Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

These boluses are highly efficacious in the cases mentioned above,- ,6 They impart strength, and increase the semen and the blood. 67-74 j

Even this is the composition and the method of preparation of feC , fourth variety of ‘Swarpirmodaka’ (boluses of ghee). Vv--

Unt'O' a person who is addicted to women and the wind' of whose " pubic region has been vitiated, such combinations (of drugs) should be administered as are alleviative of the wind, nutritive, and possessed of aphrodisiac virtues. 7 5

Such a person should drink (cow’s) milk mixed or boiled with sugar and the pulv of Piper Zongurn, or with ghee, or with honey. This milk cures cough and fever. 76

A person who has been weakened by indulgence in women, - should drink soup (of Pkaseolus Mungo and similar seeds), boiled with the expressed juice of VidSri (Batatus paniculatus) and that of the sugarcane also, fried in ghee, and rendered slightly sour by the addition of acid fruits (such as pomegranates, jujubes, &c.). This juice is the forembst of those combinations that prolong life' and' increase nutrition. 77

When one who is habituated to preparations of barley as food, has been weakened by sores in the chest (lungs), and has his digest¬ ive fire’ enkindled, he should take the gruel of the flour of barley 165

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strained through a piece of clean cloth and mixed with honey andghee. 7s

Or, unto one who has been weakened (by sores in the lungs), should be administered meat-juice prepared from the flesh of wild animals, boiled with the group of drugs called ‘Jivaniya,’ fried in ghee, and mixed with sugar, as curry (with boiled rice or chuppatis of wheat flour). 79

One who has been weakened (by the causes mentioned above) should be fed with the milk of the cow, the buffalo, the horse, the elephant, and the goat, or with meat -juice, or with soup (of Phaseolus Mungo and similar seeds) dressed with ghee and rendered slightly sour by means of pomegranates and other fruits of the kind.* So

When the digestive fire is kindled (of a person who is weakened by such ailments), even this {viz., what has been laid down above) is what is ordained (in respect oT regimen). If the digestive fire is weak, the administration of such drugs as enkindle it and as cause the digestion of the food taken, is desirable.

If the bowels of persons afflicted with phthisis become loose, the administration of such drugs as are constipating is desirable. 81

Take a pala of ‘Saindhava’ salt, 2 palas of £unthi (dry ginger), 2 palas of ‘Sauvarchala’ salt, a Kudava (4 palas) of Vrikshamla (the fruits of Tamarindus Indica), the same measure of Dadima (the bark of pomegranates), the same measure of the leaves of Sarjjaka {Ocimum sanctum), 1 pala of black pepper, 1 pala of Ajaji (cumin seeds), 2 chaturthikas (2 palas) of Dhanyaka (coriander seeds), and 12 palas of sugar.

These should be reduced to pulv, and a proper measure thereof should be administered with food and drink.

This medicine creates relish for food, excites the digestive fire, increases strength, cures pains in the sides, and alleviates asthmatic breath and cough. 82-84

* For ‘mangsarasaih’ in the first line, GangSdhara reads ‘mangsaihrasaih,’ meaning ‘with flesh and meat-juice.’ X think this is not correct, for only liquid regimen is here prescribed. .Flesh, even of such wild animals as deer, &c., would be strong for such persons. — T.

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Even this is the composition of the medicine called ‘SaindhavacH powder.’

Take one shodagikfi of DhSnya (coriander seeds), 2 shodagikas of Ajâji (cumin seeds), the same measure of Ajamoda ( Pimpinella involucrata ) ; to these should be added 4 palas of Dadima (the bark of pomegranates) and 4 palas of Vrikshamla (the fruits of Tamarindus Indica ), 1 pala of ‘Sauvarchala’ salt, 1 karsha (2 tolas) of £unthi (dry ginger), and 5 palas of the kernel of Kapittha ( Feronia elephantum).

Reduce all these to a pulv, and add 16 palas of sugar.

The ‘Shadava’ (mixture or compound) thus prepared should be administered, as in the case of the medicine mentioned last, with food and drink. 85-86

Even this is the composition of the ‘Shadava’ that is administered to persons weakened by the causes mentionedA person that is weakened by the causes mentioned above should drink half a karsha (1 tola) of the expressed juice of the roots of NagabalS (Sida spinosa>, increasing the measure gradually to 1 pala. The juice should be mixed with milk and he should take the medi¬ cine for a month. The patient should, during this period, confine himself to this milk only, without taking any other food. 87

The administration of this medicated milk is highly conducive to nourishment, longevity, strength, and restoration to health.

The process for administering the expressed juice of Mandukaparni ( Hydrocotyle Asiatica), as also £unthi (dry ginger) and liquorice is the same.* 88

Persons weakened by sores in the chest, if desirous of regaining health and ease, should take such food and drink as are oily and cooling, as are not productive of any burning sensation, and as are light and beneficial. 89