Vamsha for Conjunctivitis

Venuyava (seeds of bamboo) is non- unctuous and hot in potency.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

ो वंशकर र तु वदाह वात प तलः Vamsakarira (tender shoots of bamboo) causes dryness inside, heartburn and increase of vata and pitta.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

7-8 Bastinetra enema nozzleतथो तु ने ं हे मा दधातुदावाि थवेणुजम ् गोपु छाकारमि छ ं ल णजु गु लकामूखम ् Enema nozzle should be made from metals like gold, silver, wood, bone or bamboo;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Vasti Vidhi Enema

in case of arrows with thin or fragile tail ends, thin bamboo poles can be made use.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Shalya Aaharan Vidhi

43 मद ृ े वेणुदा श ृ गाि थद तवालोपला न च वषाणवे वय तालदा श यं चराद प ायो नभु यते त पच याशु पलासज ृ ी Foreign body composed of Mud, Bamboo, wood, horn bone, tooth and hair of animals or man, stone do not get dissolved by body heat;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Shalya Aaharan Vidhi

Sugar candy, bamboo manna, long pepper, cardamom, cinnamon — each doubled in ratio (4:2:1:0.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 8: Consumption and Wasting Disease Treatment (Rajayakshma Chikitsa / राजयक्ष्मचिकित्सितं)

Shali rice, shashthi rice or shyama rice, priyangu, kodrava, barley, bamboo and yava are beneficial diet.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 30: Gynecological Disorders Treatment (Yonivyapat Chikitsa / योनिव्यापत्चिकित्सा)

For shaka, (vegetable preparation) the bamboo shoots, vetra and peas processed with ghrita or oil should be taken.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 30: Gynecological Disorders Treatment (Yonivyapat Chikitsa / योनिव्यापत्चिकित्सा)

Thereafter, one kudava of each of the powder of godhuma, pippali, vamsha lochana, shringataka and honey should be added.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 11: Chest Injury and Emaciation Treatment (Kshatakshina Chikitsa / क्षतक्षीणचिकित्सा)

53 kg) of powder of vidanga and one kudava (192 gm) of pippali, one fourth kudava (48 gm) of vamsha and one karsha (12 gm) each of tvak, ela, keshara, maricha, patra, sati, kramuka, ativisha, ghana (chandana), harenu, elvaluka, tejohva, pippalimoola and chitraka and fermented for period of one month and later on administered.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 15: Digestive Disorders Treatment (Grahani Chikitsa / ग्रहणीचिकित्सा)

A vessel made of clay, round shape, bamboo, or metal, measuring four Angulas (finger-breadths, ~7.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khanda, Chapter 1: Paribhashakathana (Definitions)

— Tvak (cinnamon — Cinnamomum zeylanicum), Patra (cinnamon leaf — Cinnamomum tamala), Maricha (black pepper), Ela (cardamom — Elettaria cardamomum) seeds, Ajaji (cumin — Cuminum cyminum), and Vamshalochana (bamboo manna — Bambusa arundinacea) should also be included.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 3: Churnakalpana (Powder Preparations)

Sitopaladi Churna: Sitopala (rock candy) should be sixteen parts, Vamshalochana (bamboo manna — Bambusa arundinacea) eight parts, Pippali (long pepper — Piper longum) four Karsha, and Ela (cardamom — Elettaria cardamomum) two Karsha.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 3: Churnakalpana (Powder Preparations)

Sitopaladi Churna [for the three types of Kasa, Pitta, and Daha]: Sitopala (rock candy) sixteen parts, Vamshalochana (bamboo manna — Bambusa arundinacea) eight parts, Pippali (long pepper — Piper longum) four Karsha, and Ela (cardamom — Elettaria cardamomum) two Karsha.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 6: Churnakalpana (Powder Preparations - Extended)

192 g) of Tugakshiri (Bambusa arundinacea — bamboo manna), and four Palas (approx.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 8: Avalehakalpana (Confection/Electuary Preparations)

For PROBING (eshya) — practice on worm-eaten wood, bamboo, and the mouths of dried gourds.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 9: Yogya Sutriya Adhyaya - Training on Practice Models

Or with bamboo root, a rasakriya (concentrated extract) made into wicks — this serves as an extracting and protective preparation.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 12: Raktabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Blood-type Conjunctivitis)

With these powders mixed with ghee and honey, stored in a bamboo tube — the physician should apply collyrium, especially in pitta and kapha-vitiated conditions.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 17: Drishtigata Roga Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Diseases of Vision / Drishti Roga)

Combined with saindhava and stored in a bamboo cavity.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 17: Drishtigata Roga Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Diseases of Vision / Drishti Roga)

Kapittha (wood apple), Bilva (Aegle marmelos), Tarkari, Vamshi (bamboo), Gandharva-hastaka (castor), and Kuberakshi should be used for sprinkling on children.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 35: Mukhamandakapratishedha