The Sushruta Samhita — trans. Bhishagratna
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X The quantity of honey, oil, and clarified butter, should be as before, that of S'ukta, Kanjika, Mastu and urine half a Pala each, and that of milk two Palas. — Dallana.
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tHE SUSliRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XXXVIII.
Tri'phald^ Utpala^ Vdsaka, Sdrivd, Manjishthd, Rdsnd^ Re?tu^ and Parushaka each weighing one Pala. A compound of S'ringdtaka^ Atma-guptd, Gaja-pippali^ Kes'aray Aguru^ Chandana, Viddri^ Misi (anisi), Manjishthd, S'ydmd, Indra-yava, Saindhava-salt, Madana-Phala^ Yashti-madhu, Padma-kdshtha pasted together, should be dissolved in the preceding decoction which should be mixed and stirred with milk, honey and clarified butter and injected cold without the addition of any acid substance, in the manner of an Asthapana enema (Vasti). It should be applied in liquid form. A burning sensation of the body, menorrhoea (Asrig-dara), Haemorrhage, Pittaja-gulma, Pittaja-fever, yield to the curative efficacy of such a medicinal injection (Vasti). 1 5.
A decoction should be duly prepared with Lodhra^ Raktachandana, Manjishthdy Rdsnd, Anantd, Vald, Riddhi, Sdrivd, Vrisha, Kds'^naryya, Medd, Madhuka (Yashti-madhu), Padmaka, the drugs included in the Sthir^di (minor Pancha-mula) and the Trtna-Pancha' mula groups, each weighing three Karshas (six Tolds). Then a paste composed oi Jivaka, Rishabhaka Kdkoli, Kshira-Kdkoli, Riddhi, Yashti-madhu, Utpala, Prapaundarika, Jivanti, Medd, Renu (Parpataka), Parushaka, Abhiru (S'atdvari), Misi, Saindhava, Vatsaka, Us'ira, Padmaka, Kas'eru and sugar pasted together should be mixed with the preceding decoction made into a fluid solution with an adequate quantity of milk, honey, and clarified butter and other fluid substances* other than are recommended as the injection is to be applied in cases of diseases due to the derangement of Pitta*
* Dallana recommands the use of raeat-juice (one Pala) and sugar-cane juice (two Palas) as the liquefacient agents in this preparation. It should also be noted that coldness and non-addition of any acid substances
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Strong acid ones (Kdnjika, etc.). It should then be injected well cooled in the manner of an Asthdpana- Vasti. It would undoubtedly prove curative in cases of Gulma, menorrhcegia (Asrig-dara\ heart diseases, Jaundice, Vishama jvara. Haemorrhage (Rakta-pitta), dysentery, and other Pittaja ailments. 16.
It would undoubtedly prove curative in cases of
Gulma, menorrhcegia (Asrig-dara\ heart diseases,
Jaundice, Vishama jvara. Haemorrhage (Rakta-pitta),
dysentery, and other Pittaja ailments. 16.
A compound of Vald, Madana fruit, Sarshapa^ Saindhava^ Dcva-ddru, Kushtha^ Eld, Pippali, Vilva and S'untki (weighing three Palas in all) pounded together and mixed with the decoction of Bhadrdy Nimha, Kulattha pulse, Arka, Kos'dtaki, Amrita, (Guduchi), Dcva-ddru, Sdrivd, Vrihati, Pdthd, Murvd, Aragvadha and Kutaja-%z^^% (weighing sixteen Palas in all) cooked with water (one hundred and twenty-eight Palas) should be injected in the manner of an Asthdpana-Vasti, with the addition of an adequate quantity of mustard oil, honey, alkali, cow's urine, sesamum oil and water (three Palas). This would speedily conquer an attack of Chlorosis (KdmaLi), Jaundice, Meha, obesity, impaired digestion, aversion to food, goitre, slow poisoning, (Gara visha\ elephantiasis, Udara, or of any disorders due to the deranged Kapha. 17.
Musta^ Saindhava, Deva-ddru, Pdthd, Pippali and Indra-yava, pounded together, and made into a paste with the admixture of the decoction prepared with such drugs as Das'a-mula, Haridrd, Vilva, Patola, Triphald, and Deva-ddru, should be stirred and saturated with oil, Yava-kshdra and honey and reduced to a soluble fluidity by adding (an adequate quantity of) cow's urine, Madana-phala and Kdnjika. The solution thus prepared should be injected (into the rectum of the patient) in the manner of an Asth^pana enema-injection and this would prove curative in cases of Jaundice, deranged Kapha, alcoholism, lassitude,' 638 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XXXVIIl. suppression of flatus (Vdyu) and of urine, in cases of there being any rumbling sounds in the intestines (Atopa), and Gulma and in diseases due to worms. 18.
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suppression of flatus (Vdyu) and of urine, in cases of there being any rumbling sounds in the intestines (Atopa), and Gulma and in diseases due to worms. 18.
Ma^ana-phala, Yashti-madhu, Vacha, Deva-ddru, Sarshapa, Pippali-mula, Saindhava salt (Sindhuttha), YamdniyMisi 2.nd Indra-yava should be pounded together and made into a paste with the admixture of the decoction prepared with a Pala measure each of Vdsaka, As^ma bheda, Varshdhhu, Dhdnya, Eranda-mula, Das'amula, Vald, Murvd, Yava, Kola, Nis' a-chchhada (Sathi), Kulattha, Vilva, and Bhu-nimha and dissolved in an adequate quantity of honey and the expressed juice of sugar-cane, milk, oil, clarified butter, meat-essence, and the urine (of a cow) by stirring them together. The solution thus prepared should be speedily injected in the manner of an Asthdpana injection into the rectum of a patient suffering from a disease marked by the concerted action of two or more of the deranged Doshas. Diseases such as Gridhrasi, S'arkara, Ashthild Tuni and Gulma may be rapidly cured with this injection (^Vasti). 19.
Madana fruit, Yashti-madhu, Mist {an'isi), Saindhava ^ Priyangu and Indra-yava pounded together and made into a paste with the decoction of the drug'^, one Pala each of Rdsnd, Aragvadha, Varshdbhu, Kaluka, Us'ira^ Mustaka, Trdyamdnd, Antrita (Guduchi), Raktd (Manjishthd), Pancha-mulay Vihhitaka and Vald should be duly mixed with (an adequate quantity) of Rasdnjana, extract of meat (Rasa\ honey, Sauvira and the expressed juice of the Drdkshd. The solution thus prepared should be injected lukewarm into the bowels of the patient in the manner of an Asthdpana-Vasti. It adds to the growth of flesh, creates fresh semen and Ojas, improves the digestive capacity and the strength
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