Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

These should be given either boiled, or fried in ghee, or cooking them into a soup. 39

Doves, pigeons, 'Lavas’ (Perdix chinensis), red-eyed ‘V-artakas’ (Perdix olivaced), hares, ‘Kapinjalas’ (francoline partridges), black antelopes, deer, and black-tailed deer, are, it should be known, bene¬ ficial in blood-bile. The meat-juice of these should be given, without mixing it, or mixing it, with a small measure of something that is sour, frying it in ghee, and adding a little sugar to it. 40-41

In that blood-bile which is marked by excited phlegm, soups of the. pulses and the potherbs mentioned above should be given ; while in that blood-bile which is marked by excited wind, the meatjuice of the animals mentioned above should be given. We shall now lay down the varieties of ‘Yavilgu’ or gruel that are capable, of being administered in this disease. 42

‘Peya’ made by boiling rice in the decoction of the filaments of Padma (lotus) and Utpala (Nymphcea stelleta ), Prishniparni (Doodioa Iogopodioides), and Priyangu (Agiaia Roxburghiana), should be given to one afflicted with blood-bile.* 43

‘Peya’ may also be made by boiling rice, after the same manner, in the decoctions of these :

1. Chandana (Pterocarpus santalinus), Ushira (roots of Andropogon touricatum), Lodhra (Symplocos racemosa), and Nâgara (dry ginger ;

2. Kiratatiktaka (Agathoies Cher ay ta), Ushira (the roots of Andropogon muricatum), and Musta (tubers of Cyperus rotundus) •

3. Dhfitaki (Woodfordia floribunda), Dhanvayasa ( Alhagi Maurorum), Ambu (otherwise called Bala, Pavonia odorata), and Vilwa ■(dried pieces of the fruit of AEgle marmelos ) ;

4. Masura ( Cicer lens), and Prishniparni (Doodia Iogopodioides) \

* The filaments, &c., should first be boiled in water. In that water rice should be boiled till it becomes melted. The gruel thus prepared forms a ‘peyT or drink that is beneficial in blood-bile.— T.

CHARAKA-SAMHITA.

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5. Sthiri (Desmodium Gangeticum ), and Mungo {Phaseolus Mungo) ;

6. Harenuka {Piper aurantiacum ), and Ball (.SYrfo cordifolia ) ; in this case, the decoction should be mixed with a little measure of ghee before boiling rice in it.

‘Peya’ may also be made by boiling rice in the meat- juice of each of the animals named above, viz., doves and the rest. 44-46

Thus have the gruels that are alleviative of blood-bile, been spoken of. These should be taken when cooled, and adding to them honey and sugar. Gruels may also be prepared with meat-juice (as explained above).* 47

If the bowels are constipated of persons afflicted with blood-bile, the flesh of hares or rabbits, cooked with the potherb called Vfistuka (1 Chenopodium album) proves beneficial.

In those cases of blood-bile in which the wind is excited, the flesh of Tfttiri (francoline partridge), boiled in the decoction of Udumvara {Ficus glomerata), proves beneficial. 48

The flesh of the peacock boiled in the decoction of Plaksha {Ficus infectoria), the flesh of fowl boiled in the decoction of Nyagrodha Ficus Bengalensis ), and the flesh of Vartaka {Perdix olivacea ) and that of Krakara {Perdix sylvatica ), boiled in the decoction of Vilwa {ASgle marmelos) and Utpala {Nymphcea stellata), are beneficial. 49

Unto one that is thirsty (among patients afflicted with blood-bile) should be given the decoction of the Group of bitters ; or the decoc¬ tion, that is known to be alleviative of thirst, of the fruits (of the several varieties of Ficus ) ; or the decoction, cooled, of Vidarigandha {Desmodium Gangeticum ) and the rest. 5°

Ascertaining which of the two faults {viz., wind and phlegm) is next in predominance (to the excited bile), as also the strength of the patient and the measure of his food, the physician should give even a little water unto a patient that is thirsty, after the escape of blood.f 5i

* All the gruels mentioned above are directed to be taken when cooled. Honey and sugar should be added to them. Meat-juice, also, is directed to be used, like the decoction of the several vegetables. — T.

The sense is this : to a patient who is thirsty after the escape of a quantity of blood, ♦he physician, in giving even a little measure of water, should take note of the particulars, mentioned.— T.

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Those that are afflicted with blood-bile should not, if they wish for life and health, indulge in such food, drink, and practices as have been stated in brief to be the causes of blood-bile. 5*

Thus have been laid down, one after another, the varieties of food and drink that are prescribable in cases of blood-bile. I shall now lay down that which should be done by strong patients in whom , (however) the faults have been excited in a great measure * S3