Part 22 - Treatment for indigestion (20): Sandipana rasa

One part, each, of roots of pippali, roots of chitraka, roots of danti mercury, sulphur, pippali, the three alkalis (java-ksara, sarjiksara, and borax, combined), pancha-lavana, maricha, shunthi, aconite, ajamoda, guruchi, hingu. ashes of the bark of tamarind; and two parts of burnt conch-shell are to be rubbed together and subjected to bhavana with the juices of the arnlavarga (see page 301, vol 1). Pills are then to be made, six raktis in weight, each. Accompaniment, any one of the following:—juice of sour pomegranates, lemon juice, butter-milk, watery portion of curd, liquor, sidhu, kanji (see page 379 and 381 vol 3), and hot water. This medicine increases the digesting heat, and cures piles grahani, worms, leprosy, spermatorrea, fistula, stone-disease, asthma, anemia, and jaundice, etc. Diet, juice of the meat of hare, deer, etc.