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Prepare 30 ml of *Bacopa monnieri* (*Brahmi*) leaf decoction, infuse with 50 mg of crushed saffron, and drink daily.

- The text says yama and niyama should come before samadhi or yoga, and that full benefit from yoga requires following yama and niyama. - It credits Maharshi Charaka mainly with work on herbs, trees and plants; Maharshi Sushruta mainly with surgery; and Maharshi Vagbhata with food, lifestyle, pathya-apathya, yama and niyama. - It makes historical claims that India taught surgery to the world, that Kangra, Bharmour and Kullu had major surgical colleges, that Himachal Pradesh had 18 such centres, and that India had 1,200 major surgical centres about 400 years ago. It also claims founders of the Royal Society learned surgery in India and that rhinoplasty was practiced in India 400 years ago. These statements are reproduced as source claims, not verified history. - It says Ayurveda existed from the beginning of Indian civilization and refers to the Ramayana story of Vaidya Sushena and Sanjeevani for Lakshmana. It also claims Ayurveda contains more than 40 herbs for coma and contrasts this with allopathy. This is again a source claim and is not modern emergency-care guidance. The book divides Ayurvedic treatment into three broad forms: 1. Treatment through herbs, trees/plants, fruits an