Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 5 · Grahani: the stars
ग्रहणी — ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
अन्यच्च जातके ।क्षीणेंदुदशायोगे चिह्नान्येतानि लक्षयेद्विद्वान् ।उदरामयज्वरशिरोनयनोत्क्लेशः प्रजायते पुंसाम् ॥
Also, in a jataka (birth chart reading) text: In the dasha (planet period) of the waning Moon, the learned should note these signs. Belly ailment, fever, and distress in the head and eyes tend to come to people.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अत्र उदरामया ग्रहण्यादयः तदुपशान्तये चंद्रप्रीतये जपहोमादिकं कुर्यात् । इमं देवा इति मंत्रेण जपः स्वशाखोक्ततल्लिङ्गमंत्रेण वा व्याधितारतम्येन तिलाज्यपलाशसमिद्भिर्होमः शंखदानं च स्नानं च ।
Here the belly ailments are grahani (bowel trouble) and the like. To ease them, and to please the Moon, do japa (repeating a mantra), homa (fire…
यथाहश्रीपतिः —
As Shripati says: Mix the five cow products with elephant rut fluid, conch, pearl-oyster shell, white water lily and crystal. This snana (ritual…
भुजाभ्यां मुक्ताफलं धार्यं पायसं नैवेद्यं निवेदयेत् तेनोपशान्तिर्भवति ।
A pearl should be worn on both arms. Offer payasa (rice cooked in milk) as naivedya (food offering). By this the trouble eases.