसं रक्तात्ततो मेदो मेदसोऽस्थ्नश्च सम्भवः ।। २८०.

From the essence portion arises rasa (nutritive fluid), which then becomes blood; from blood comes flesh, from flesh fat, and from fat, bone.