📜 Ashtanga Hridaya, Chikitsasthana
📖 Chapter 23: Vata Vyadhi Chikitsa, Verse 65-66
📜 संस्कृत श्लोक:
प्रसारिणी तुलाक्वाथे तैल प्रस्थं पयःसमम्।
द्विमेदादिमिशि मञ्जिष्ट कुष्ठरास्ना कुचन्दैनैः॥
जीवक ऋषभक काकोलीयुगुला अमरदारुभि:।
कल्कितैर्विपचेत सर्व मारुत आमयनाशनं॥
🩸 INGREDIENTS:
🌿 Main Herbs & Components:
1️⃣ Prasarini (Paedaria foetida) 🌿
2️⃣ Meda (Polygonatum cirrhifolium)
3️⃣ Mehameda (Polygonatum verticillatum)
4️⃣ Manjishta (Rubia cordifolia) ❤️
5️⃣ Kushta (Saussurea lappa)
6️⃣ Rasna (Pluchea lanceolata)
7️⃣ Jivaka (Microstylis wallichi)
8️⃣ Rsabhaka (Microstylis musifera)
9️⃣ Kakoli (Roscoea purpurea)
🔟 Ksheerakakoli (Lilium polyphyllum)
🔹 Amaradaru (Devadaru) (Cedrus deodara) 🌲
🛢 METHOD OF PREPARATION:
1️⃣ Prepare a decoction from one Tula of Prasarini 🍵
2️⃣ Add one Prastha of oil 🛢 and equal quantity of milk 🥛
3️⃣ Mix a paste (Kalka) of:
Meda & Mehameda
Misi
Manjishta
Kushta
Rasna
Kuchandana
Jivaka
Rsabhaka
Two Kakoli
Amaradaru (Devadaru) 🌿
4️⃣ Cook the mixture until the oil is well medicated.
💊 INDICATIONS:
✔ All Vata Diseases ⚡
✔ Other Specific Indications (as per Sarangdhara Samhita):
🔸 Locked Jaw (Trismus) 😬
🔸 Stiffness in Lower Back 🦴
🔸 Sciatica ⚡
🔸 Limping (Claudication) 🚶♂️
🔸 Kyphosis (Hunchback) 🧑🦯
🔸 Paraplegia (Paralysis of Lower Limbs) ♿
🔸 Facial Palsy 😊➡️😐
🔸 Stiffness in Head & Neck 🏋️♂️