Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

The fruits (dried) of AEgle marmelos, (Karkataka) Rhus succedanea,. and (Paths) Cissampelos hernandifolia :

These are pounded and cooked with the ‘peya’ of rice. When the cooking is complete, the expressed juice of some fruits (such as pome¬ granates, &c,,) is thrown into the liquid. It should then be fried in oil and ghee, and administered to the patient.

This drink cures Pfles.119

With the drugs mentioned above, the physician may cook what is called a ‘Khada-juice or, he may cook them in water only ; or, he may cook them in ghee. All these three preparations cure (or remove) Piles. 120

Gruel cooked with the paste of Carcuma Zenimbet and of the seeds of (Palaga) Butea frondosa, or with the fruits of Piper longum,

* ‘Rasa’ is explained as the juice into which food is first converted.— T.

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or with (Nagara) dry ginger, rendered sour by the addition of whey, and mixed with the pulv of black pepper, should be given, 121

Or, i. the decoction of dry radishes, or 2. the decoction of the seeds of Dolichos biflora, or 3. the decoction of the wood-apple, the (dried) fruits of AEgle marmelos, the seeds of Dolichos biflorus, and the seeds of (Mukushtaka) Phaseolus lobatus , or 4. the meat-juice of the goat mixed with each of these decoctions, should be given ; or 5. the meatjuice of quails (Perdix chinensis ), mixed with the expressed juice of pomegranates or other sour fruits, as also with whey, and such inspissants as dry up the fluids of the body.* 122-123

For one afflicted with Piles the following varieties of rice constitute beneficial diet, viz., ‘Rakta-^ali,’ ‘Mahagali,’ ‘Kalama,’ ‘Janga-la,’ ‘Sita./ ‘£arada,’ and Shashtika.’f I24

Thus has been explained above the method of treatment for those (afflicted with Piles) who pass liquid stools.

As regards those whose stools are hard or solid, I shall explains below the treatment that should be followed. I25

To them should be given the wine called ‘Prasanna,’ mixed with ghee, the flour of fried barley, and salt, having, at first, given them small masses of solid, treacle, mixed, with (NSgara) dry ginger. 126

The patient may also be given, treacle, with (Nagara) dry ginger, and (Patha) Cissampelos hernandifolia, rendered sour by adding the expressed juice of such fruits as pomegranates and others.

Or, treacle, mixed with ghee and the ashes of green barley shoots, may be administered. 127

The seeds of (Yamâni) Ptyckotis A flow an, (Nagara) dry ginger, (Patha) Cissampelos hernandifolia, mixed with the expressed juice of pomegranates, and treacle, and whey, and salt, should be administered to the patient for restoring the wind to its normal course and clearing the intestines of stools. 128

* ‘Yushalretairvimisrit5m’ is explained by Gangadhara as having reference to all the juices beginning from <QatipalaQasiddham, in 121. — T.

j* All these varieties of rice are well-known in Bengal. — T.

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(Dusparjaka — otherwise call Duralabha) Hedysarum Alhagi, the fruits of AEgle marmelos, (Yamani) the seeds of Ptychotis Ajowan, and (Nagara) dry ginger, each combined with (Paths) Cissampelos hernandifolia, alleviates the pains of Piles.* I29

The drugs mentioned above {vis., Hedysarum Alhagi and the three others named in the first line of verse 129), fried in (Yamaka) oil and ghee, or the leaves of (Karanja) Pongamia Glabra, mixed with the pulv of fried barley, and fried in (Yamaka) oil and ghee, should be given to the patient, as both these combinations restore the wind and the stools to their normal course. J3°

Or, he should be given ‘Madira’ mixed with salt, or ‘£idhu! mixed therewith, or ‘Sauviraka’ mixed therewith,

Or treacle and dry ginger before meals.f 131

PHALAMLA GHRITA.

Piper longum, (Nagara) dry ginger, (Kshara) the ashes of green barley shoots, cumin seeds, and (Ajaji) the seeds of Nigella sativa, and coriander seeds.

The paste of these, mixed with (PhSnita) half-boiled treacle, and rendered sour by adding the expressed juice of such fruits as pome¬ granates and others, is to be boiled in ghee.

This ghee is called ‘Phalamla Ghrita.’j 132

PIPPALADYA GHRITA.

Or, the patient may drink the ghee boiled with the fruits of Piper longum, the roots of the same, Plumbago Zeylanica, Potkos officinalis, (£ringavera) dry ginger, and the ashes of green barley shoots. *33

* Gangadhara takes the sense of this verse to be that all the four drugs named in the first line, combined with Patha, as also each of the four combined with it, remove or re¬ moves the pains of piles. The language, however, of the verse can scarcely support this explanation. I take the meaning to be that each, combined with Patha, removes the pains. — T.

•j- ‘Madira’, ‘Qidhu’, and ‘Sauviraka’ are different varieties of wine. In the second line, Gangadhara reads ‘Sagudamabhayam vatha’, meaning ‘chebulic myrobalans with treacle’.— T.

J The Calcutta and the Bombay editions read the first line differently. According to them the drugs are Piper longum, dry ginger, the ashes of green barley shoots, (Karavi)

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Or, the patient may be given ghee boiled with Piper Chaba and Plumbago Zeylanica, and mixed with treacle, and the ashes of green barley shoots ;

Or, ghee boiled with the fruits of Piper longum, and mixed with treacle, the ashes of green barley shoots, and dry ginger ;* J34