Lotus for Weakness & Debility

Sleep on soft bed prepared with flowers of banana, kalbara, lotus etc.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Ritucharya adhyaya Seasonal

beautiful woman wearing bangles of soft lotus stalk, blossoms of lotus in their hair, moving about nearby.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Ritucharya adhyaya Seasonal

89-90 म ृणाल बसशालूककुमुदो पलक द ुकम ् न द माषककेलट ू श ृ गाटककसे कम ् ौ जादनं कलो यं च ं ा ह हमं गु Mrinala (lotus stalk), bias (lotus root), saluki (lotus tuber), kumuda (utpala kanda), nandi, mashaka, keluta, srngataka, kaseruka, kranucadana and kalodya are dry (cause dryness).

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

Na Sajjate Hemapange padmapatre ambuvat visham || In a person who has been given Gold bhasma for a long time, the poison can not do any harm, similar to a water drop that can not touch the leaf of the lotus.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Anna Raksha Vidhi

Kashaya Varga (Gana) – group of astringents: वगःकषायः प या ं शर षः ख दरो मधु कद बोद ु बरं मु ता वाला जनगै रकम ् बालं क प थं खजूरं वसप ो पला द च Group of astringents consists of Pathya – Chebuic Myrobalan (fruit rind) – Terminalia chebula, Aksha – Terminalia bellirica, Shireesa, Khadira – Black catechu (heart wood extract) – Acacia catechu, Madhu (honey), Kadamba, Udumbara, Mukta (Pearls), Pravala (Coral), Anjana – Aqueous extract of Berberis aristata (antimony), Gairika – Purified Red Ochre, B

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Rasabhediyam Tastes, Their

Pure blood resembles heated red gold, firefly, red lotus, lac resin, or gunja fruit in color.

— Charaka Samhita, Sutra Sthana — Fundamental Principles, Chapter 24: Blood Characteristics & Consciousness Disorders (Vidhishonitiya Adhyaya / विधिशोणितीय अध्याय)

Two prasthas of ghee should be mixed with the above mentioned decoction, eight prasthas of milk, and the paste of svagupta, jivanti, meda, rishabhaka, jivaka, shatavari, riddhi, mridvika, sharkara, shravani and bias (lotus stalk), (half prastha in total) and cooked.

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

)), gostana (cow's breast), thumb, kasheruka, shringataka, shringi, beaks or tongues of a fowl, a peacock or a parrot, and buds of lotus or karyika.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 14: Hemorrhoids Treatment (Arsha Chikitsa / अर्शचिकित्सा)

If morning eaten food is undigested and still if anyone takes evening food it may not be more vitiative since in day time all the srotas (channels) are dilated and heart is active similar to the lotus which blossoms with sunrise.

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

) and rhizome of lotus should be mixed with ghee washed hundred times and is applied externally as a lepa.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 21: Erysipelas Treatment (Visarpa Chikitsa / विसर्पचिकित्सा)

The Prana Vayu, stationed at the navel, touches the interior of the heart-lotus, exits through the throat, and goes out to drink the nectar of Vishnu's abode (atmospheric air).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khanda, Chapter 5: Kaladikakhyanam (Description of Kalas etc.)

Kumbhika, Sikatavartma (sandy lid), Lagana (blepharitis), Anjana-namika (stye), Kardama, Shyavavartma (dark lid), Bisavartma (lotus-fiber lid), Alaji (inflamed lid), and Utklishtavartma (everted lid) — these are the diseases arising from the eyelids.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khanda, Chapter 7: Rogagananam (Enumeration of Diseases)

In Pitta Jvara (Pitta-type fever): Chandana (sandalwood — Santalum album), Ushira (vetiver — Vetiveria zizanioides), Padma (lotus), Utpala (blue lotus — Nymphaea stellata), Dhanyaka (coriander — Coriandrum sativum), Parpata (Fumaria indica), Nanaka, and Musta (Cyperus rotundus) should be decocted.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 2: Kvathakalpana (Decoction Preparations)

In Tridosha Jvara (fever involving all three Doshas): a decoction of Musta (Cyperus rotundus), Parpata (Fumaria indica), Padma, Utpala (blue lotus), Chandana (sandalwood), Shunthi (dry ginger), and Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) destroys Tridosha Jvara.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 2: Kvathakalpana (Decoction Preparations)

Amalaki Gutika [for Trishna/thirst]: Amala (Emblica officinalis), Kamala (lotus — Nelumbo nucifera), Kushtha (Saussurea costus), Laja (puffed rice), and Vataroha (aerial root of banyan) — a pill made from the powder of these with honey should be held in the mouth.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 4: Gutikakalpana (Tablet/Pill Preparations)

There are twenty sharp instruments (shastras): (1) Mandalagra (circular-tipped scalpel), (2) Karapatra (saw), (3) Vriddhipatra (broad-leaf knife), (4) Nakha-shastra (nail/claw knife), (5) Mudrika (ring knife), (6) Utpala-patra (lotus-petal knife), (7) Ardhadhara (half-edged knife), (8) Suchi (needle), (9) Kushapatra (kusha-grass-leaf knife), (10) Atamukhya (sharp-mouthed), (11) Shararimukha (arrow-faced), (12) Antarmukha (inward-facing), (13) Trikurchaka (triple-bristled), (14) Kurchaka (bristle

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 8: Shastravacharaniya Adhyaya - Sharp Surgical Instruments

For PUNCTURING (vedhya) — practice on the veins of dead animals, lotus stalks (utpala-nala).

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

Sushruta prescribes specific practice models for each surgical skill: gourds for cutting, leather bags for incision, animal hide for scraping, dead animal veins and lotus stems for vein puncture, and worm-eaten wood for probing.

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

(5) Pundarika-mukhi — lotus-faced;

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 13: Jalaukavacharaniya Adhyaya - Leech Therapy

(6) Savarika — unctuous, lotus-leaf colored, 18 angula (13.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 13: Jalaukavacharaniya Adhyaya - Leech Therapy