Garuda Purana

तैलेन वातिके रोगे शर्कराज्यपयोन्वितैः । कटुतैलैः कफे व्योषैः पित्ते चत्रिफलाम्बुभिः ॥ १,२०१.

For wind disorders, oil is used with sugar, clarified butter, and milk; for phlegm, pungent oils with spices; for bile, water of triphala.

शालिषष्टिकदुग्धाशी हयो हिन जुगुप्सितः । पक्वजम्बूनिभो हेमवर्णोऽश्वो न जुगुप्सितः ॥ १,२०१.

A horse that eats rice, shashtika, and milk is considered inferior and to be avoided; a horse resembling ripe jambū fruit and golden in color is not to be avoided.

अर्धप्रहरणे धुर्ये गुग्गुलुं प्राशयेद्धयम् । भोजयेत्पायसं दुग्धं सत्वरं सुस्थिरो हयः ॥ १,२०१.

At half a prahara, one should give guggul to the horse in harness; feed it rice pudding with milk quickly for a stable horse.

विकारे भोजने दुग्धं शाल्यन्नं वातले ददेत् । कर्षमांसरसैः पित्ते मधुमुद्गरसाज्यकैः ॥ १,२०१.

In disorders, feed milk and rice to the horse with wind disorders; for bile, use meat juice, honey, mudga, and clarified butter.

कफे मुद्गान्कुलत्थान्वा कटुतिक्तान्कफे हये । बाधिर्ये व्याधिते ग्रासे त्रिदोषादौ तु गुग्गुलुः ॥ १,२०१.

For phlegm, give mudga and kulattha, or bitter and pungent foods; in deafness or disease, guggul is used for disorders caused by all three humors.

घासैर्दूर्वा सर्वरोगे प्रथमेऽह्नि पलं ददेत् । विवर्धयेत्ततः कर्षमेकाह्नि पलपञ्चकम् ॥ १,२०१.

For all diseases, on the first day, one should give a pala of dūrvā grass; then, on the next day, increase to a karṣa, and on the following day, five palas.

पाने च भोजने चैव अशीतिपलकं परम् । मध्ये षष्टिश्चाधमेषु चत्वारिंशच्च भोगिषु ॥ १,२०१.

In drinking and eating, the highest amount is eighty palas; for those in the middle, sixty; for the lowest, forty palas.

व्रणे कुष्ठेषु खञ्जेषु त्रिफलाक्वाथसंयुतम् । मन्दाग्नौ शोथरोगे च गवां मूत्रेण योजितम् ॥ १,२०१.

For wounds, leprosy, and lameness, it should be given mixed with a decoction of triphalā; for weak digestion and swelling diseases, it should be administered with cow's urine.

वातपित्ते व्रणे व्याधौ गोक्षीरं घृतसंयुतम् । देयं कृशानां पुष्ट्यर्थं मांसैर्युक्तं च भोजनम् ॥ १,२०१.

In cases of vāta, pitta, wounds, and disease, cow's milk mixed with ghee should be given; for the emaciated, food mixed with meat should be provided for nourishment.

सुपिष्टायाः प्रदातव्यं गुडूच्याः पलपञ्चकम् । प्रभाते घृतसंयुक्तं शरद्गीष्मे च वाजिनाम् ॥ १,२०१.

Five palas of well-pounded guḍūcī should be given in the morning, mixed with ghee, to horses during autumn and summer.

रोगघ्नं पुष्टिदं चापि बलतेजोविवर्धनम् । तदेवाश्वायदातव्यं क्षीरयुक्तमथापि वा ॥ १,२०१.

This is disease-destroying, nourishing, and increases strength and vigor; it should be given to horses, with milk or otherwise.

गुडूचीकल्पयोगेन शतावर्यश्वगन्धयोः । चत्वारि त्रीणि मध्यस्य जघन्यस्य पलानि हि ॥ १,२०१.

According to the guḍūcī preparation, for śatāvarī and aśvagandhā, four or three palas for the middle type, and for the lowest, palas accordingly.

अकस्माद्यत्र वाहानामेकरूपं यदा भवेत् । म्रियते च यदा क्षिप्रमुपसर्गं तमादिशेत् ॥ १,२०१.

Whenever, without cause, all the animals appear the same and suddenly die, one should recognize that as an epidemic affliction.

होमाद्यै रक्षया विप्रभोजनैर्बलिकर्मणा । शान्त्योपसर्गशान्तिः स्याद्धरीतक्यादिकल्पतः ॥ १,२०१.

Through protective rites such as homa, feeding of brāhmaṇas, and offering of oblations, the epidemic affliction is pacified, according to the harītakī and other preparations.

हरीतकी गवां मूत्रैस्तैलेन लवणान्विता । आदौ पञ्च ततः पञ्च वृद्ध्या पूर्णशतावधि । उत्तमा च शतं मात्रास्त्वशीतिः षष्टिरेव वा ॥ १,२०१.

Harītakī, with cow's urine, oil, and salt, should be given: first five, then five more, increasing up to a full hundred; the best dose is a hundred, or eighty, or sixty.

गजायुर्वेदमाख्यास्ये उक्ताः कल्पा गजे हिताः । गजे चतुर्गुणा मात्रास्ताभिर्गजरुगर्दनः ॥ १,२०१.

I shall now declare the science of elephant medicine; the preparations beneficial for elephants have been stated; for elephants, the dose is four times as much, and with these, elephant diseases are cured.

गजो पसर्गव्याधीनां शमनं शान्तिकर्म च । पूजयित्वा सुरान्विप्रान्रत्नैर्गां कपिलां ददेत् ॥ १,२०१.

For the pacification of epidemic diseases in elephants, after worshipping the gods and brāhmaṇas with jewels, one should give a tawny cow.

दन्तिदन्तद्वये मालां निबन्धीयादुपोषितः । मन्त्रेण मन्त्रितान्वैद्यैर्वचासिद्धार्थकांस्तथा ॥ १,२०१.

Having fasted, one should tie a garland between the two tusks of the elephant, and with mantras, physicians should recite the mantras and give the desired objects.

सूर्यादिशिवदुर्गाश्रीविष्ण्वर्चा रक्षयेद्गजम् । बलिं दद्याच्च भूतेभ्यः स्नापयेच्च चतुर्घटैः ॥ १,२०१.

By the recitation of hymns to the Sun, Śiva, Durgā, Śrī, and Viṣṇu, the elephant is protected; one should offer oblations to the spirits and bathe the elephant with four pitchers.

भोजनं मन्त्रितं दद्याद्भस्मनोद्धूनयेद्गजमम् । भूतरक्षा शुभा मेध्या वारणं रक्षयेत्सदा ॥ १,२०१.

One should give food consecrated with mantras, sprinkle the elephant with ashes; protection from spirits is auspicious and pure, and the elephant should always be guarded.

त्रिफलापञ्चकोले च दशमूलं विडङ्गकम् । शतावरीगुडूची च निम्बवासककिंशुकाः ॥ १,२०१.

Triphalā, pañcakola, daśamūla, viḍaṅga, śatāvarī, guḍūcī, as well as nimb, vāsaka, and kiṃśuka are to be used.

गजरोगविनाशाय हितो रूक्षः कषायकः । आयुर्वेदद्वयोक्तानामुक्तं संक्षेपसारतः ॥ १,२०१.

For the destruction of elephant diseases, a dry and astringent preparation is beneficial; as stated in both Āyurvedas, this has been briefly summarized.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् २०२ हरिरुवाच । एकं पुनर्नवामूलमपामार्गस्य वा शिव । सरसं योनिनिः क्षिप्तं वराङ्गस्य व्यथां हरेत् । प्रसूतिवेदनाञ्चैव तरुणीनां व्यथां हरेत् ॥ १,२०२.

Hari said: One root of punarnavā or apāmārga, O Śiva, placed fresh in the yoni, removes the pain of a woman with a beautiful body, and also relieves the labor pains of young women.

भूमि कूष्माण्डमूलं वै शालिचूर्णमथापि वा । सप्ताहं दुग्धपीतं स्यात्स्त्रीणां बहुपयस्करम् ॥ १,२०२.

If earth, ash gourd root, or rice flour is consumed with milk for seven days, it greatly increases milk production in women.

रुद्रेन्द्रवारुणीमुलं लेपात्स्त्रीस्तनवेदना । नश्येत घृतपक्वा च कार्यावश्यन्तु पोलिका ॥ १,२०२.

By applying a paste of rudra, indra, and varuṇī roots, pain in a woman's breasts is relieved; the poultice should certainly be prepared with ghee.

भक्षिता सा महेशान योनिशूलं विनाशयेत् । प्रलेपिता कारवेल्लमूलेनैव विनिर्गता ॥ १,२०२.

O Maheśāna, when this is eaten, it destroys pain in the womb; and when applied as a paste with kāravella root, it expels what is retained.

योनिः प्रवेशमायाति नात्र कार्या विचारणा । नीलीपटोलमूलानि साज्यानि तिलवारिणा ॥ १,२०२.

When the womb begins to discharge, there is no need for further consideration; the roots of nīlī and paṭola, mixed with clarified butter and sesame oil—

पिष्टान्येषां प्रलेपो वै ज्वालागर्दभरागनत् । पाठामूलं रुद्र पीतं पिष्टं तण्डुलवारिणा ॥ १,२०२.

A paste made from these, applied, removes burning and pain; the root of pāṭhā, O Rudra, when drunk after being ground with rice water—

पापरोगहरं स्याच्च कुष्ठपानं तथैव च । वास्योदकञ्च समधु पीतमन्तर्गतस्य वै ॥ १,२०२.

It removes evil diseases, and likewise cures leprosy; water mixed with honey, when drunk, benefits those afflicted within.