Remedies for Grahani, Fever, and Skin Diseases

Verse 1 (garuda.1.183.1)

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् १८३ हरिरुवाच । मरिचं शृङ्गवेरं च कुटजत्वचमेव च । पानाच्च ग्रहणी नश्येच्छशाङ्काङ्कितशेखर !

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam 183 hariruvāca maricaṁ śṛṅgaveraṁ ca kuṭajatvacameva ca pānācca grahaṇī naśyecchaśāṅkāṅkitaśekhara !

Hari said: Black pepper, ginger, and kutaja bark, taken as a drink, destroy grahani (chronic diarrhoea), O crest-jewel marked with the moon!

Verse 2 (garuda.1.183.2)

पिप्पली पिप्पलीमूलं मरिचं तगरं वचा । देवदारुरसं पाठां क्षीरेण सह पेषयेत्

pippalī pippalīmūlaṁ maricaṁ tagaraṁ vacā devadārurasaṁ pāṭhāṁ kṣīreṇa saha peṣayet

Pippali, root of pippali, black pepper, tagara, and vacha; the essence of devadaru and patha should be ground together with milk.

Verse 3 (garuda.1.183.3)

अनेनैव प्रयोगेण ह्यतिसारो विनश्यति । मरीचतिलपुष्पाभ्या मञ्जनं कामलापहम्

anenaiva prayogeṇa hyatisāro vinaśyati marīcatilapuṣpābhyā mañjanaṁ kāmalāpaham

By this very preparation, diarrhoea is destroyed. A collyrium of black pepper and sesame-flower destroys kamala (jaundice).

Verse 4 (garuda.1.183.4)

हरीतकी समगुडा मधुना सह योजिता । विरेचनकरी रुद्र ! भवतीति न संशयः

harītakī samaguḍā madhunā saha yojitā virecanakarī rudra ! bhavatīti na saṁśayaḥ

Haritaki, combined with an equal amount of jaggery and with honey, becomes a purgative, O Rudra — there is no doubt of this.

Verse 5 (garuda.1.183.5)

त्रिफला चित्रकं चित्रं तथा कटुकरोहिणी । उरुस्तम्भहरं ह्येतदुत्तमन्तु विरेचनम्

triphalā citrakaṁ citraṁ tathā kaṭukarohiṇī urustambhaharaṁ hyetaduttamantu virecanam

Triphala, chitraka, and katukarohini — this excellent purgative removes urustambha (stiffness of the thighs).

Verse 6 (garuda.1.183.6)

हरीतकी शृङ्गवेरं देवदारु च चन्दनम् । क्वाथयेच्छागदुग्धेन अपामार्गस्य मूलकम् । ऊरुस्तम्भं जयन्त्या वा सप्तरात्रेण नाशयेत्

harītakī śṛṅgaveraṁ devadāru ca candanam kvāthayecchāgadugdhena apāmārgasya mūlakam ūrustambhaṁ jayantyā vā saptarātreṇa nāśayet

Haritaki, ginger, devadaru, and sandalwood should be boiled with goat's milk, together with the root of apamarga, or with jayanti — this destroys urustambha within seven nights.

Verse 7 (garuda.1.183.7)

अनन्ताशृङ्गवेरस्य सूक्ष्मचूर्णानि कारयेत् । गुग्गुलं गुडतुल्यं च गुटिकामुपयुज्यच । वायुः स्नायुगतं चैव अग्निमान्द्यं च नाशयेत्

anantāśṛṅgaverasya sūkṣmacūrṇāni kārayet guggulaṁ guḍatulyaṁ ca guṭikāmupayujyaca vāyuḥ snāyugataṁ caiva agnimāndyaṁ ca nāśayet

One should make a fine powder of ananta and ginger; using guggulu equal to jaggery in a pill destroys the wind lodged in the sinews and weak digestion.

Verse 8 (garuda.1.183.8)

सङ्खपुष्पीन्तु पुष्पेण समुद्धृत्य सपत्रिकाम् । समूलां छागदुग्धेन अपस्मारहरं पिबेत्

saṅkhapuṣpīntu puṣpeṇa samuddhṛtya sapatrikām samūlāṁ chāgadugdhena apasmāraharaṁ pibet

Shankhapushpi should be uprooted together with its flower, leaf, and root, and boiled with goat's milk — one should drink this as a destroyer of epilepsy.

Verse 9 (garuda.1.183.9)

अश्वगन्धाभये चैव उदकेन समं पिबेत् । रक्तपित्तं विनश्येत्तु नात्र कार्या विचारणा

aśvagandhābhaye caiva udakena samaṁ pibet raktapittaṁ vinaśyettu nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Ashwagandha and haritaki should be drunk together with an equal measure of water — rakta-pitta (a bleeding disorder) is destroyed; there should be no doubt of this.

Verse 10 (garuda.1.183.10)

हरीतकीकुष्ठचूर्णं कृत्वा आस्यं च पूरयेत् । शीतं पीत्वाथ पानीयं सर्वच्छर्दिनिवारणम्

harītakīkuṣṭhacūrṇaṁ kṛtvā āsyaṁ ca pūrayet śītaṁ pītvātha pānīyaṁ sarvacchardinivāraṇam

Making powder of haritaki and kushtha, filling the mouth with it, and then drinking cold water — this is a remedy for every kind of vomiting.

Verse 11 (garuda.1.183.11)

गडूचीपद्मकारिष्टधान्याकं रक्तचंन्दनम् । पित्तश्लेष्मज्वरच्छर्दिदाहतृष्णाघ्नमग्निकृत् । ओं हुं नम इति

gaḍūcīpadmakāriṣṭadhānyākaṁ raktacaṁndanam pittaśleṣmajvaracchardidāhatṛṣṇāghnamagnikṛt oṁ huṁ nama iti

Guduchi, padmaka, arishta, coriander, and red sandalwood destroy pitta, kapha, fever, vomiting, burning, and thirst, and kindle the digestive fire. 'Om huṁ namaḥ' [mantra].

Verse 12 (garuda.1.183.12)

श्रोत्रे बद्ध्वा शङ्खपुष्पीं ज्वरं मन्त्रेण वै हरेत् । ओं जम्भिनी स्तम्भिनी मोहय सर्वव्याधीन्मे वज्रेण ठः ठः सर्वव्याधीन्मे वज्रेण फटिति

śrotre baddhvā śaṅkhapuṣpīṁ jvaraṁ mantreṇa vai haret oṁ jambhinī stambhinī mohaya sarvavyādhīnme vajreṇa ṭhaḥ ṭhaḥ sarvavyādhīnme vajreṇa phaṭiti

Binding shankhapushpi to the ear, one should remove fever by this mantra: 'Om jambhini stambhini, mohaya sarva-vyadhīn me vajreṇa ṭhaḥ ṭhaḥ, sarva-vyadhīn me vajreṇa phaṭ iti.'

Verse 13 (garuda.1.183.13)

पुष्पमष्टशतं जप्त्वा हस्ते दत्त्वा नखं स्पृशेत् । चातुर्थिको ज्वरो रुद्र अन्ये चैव ज्वरास्तथा

puṣpamaṣṭaśataṁ japtvā haste dattvā nakhaṁ spṛśet cāturthiko jvaro rudra anye caiva jvarāstathā

Having recited the mantra over a flower one hundred and eight times, placing it in the hand and touching the nail with it, O Rudra, removes chaturthika (quartan) fever and other fevers as well.

Verse 14 (garuda.1.183.14)

ज्म्बूफलं हरिद्रा च सर्पस्यैव तु कञ्चुकम् । सर्वज्वराणां धूपोऽयं हरश्चातुर्थिकस्य च

jmbūphalaṁ haridrā ca sarpasyaiva tu kañcukam sarvajvarāṇāṁ dhūpo'yaṁ haraścāturthikasya ca

Jambu fruit, turmeric, and a snake's slough — this incense destroys every kind of fever and, O Hara, chaturthika fever as well.

Verse 15 (garuda.1.183.15)

करवीरं भृङ्गपत्रं लवणं कुष्ठकर्कटे । चतुर्गुणेन मूत्रेण पचेत्तैलं हरेच्च तत् । पामां विचर्चिकां कुष्ठमभ्यङ्गाद्धि व्रणानि वै

karavīraṁ bhṛṅgapatraṁ lavaṇaṁ kuṣṭhakarkaṭe caturguṇena mūtreṇa pacettailaṁ harecca tat pāmāṁ vicarcikāṁ kuṣṭhamabhyaṅgāddhi vraṇāni vai

Karavira, bhringaraja leaf, salt, kushtha, and karkata — oil cooked in fourfold urine, when applied, destroys pama, vicharchika, kushtha, and wounds through massage.

Verse 16 (garuda.1.183.16)

पिप्पलीमधुपानाच्च तथा मधुरभोजनात् । प्लीहा विनश्यते रुद्र तथा सूरणसेवनात्

pippalīmadhupānācca tathā madhurabhojanāt plīhā vinaśyate rudra tathā sūraṇasevanāt

By drinking pippali with honey, and by eating sweet food, O Rudra, the spleen disorder is destroyed, and likewise by taking suran (elephant-foot yam).

Verse 17 (garuda.1.183.17)

पिप्पलीञ्च हरिद्राञ्च गोमूत्रेण समन्विताम् । प्रक्षिपेच्च गुदद्वारे अर्शांसि विनिवारयेत्

pippalīñca haridrāñca gomūtreṇa samanvitām prakṣipecca gudadvāre arśāṁsi vinivārayet

Pippali and turmeric combined with cow's urine, inserted into the rectum, remove piles.

Verse 18 (garuda.1.183.18)

अजादुग्धमार्द्रकञ्च पीतं प्लीहादिनाशनम् । सैन्धवञ्च विडङ्गानि सोमराजी तु सर्षपाः

ajādugdhamārdrakañca pītaṁ plīhādināśanam saindhavañca viḍaṅgāni somarājī tu sarṣapāḥ

Goat's milk with ginger, when drunk, destroys spleen-disease and the like. Rock salt and vidanga, somaraji, and mustard,

Verse 19 (garuda.1.183.19)

रजनी द्वे विषञ्चैव गोमूत्रेणैव पेषयेत् । कुष्ठनाशश्च तल्लेपान्निम्बपत्रादिना तथा

rajanī dve viṣañcaiva gomūtreṇaiva peṣayet kuṣṭhanāśaśca tallepānnimbapatrādinā tathā

both turmerics, and visha should be ground together with cow's urine — applying this as a paste, along with neem leaves and the like, destroys kushtha.