Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

The habitual use of whey is the foremost of all remedies that are destructive of the faults of the Grahani, piles, and such disorders as arise from an excessive consumption of Ghee.

The habitual use of the flesh of carnivorous animals is the foremost of all remedies that are destructive of the faults of the Grahani, consumption, and piles.6® The habitual use of Ghee raised from thickened milk is the foremost of all Kasayanas.*'

The habitual use of powdered barley and Ghee in equal proportions is the foremost of all remedies that fall within the class called Vrishya and that are destructive of all • kinds of sup¬ pression of the wind.f

The habitual use of oil in the form of gargles is the foremost of all remedies that strengthen the teeth and produce a rellsli for food.

Sandal and Udumvara are the foremost of all plasters that alleviate burning of the skin.J

RasnS and Aguru are the foremost of all plasters that are destructive of cold.1T tion, without allowing them to be properly digested, are called Cransana, as for example the pulp of Cassia fistula. Those medicines which set free scybalse or other contents of the intestines, and discharge them from the bowels, without producing watery stools, are called Bhedana, as for exampla Hatuki. ( Picorrhiza kurroa). Those medicines which cause the discharge of the digested or undigested Contents of the intestines in a liquid form are called Rechaka, as for example, Trivrit (Ipomoea TUrpethum). These last, again, are subdivided into three orders, namely, mridu, or mild, madhyama or intermediate, and krura or drastic.” — The Mat. Med. of the Hindus by V. C. Dutt.

t ‘ Vrishya’ ^anything that increases the semen. ‘ Udavarta’ is no particular disease, but implies all kinds of suppression of the wind. — T.

* “ Yajjardvyddhi-vidhwansi Vayastambhakaram talhd, Chakshuhyam Vrittghanam Vrishyam Bheshajam tad-Rasayanam,” i. e., such drugs as are destructive of decrepitude as prevent the marks of age, as increase vision, as promote nutrition and increase the semen, are called Rasayanas. — T.

t ‘ Udumvara is the Ficus glomerata, Willd.

VRasna’ is the Vanda Roxburghii ; syn. Cymbidium tessaloides, Roxb ; Aguru is Aquilaria Agaliocha, Roxb.

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LSmajjaka and Usliira are the foremost of all plasters that are destructive of or alleviate burning ( of the skin ), faults of tha skin, and perspiration.*

Kushtha is the foremost of all remedies, in the form of powders for rubbing or of plasters, that are destructive of the Wind.®1

Liquorice is the foremost of all articles that are used for strengthening vision, increasing the semen and hair, improving the voice and complexion, purifying the blood, healing sores and killing worms.

Wind is the foremost of all things that contribute to life and consciousness.

Fire is the foremost of all agents that ripen things that- are raw soften what is tough and immobile, dispel cold, and alleviate pain and tremours.f

Water is the foremost of all things that coagulate or solidify, or harden, or increase density.

That water in which a heated clod of earth has been dipped and its heat extinguished, is the foremost of all remedies for alleviating excessive thirst.

Excessive eating is the foremost of all causes that lead to the evils of indigestion. Eating in accordance with the strength of the digestive fire is the foremost of all things that lead to the stirring up and strengthening of the digestive fire.

Indulgence in exercises and exertions in harmonious corres¬ pondence with the physical system is the foremost of all indulgences.

* Lamajjaka is the Andropogon Iwarancusa ; Linn. Ushira are the roots of the A udropogon Muricatum.

t Anything that is solidified, or rendered rigid and hard, or coagulated, or made immobile, is said to be ‘ Stambhita.’ Heat is the foremost of all agents that destroy or alleviate such a state or condition. Wind is sometimes collected and suppressed in a particular spot. Heat frees it and renders it mobile.— T.

CHA RA KA-SA MhlTA .

Eating at regular hours is the foremost of all acts that lead to health.

Suppression of the urgings of nature is the foremost of all acts that lead to disease.

Gratification is the foremost of all merits that attach to eating.

Wine is the foremost of all things that lead to cheerfulness.

Abuse of wine is the foremost of all causes that lead to loss of intelligence and memory.53

The eating of heavy food is the foremost of all causes that lead to indigestion.

cEating only once in course of a day is the foremost of all causes that lead to the happiness of good digestion.

Sexual intercourse is the foremost of all things that lead to attacks of consumption.

Suppressing the emission of the vital seed is the foremost of all things that lead to impotency.

Stale food ( viz., such as has been prepared the day before ) is the foremost of all things that lead to disgust for food.