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''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 vātaka.''  

Punarnavā Manḍūra – Powder of one pala each of punarnavā, trivṛta, sunthī, pippalī, maricha, vidanga, devadāru, chitraka, kuśtha, haridrā, dāruharidrā, harītakī, bibhītaka, amalakī, dantī, cavya, kālingaka, pippalī, pippalī mūla and mustā; and forty palā of mandūra bhasma (rust of iron) coked in two adhaka of cow’s urine and made in the form of gutikā of the size of kola. These pills should be taken with butter milk. It cures pāndu, plīhā, arsa, viṡama jwara, sotha, grahanīdosha (sprue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome), kuśtha and krimī (parasitic infestation). Thus, ends the description of punarnavā mandūra.

Dārvyādi leha: Powder of the bark of dāruharidrā, harītakī, bibhītaka, amalakī, pippalī, sunthi, maricha, vydanga and lauha bhasma mixed with ghee and honey, taken as a linctus by the patients suffering from pāndu and kāmalā.

Two other recipes – Patients suffering from kāmalā should take the powder of one part each of lauha bhasma, harītakī and haridrā along with honey and ghee and may also take the linctus of the powder of abhayā prepared by mixing with jagery and honey (87-99).