Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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All varieties of phthisis are born of the excitement of all the three faults. The physician, however, should examine the strength or weakness that exists of each of the faults and then treat the person afflicted with phthisis. 6*
Hear now the diverse general courses of treatment in catarrh in the nose, headache, cough, difficulty of breathing, loss of voice, and pains in the sides, (when these accompany phthisis). 62
In inflammation of the Schneiderian membrane (which arises from catarrh of the nose), the application of heat for causing perspiration, rubbing the body with medicated oils, inhalation of smoke, plasters,
* Three causes are set forth of the disgust for food that is generated in persons afflicted with phthisis : these are I. the faults located in the tongue or the chest ; 2. food and drink, i. e., continuance of eating, and drinking ; and 3. such thoughts as excite repugnance or the feeling of abomination. — T.
+ It is from the taste which the patient feels in his mouth that his disgust for food should be ascribed to wind, or bile, or phlegm. If that taste be astringent, the disgust for food should be ascribed to excited wind ; if it be bitter, it should be ascribed to excited bile ; and if sweet, the disgust should be ascribed to excited phlegm. If none of these tastes be present, the disgust for food should be known as arising from mental causes. Even then, the physi¬ cian should seek to ascertain what particular fault (wind, bile, or phlegm) it is that has pro¬ duced the state of mind from which the disgust has arisen. Such ascertainment must be made by observation of symptoms other than the taste in the mouth. — T.
CHA RAKA-SAMHITA.
[243 sprinkling the body with water, total immersion of the body, drinking of infusions and decoctions, gruel of barley, and meat-juice of Lava ( Perdix chinensis), Tittiri (francoline partridge), Daksha (cock or hen), and Varttaka (Perdix olivacea), hot and endued with saline, or sour, or pungent taste, and mixed with oils, should be had recourse to. 63-64
The meat-j'uice also of the goat, mixed with Pippalaka (the fruit of Piper longuni), Yava (barley), Kulattha ( the seeds of Dolichos bijlora), Nagara (dry ginger), Dadima (pomegranate fruit), and Amalaka (the fruit of Phyllanthus Emblica), as also with oils, should be taken by the patient. 65
By this, the six ailments beginning with Pinasa (inflammation of the Schneiderian membrane), become mitigated.*
Or, the patient may be treated with the soup, well-prepared, of Mulaka (dry garden radish) and Kulattha (the seeds of Dolichos biflorus ), along with the flour of barley, or wheat, or £ali rice, given in measure that is easily assimilable.f
Or, the patient should drink the pure portion (throwing out the dregs) of the wine called Varuni, or the decoction of the fiveroots. 66-67
Or, rice boiled in the decoction of Dhânya ( Coriandrum sativum) and Nagara (dry ginger) ;
Or, in the decoction of Tamlaki (otherwise called Bhumyamlaka, i. e., Phyllanthus Niruri) ;
Or, in the decoction of the four Parnis (viz., Salaparni, Prishniparni, Mudgaparni, and Mashaparni, i. e., Desmodium Gangeticum, Uraria lagopodioides, Phaseohis tribolus, and Glycine debilis). 68
Or, with Kricara (sesame seeds reduced to paste), or with Utkârika (wheat-flour fried in ghee and boiled in water), or with the frumenty of Masha (the seeds of Phaseolus radiatus ) or of Kulattha (tbe seeds of Dolichos biflorcb, or of barley, heat should be applied to the throat, flanks, chest, and head, according to the method known as £ankara. 69
* It should be noted that ‘Pratigyaya’ and ‘Pinasa’ are used as convertible terms. The fact is, the former means only catarrh in the nose ; while the latter means inflammation of the Schneiderian membrane. The latter arises from the former. Hence, they are used as synonymous. — T t ‘Supakalpitai.h’, i. e., well-prepared, implying that black pepper and other spices have been added to it. The radish to be used should be dry. — T.
p. 244
CHARAKA-SAMHITA.
Or, the head of the patient should be sprinkled with the ex¬ pressed juice of those leaves which have been mentioned as curatives of catarrh in the nose.*
Or, the head of the patient should be sprinkled with the water, agreeably hot, in which Bala {Pavonia odorata, Guduchi ( Tinospora cordifolia ), and Madhuka (liquorice) have been boiled. 7°
Or, the patient’s throat, head, and sides should be fomented, agreeably to the method called ‘Nadi-sweda,’ with the decoction of the goat’s head or the head of a (large) fish, or with water in which wind-alleviating drugs have been boiled. 7i
Or, these limbs of the patient should be fomented, agreeably to the method called ‘NSdi-sweda’, with the decoction of the flesh of animals dwelling in water and in marshy regions, or with the decoction of the five roots, or with ‘Kanji’ mixed with (medicated) oils. 72
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