Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

Or, ghee boiled with the fruits of Piper longum , the roots of the same, curds, dry ginger, and coriander seeds.f

All these ghees are curatives of constipated wind and stools. *35 CHABYADYA GHITA.

Piper Chaba , the three acrids (viz., dry ginger, the fruits of Piper longum , and black pepper), Cissampelos hernandifolia, (KshSra) the ashes of green barley shoots, (Kustumbhuru) coriander seeds, the seeds of Ptychotis Ajowan , the roots of Piper longum , the two salts, viz., ‘Vit’ and ‘Saindhava,’ Plumbago Zeylanica , the fruits of ZEgle marmelos , and chebulic myrobalans :

These, reduced to paste, should be boiled with ghee, mixed with well-prepared curds of four times the measure of the ghee.

This ghee should be administered for restoring the stools and the wind to their normal course, *36-137

White flux, prolapsus ani, difficulty of micturition, copious discharge of liquid stools without one’s being conscious of it, and severe pains in the anus and the pubic region, are all removed by this ghee. *38

NAGARADYA GHRITA.

(Nsgaram) dry ginger, the roots of Piper longum, Plumbago Zey¬ lanica, (Hastipippali) Potkos officinalis, (£wadangshtra), Tribulus lanuginosus, the fruits of Piper longum, (Dhanya) coriander seeds, the fruits of ZEgle marmelos, (Paths) Cissampelos hernandifolia, and (YamanikS) the seeds of Ptychotis Ajowan ; *39 a kind of fennel seed, coriander seeds, and cumin seeds. I have taken Gangadhara’s reading.— T.

$ GangSdhara omits ‘Nagaram’. He reads ‘GudaksharasamanistSm.’— T.

11 The Calcutta and the Bombay editions read ‘Dadima’ for ‘Nigara’.— T,

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CHARA KA-SAMH1TA.

The paste of these is boiled in ghee and the expressed juice of (Changed) Oxalis corniculata. Curds should be added of four times the measure of the ghee.

The ghee thus prepared is alleviatlve of phlegm and wind. 14°

This ghee cures piles, the ailments of the ‘Grahani,’ difficulty of micturition, white flux, prolapsus ani, severe pains in the anus, and •epistasis. *4*

PIPPALADYA GHRITA.

The fruits of Piper longum, (Nagara) dry ginger, (PStha) Cissam- .pelos hernandifolia, and (£wadangstra) Tribulus lanuginosus :

Three ‘palas’ of each of these are taken, and their decoction is •obtained by boiling them together. J42

Straining the decoction through a piece of clean cloth, two ‘palas’ of the paste of each of the following are thrown into it, viz., (Kandira) •a well-known pot-herb of that name (otherwise called ‘£amatha’), the roots of Piper longum , (Vyosha) the three acrids {viz., dry ginger, the fruits of Piper longum , and black pepper), Piper Chaba , and Plumbago Zeylariica. 143

Forty ‘palas’ of ghee are then to be added, as also the expressed juice, of the same measure, of (Changeri), Oxalis corniculata. Curds -are also to be added of six times the measure of ghee. 144

All these are boiled on a mild fire. After the boiling is complete, the ghee is kept in a proper vessel (generally in an earthen jar).

The ghee thus prepared should be given to the patient with his meals and drinks. Even this is the method of administering it. *45

This ghee cures the ailments of the ‘Grahani,’ ..piles, abdominal tumours, diseases of the chest, dropsical swellings, enlargement of the spleen, abdominal dropsy, epistasis, difficulty of micturition, 'fever,

Cough, hiccup, disgust Tor food, asthma, and pains in the sides. It increases strength, promotes nourishment, improves the com¬ plexion, and kindles the digestive fire, in a great measure. *47

Cff ARARATS AMHITA.

"Chebulic myrobalans, fried in ghee, and mixed with treacle and the pulv of the fruits of Piper longum, or with the pulv of Trivrit Convolvulus Turpethuni) and that of Danti ( Baliospermum monta- ■num), should be given to the patient, for restoring his faults and stools to their normal course. H8

When, in consequence of the stools, the wind, the. phlegm, and the bile being restored to their normal course, the anal canal be¬ comes purged of its faults, the Piles are cured and the digestive fire becomes enkindled. H9

When the stools and the wind become constipated, the meat-juice, mixed with the expressed juice of pomegranates and other sour fruits^ and well-dressed with oil and ghee, of the peacock, the francoline partridge, quails oT the species called Perdix chinensis , fowls, and Quails of the species called Perdix otivacce, should be [given. *5°

In constipation of the stools and the wind, leaves of Trivrit ( Con¬ volvulus Turpethuni), Danti (Baliospermum montanum), Palaca (Butea frondosa), Changed (Oxalis corniculata ), and Chitraka (Plumbago Z eylanica), fried in (Yamaka) oil and ghee , and mixed with curds, Should be given to the patient. I5t