| ''Shilajatu vataka'' – Eight ''pala'' of ''shilajatu'' impregnated for ten, twenty or thirty days with the decoction of fruit of ''kutaja, haritaki, bibhitaka, amalaki, nimba, patola, ghana'' and ''nagara''. Eight ''pala'' of sugar and one ''pala'' each of ''tvakakshiri, pippali, dhatri'' and ''karkatashringi''; half ''pala'' each of the fruit and root of ''nidigdhika'' and adequate powder of ''tvaka, ela'' and ''patra'' should be added to this ''shilajatu''. ''Vataka'' (large sized pills) of one ''aksha'' each should be prepared by adding three ''pala'' of honey to this powder. These pills can be taken on either empty stomach or after having food. The patient should drink the juice of ''dadima'' (pomegranate), milk, meat soup of birds, water, alcohol, ''asava'' (medicated wine) after taking this medicine. It cures ''pandu, kushtha, jwara, pleeha, tamaka svasa, arsha, bhagandara'' (fistula in ano), ''puti'' (putrified ulcers), ''hridroga'' (heart diseases), ''shukra dosha'' (diseases of semen), ''mutra dosha'' (diseases of urine), and ''agni dosha'' (diseases of digestion), ''sosha'' (consumption), ''gara'' (poisoning), ''udara, kasa, asrigdara'' (menorrhagia), ''raktapitta'' (bleeding disorders), ''sotha, gulma, galamayana'' (diseases of the throats) and all types of ''vrana'' (wounds). It cures all types of diseases and bestows auspiciousness. Thus, ends the description of ''shilajatu vataka.'' [87-92] | | ''Shilajatu vataka'' – Eight ''pala'' of ''shilajatu'' impregnated for ten, twenty or thirty days with the decoction of fruit of ''kutaja, haritaki, bibhitaka, amalaki, nimba, patola, ghana'' and ''nagara''. Eight ''pala'' of sugar and one ''pala'' each of ''tvakakshiri, pippali, dhatri'' and ''karkatashringi''; half ''pala'' each of the fruit and root of ''nidigdhika'' and adequate powder of ''tvaka, ela'' and ''patra'' should be added to this ''shilajatu''. ''Vataka'' (large sized pills) of one ''aksha'' each should be prepared by adding three ''pala'' of honey to this powder. These pills can be taken on either empty stomach or after having food. The patient should drink the juice of ''dadima'' (pomegranate), milk, meat soup of birds, water, alcohol, ''asava'' (medicated wine) after taking this medicine. It cures ''pandu, kushtha, jwara, pleeha, tamaka svasa, arsha, bhagandara'' (fistula in ano), ''puti'' (putrified ulcers), ''hridroga'' (heart diseases), ''shukra dosha'' (diseases of semen), ''mutra dosha'' (diseases of urine), and ''agni dosha'' (diseases of digestion), ''sosha'' (consumption), ''gara'' (poisoning), ''udara, kasa, asrigdara'' (menorrhagia), ''raktapitta'' (bleeding disorders), ''sotha, gulma, galamayana'' (diseases of the throats) and all types of ''vrana'' (wounds). It cures all types of diseases and bestows auspiciousness. Thus, ends the description of ''shilajatu vataka.'' [87-92] |