Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

or ghee boiled with (the expressed juice and paste of) SamangA (Mimosa pudica), Utpala . ( Nymphcea stellata), and Lodhra, ( Symplocos racevvosa), should be licked (by one afflicted with blood-bile.* 88

The process with .regard to TrayamSna ( Ficus heterophylla) ■■ is the; same (i. e., ghee should be boiled with the decoction and the paste; of Ficus heterophylla in the same way as above).

As regards Udumvara ( Ficus glomerata), and the leaves of Patola (Trichosanthes dioica) alsp, . the process is the same (i. e., ghee should be boiled with the decOetion and the paste of Udumvara, and the: decoction and the paste of Patola-leaves after the same manner);

All those ghees, again, which have been laid down as alieviative of fever characterised by excitement of the bile, are beneficial in blood-bile. 89

Thus (ends) the group.of ghees which are alieviative of blood-bile.

Those preparations of ‘Avyangas’ (or medicated oils for rubbing the body with), of ‘Parisechana’ (medicated waters for sprinkling

* It seems that three preparations are spoken of here : I. Ghee cooked with the juice and the paste of Palana ; 2. that cooked with the juice of Madhu or Madhuka, and the paste of Vatsaka ; and 3. that cooked with the juice and paste of Samanga and the rest. , Some commentators take it that the paste of Madhuka is implied. According to them, the number of ‘Yogas’ is four, and not three.. — T.

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the body with), ‘Sweda’ (fomentations and appliances for causing perspiration), and of ‘Abagaha’ (baths cold and hot) ; and those. beds, chambers, ordinances about cooling the system, and the highly beneficial directions about enemata, which are seen to be efficacious in fever characterised by excitement of the bile, should all be prescribed for (persons afflicted with) blood-bile, considering beforehand ques¬ tions of time and dose.

Those ghees and treacles which are beneficial in all varieties of sores, promptly subjugate blood-bile. 9°-9i

If the blood-bile be accompanied by excited phlegm, and if it adheres to the passage of the throat, the following should be administered :

The alkaline ashes of the stalks of Utpala ( Nymphcea stellata ), those of the stalks of the lotus and other plants of the same species, of lotus flowers, of the flowers of Utpala *( Nymphcea stellata ), of Kegara (i. <?., Nagakegara or Mesna f erred), of Palaga ( Butea frondpsa :), of Priyangu ( Aglaia Roxburghiana ), as also those of the flowers of Madhuka ( Bassia latifolia), and of the flowers of Sana ( Crotalaria junced, each mixed, in judicious proportions, with honey and ghee. 92-93

Grinding the following, viz., (^atavari ( Asparagus racemosus ), Dadima ( Punica granatum ), Tintidika ( Tamarindus Indica ), Kakoli (a root brought from Nepal), Meda (not identifiable, Agwagandha or Physalis flexuosa being used as a substitute), Madhuka (liquorice), and Vidari {Convolvulus paniculatus), as also the roots of Phalapuraka (1 Citrus medico), into a paste, ghee should be boiled, with it, adding milk four times its measure. 94

This Ghee cures bfonchites, fever, epistasis, retention of stools, &c., and deep-seated abdominal pains, as also blood-bile.

That ghee also, which is boiled with the five groups of five roots, is productive of the same effects (as the above).* 95

Thus ends Ghee called ‘^atamuli.’

* The five groups of five roots are these : 1. Swalpa-panchamula, 2. Vrihat-panchamula, 3. Trina-panchamula, 4. Kantaka-panchamula, and 5. Valli-panchamula. The first comprises <j31aparni, Prishniparni, Vrihati, Kantakari, and Gokshura. The second comprises Vilwa, (Pyonaka, Gambhari, Patala, and Ganiari. The third, KuQa, Kaga, Sara, Darbha, and Ikshu. The fourth, Karamardda, Qwadangshtra, Hinggra, Jhinti, and (Jatavari. The fifth, Vidari, Ajagringi, Rajani, Sariva, and Ainrita.

The decoction and the paste of each should be taken for boiling ghee. — T.

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Those combinations of ‘Kashayas’ (decoctions) which have already been laid down, may be administered by physicians in the form of snuff' as well, when the blood-bile flowing from the nose has been ascertained to be free from vitiated faults. 96

For, if the vitiated blood be checked by means of snuffs, malignant forms of ‘Pratigyaya’ (catarrh in the nose), head-diseases, blood mixed with pus and having a corpse-like scent, afflicting worms, and loss of scent itself, may follow. 97

The other snuffs prescribable in blood-bile (flowing from the nose) are as follow :

Nilotpala ( Nymphcea stelletta ), Gairika (red chalk), the pulv of conch-shells, and red sandal wood, grinded into a paste and dissolved in sugar-water ;