Agni Purana

त्रिककटुत्रिफलाक्काथं९ सक्षारलवणं पिवेत् । कफवातात्मकेष्वेव विंरेकः कफवृद्धिनुत् ।। २८५.

One should drink a decoction of trikatu and triphala, with alkaline salt; in disorders of phlegm and wind, purgation reduces excess phlegm.

पिप्पलीपिप्पलीमूलवचाचित्रकनागरैः । क्काथितं वा पिवेत्पेयमामवातविनाशनं ।। २८५.

A decoction or drink made from pippali, pippali root, vacā, citraka, and nāgara destroys diseases caused by undigested wind.

रास्नां गुडुचीमेरण्डदेवदारुमहौषधं । पिवेत् सर्वाड्गिके वाते सामे सन्ध्यस्थिमज्जगे ।। २८५.

One should drink a decoction of rāsnā, guduchi, castor, devadāru, and great medicines for all kinds of wind affecting joints, bones, and marrow.

दशमूलकषायं वा पिवेद्वा नागराम्भसा । सुण्ठीगोक्षुरकक्काथः प्रातः प्रातर्न्निषेवितः ।। २८५.

Alternatively, one may drink a decoction of daśamūla, or water infused with nāgara; a decoction of sunthi and gokṣura should be taken every morning.

सामवातकटीशूलपाचनो रुक्प्रणाशनः । समूलपत्रशाखायाः प्रसारण्याश्च तैलकं ।। २८५.

Oil made from the root, leaf, and branch of prasāraṇī relieves pain and digestion issues in the lower back caused by wind.

गुडुच्याः सुरसः कल्कः चूर्णं वा क्काथमेव च । प्रभूतकालमासेव्य मुच्यते वातशोणितात् । २८५.

A paste or powder, or even a decoction, of guduchi and surasa, taken for a long time, frees one from wind and blood disorders.

पिप्पली वर्द्धमानं वा सेव्यं पथ्या गुडेन् वा । पटोलत्रिफलातीव्रकटुकामृतसाधितं ।। २८५.

Pippali, or vardhamāna, should be taken with pathyā or jaggery; patola, triphala, and intense pungent amrita are also beneficial.

पक्वं पीत्वा जयत्याशु सदाहं वातशोणितं । गुग्गुलं कोष्णशीते तु गुडुची त्रिफलाम्भ्सा ।। २८५.

Drinking it when cooked quickly cures burning and wind-blood disorders; guggulu, with warm or cold guduchi and triphala water, is also effective.

बलापुनर्न्नवैरण्डवृहतीद्वयगोक्षुरैः । सहिङ्गु लवणैः पीतं सद्यो वातरुजापहं ।। २८५.

A decoction of balā, punarnava, castor, both vṛhatī, and gokṣura, with hing and salt, when drunk, immediately removes pain caused by wind.

कार्षिकं पिप्पलीलमूलं पञ्चैव लवणानि च । पिप्पली चित्रकं शुण्ठी त्रिफ्ला त्रिवृता वचा ।। २८५.

The roots of long pepper used by farmers, the five kinds of salts, long pepper, leadwort, dried ginger, the three fruits, turpeth, and sweet flag—

द्वौ क्षारौ शाद्वला दन्ती स्वर्णक्षीरी विषाणिका । कोलप्रमाणां गुटिकां पिवेत् सौवीरकायुतां ।। २८५.

Two kinds of alkalis, śādvalā, dantī, svarṇakṣīrī, and viṣāṇikā—make a pill the size of a jujube, to be taken with sauviraka.

शोथावपाके त्रिवृता प्रवृद्धे चोदरादिके । क्षीरं शोथहरं दारु वर्षाभूर्नागरैः शुभम् ।। २८५.

For swelling and advanced abscess, and for abdominal disorders, milk prepared with dāru, varṣābhū, and dried ginger is beneficial for reducing swelling.

सेकस्तथार्कवर्षाभूनिम्बक्काथेन शोथजित् । व्योषगर्भं पलाशस्य त्रिगुणे भस्मवारिणि ।। २८५.

A fomentation with arka, varṣābhū, and nimba bark relieves swelling; palāśa ash water, prepared with vyoṣa, in triple measure.

साधितं पिवतः सर्पिः पतत्यर्शो न संशयः । विश्वक्सेनावनिर्ग्गुण्डीसाधितं चापि लावणं ।। २८५.

When clarified butter prepared as above is consumed, piles surely fall away; also, salt prepared with viśvaksenā, avaniguṇḍī, and the like.

विड़ङ्गानलसिन्धूत्थरास्नाग्रक्षारदारुभिः । तैलञ्चतुर्गुणं सिद्धं कटुद्रव्यं जलेन वा ।। २८५.

Oil prepared with viranga, analasindhu, harāsnā, grakṣāra, and dāru, in quadruple measure, or with pungent substances and water.

गणअडमालापहं तैलमभ्यङ्गात् गलगण्डनुत् । शटीकुनागबलयक्काथः क्षीरससे युतम् ।। २८५.

Oil that removes glandular swellings, when used for massage, alleviates goiter; prepared with śaṭī, kunāga, bala, yakkātha, and mixed with milk and buttermilk.

पयस्यापिप्पलीवासाकल्कं सिद्धंक्षये हितम् । वचाविड़भयाशुण्ठीहिङ्गुकुष्ठाग्निदीप्यकान् ।। २८५.

A paste of payasyā, long pepper, and vāsā, properly prepared, is beneficial in consumption; sweet flag, vīrabhaya, dried ginger, asafoetida, kuṣṭha, and digestive stimulants—

द्वित्रिषट्‌चतुरेकांशसप्तपञ्चाशिकाः क्रमात् । चूर्णं पीतं हन्ति गुल्मं उदरं शूलकासनुत् ।। २८५.

In the proportions of two, three, six, four, one, and seven, five, and fifty, respectively, the powder, when consumed, destroys abdominal tumors, swelling, pain, and cough.

पाठानिकुम्भत्रिकटुत्रिफलाग्निषु साधितम् । मूत्रेण चूर्णगुटिका गुल्मप्लीहादिमर्द्दनी ।। २८५.

Powdered pāṭhā, nikumbha, trikatu, triphalā, and agni, prepared together, and pills made with urine, destroy abdominal tumors, spleen disorders, and the like.

वासानिम्बपटोलानि त्रिफला वातपित्तनुत् । लिह्यात् क्षौद्रेण विड़ङ्गं चूर्णं कृमिविनाशनम् ।। २८५.

Vāsā, nimba, paṭola, and triphalā remove vāta and pitta; one should lick viranga powder with honey—it destroys worms.

विड़ङ्गसैन्धवक्षारमृत्रेनापि हरीतकी । शल्लकीवदरीजम्बुपियालाम्रार्जुनत्वचः ।। २८५.

Harītakī with viranga, rock salt, and alkali, or with urine; also, śallakī, vadaṛī, jambū, piyāla, mango, and arjuna bark—

पीताः क्षीरेण मध्वक्ताः पृथक्शोणितवारणाः । विल्वाम्रधातकीपाठाशुण्ठीमोचरसाः समाः ।। २८५.

Taken with milk and honey, these separately stop bleeding; bilva, mango, dhātakī, pāṭhā, dried ginger, and moca bark, in equal measure.

पीता रुन्धन्त्यतीसारं गुड़तक्रेण दुर्जयम् । चाङ्गेरीकोलदध्यम्बुनागरक्षारसंयुतम् ।। २८५.

Taken, they arrest severe diarrhea, even when hard to cure, when combined with buttermilk, cāṅgerī, kola, curd water, dried ginger, and alkali.

घृततयुक्क्काथितं पेयं गुदभ्रंसे रुजापहम् । विड़ङ्गातिविषामुस्तं दारुपाठाकलिङ्गकम् ।। २८५.

A decoction prepared with ghee should be drunk for prolapse of the rectum, as it relieves pain; with viranga, ativiṣā, musta, dāru, pāṭhā, and kaliṅga.

मरीचेन समायुक्तं शोथातीसारनाशनम् । शर्करासिन्धुशुण्ठीभिः कृष्णामधुगुड़ेन वा ।। २८५.

Combined with black pepper, it destroys swelling and diarrhea; or with sugar, rock salt, dried ginger, and black honey or jaggery.

द्वे द्वे खादेद्धरीतक्यौ जीवेद्वर्षशतं सुखी । त्रिफला पिप्पलीयुक्ता समध्वाज्या तथैव सा ।। २८५.

Eating two harītakī fruits daily, one lives happily for a hundred years; triphalā with long pepper, taken with equal parts honey and ghee, likewise.

चूर्णमामलकं तेन सुरसेन तु भावितम् । मध्वाज्यशर्करायुक्तं लिढ्‌वा स्त्रीशः पयः पिवेत् ।। २८५.

Powdered āmalaka, prepared with surasena, and mixed with honey, ghee, and sugar, should be licked, and women should drink milk after it.

मासपिप्पलिशालीनां यवगोधूमयोस्तथा । चूर्णभागैः समांशैश्च पचेत् पिप्पलिकां शुभां ।। २८५.

One should cook a fine preparation of long pepper, rice, barley, and wheat, using equal parts of their powders.

तां भक्षयित्वा च पिवेत् शर्करामधुरं पयः । नवश्चटकवज्जम्भेद्‌ दशवारान् स्त्रियं ध्रुवम् ।। २८५.

After consuming that, one should drink milk sweetened with sugar; a woman will certainly conceive within ten days, like a bird laying eggs.