Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

Diverse kinds of very old rice, the flesh of animals and birds inhabiting waterless tracts, J the soup of kulattha ( Dolickos biflora ), mudga ( Phaseolus Mungo), pippali ( Piper longum), nagara (dry ginger), dry mulaka (garden radish), vilva (raw fruit of AEgle Mar - i yfielo$\ varuna (bark of Capparis tnfoliata ), and of the sprouts of chiravilva (otherwise called Dahar Karan j a, that is Pongamia glabra, syn. Galedupa Indica ), yamani ( Ptychotis Ajowan ), and chitraka ( Plumbago Zeylanica ), and the curries made with the juice of vijapuraka ( Citrus acida), hingu (assafcetida), amlavetasa ( Rumex vesicaria ), yavakshara (salt derived from the ashes of green blades of barley), the juice of dficlima (pomegranates), whey, oil and ghee, should form the regimen of the person afflicted with phlegm-born ‘gulma.’ 161-163

A person afflicted with phlegm-born ‘gulma’, when thirsty, should drink water in which have been boiled the five roots, as well as old Varuni and Madhwika wines. § 164

He should also drink whey mixed with powdered yamani ( Ptycho¬ tis Ajowan), and rendered saline by the addition of ‘vit’ salt. This

* Salts derived from the ashes of certain, prescribed plants, such as ‘yava’, ‘palSga’ &c.

+ ‘Dahas’ are burns inflicted by means of heated iron, &c. They are what are called ‘cauteries’. — T.

J The word ‘jangala’ is defined in the Rajanirghanta as a tract of country dificient in water and vegetation, where the prevailing diseases are those arising out of a derangement of the bile and the blood. Cf.

‘ ‘ AlpodakolpavrikshaQcha pittaraktamayannitah jnatavyo jangalodegah.”

In the text it is used adjectively meaning ‘beasts and birds inhabiting such tracts.’ For the list of animals which are technically called jangala, see Atri Samhita, Chap. 20. — R. S.

§ ‘Varuni’ and ‘Mridhvika’ are wines prepared respectively from the juice of palms and the flowers of the ‘Madhuka’ tree, known ordinerily as ‘Mauya’. — R. S.

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drink kindles the digestive fire and restores the wind, phlegm, and the urine to their normal course. 165

When a ‘gulma’ is allowed to gradually increase in size until it occupies a large space within the body, when its roots go down deep, when it becomes covered with veins, and raised (in the middle) like (the back of) a tortoise and when it is attended with loss of strength, aversion to food, nausea, cough, vomiting, cheerlessness, fever, thirst, drowsiness, and catarrh in the nose, the disease becomes incurable or does not yield to treatment. 166-167

Dropsical swelling in the chest, navel, hands, and feet, seizing the man suffering from ‘gulma’ accompanied by fever and difficulty of breathing and afflicted with vomiting and diarrhoea, drags him (towards his end.) *68

In the ease of blood-born ‘gulma’, after the usual period of gesta¬ tion is over, oily purgatives should be given to the patient after (the usual preliminaries of) anointing her with oil and subjecting her to dry fomentation.* l69

Two ‘patras’ of PalSgakshSra, and two ‘pâtras’ of oil and clarified butter, should be boiled together, and the mixture should be admi¬ nistered in such a quantity as will lead to the softening of the ‘gulma.f *7°

If blood-born ‘gulma’ does not burst in consequence of the administration of this medicine, medicines which cause discharges from the female organ should be administered. These are 1. a piece of meat soaked in a solution of the ‘kshfiras,’ or 2. a piece of meat soaked in the milk of Euphorbia neriifolia, or 3. a fish of bitter taste (such as Cyprinus Sophore &c.), macerated in either a ‘kshara-sol'ution’ or the milk of Euphorbia neriifolia , or 4. a piece of cotton rag well macerated in the gall of the boar or fish ; or 5. a

* Only women can have blood-born ‘gluma’. As conception may be mistaken for this type of ‘gulma’, the treatment should be postponed till the usual period of gestationis is over.— T. • t ‘Palafakshara’ means the salts derived from ashes of PalSga (j Suita frondosa) by filtering. Water in which these ashes have been dissolved should be taken. The measure stated is 2 ‘patras’ or ‘adhakas’. A ‘patra’ or ‘adhaka’ consists of 8 seers. Being a liquid, double the quantity should be taken ; similarly, of oil and ghee, double the quantity should be taken ; that is, 32 seers of each.— T,p. 1193 piece of cotton rag soaked in honey and macerated in decoctions of drugs possessing purgative or emetic virtues.

Suppositories made of sesame paste mixed with ‘kshara’ and treacle, which have the property of causing discharges from the female organ, may also be administered. 171-173

She should be made to lick ‘ksharas’ mixed with honey and clarified butter, which are destructive of hsematemesis and should be given (as food) garlics, or strong wines and fish. !74