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Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Jīrṇadhānya (जीर्णधान्य) refers to “old grain”, mentioned in verse 3.44 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] as the (humours and the gastric fire) irritate one another this way, one shall turn to all (substances) that (are) applicable to all humours and promotive of the (gastric) fire: a cathartic enema after one’s body has been purged (with a vomitive etc.), old grain [viz., jīrṇadhānya], prepared soups, game-meat, broths, old wine and ariṣṭa liqueur [...]”.

Note: jīrṇaṃ dhānyam (“old grain”) (that is, according to Indu’s comment on v. 20, five- or six-month-old grain) has been replaced by yaṅ-bag (“early-barley meal”) and treated as an adjunct of rasa (“soup”), with kṛta (“prepared”) having been omitted. It is not impossible that the translators had a jīrṇadhānyarasān before them. The Tibetans distinguish barley into three varieties: early (mgyogs-nas), late (ser-mo); and middling (che-nas) barley; the former is called alternatively khra-ma, drug-cu-nas, or yaṅ-ma and grows ripe in about 60 days (cf. Jäschke, Dict. p. 304, s. v. nas).

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Partial matches: Jirna, Dhanya.

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