Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

If pains are present in the chest and the. sides, , drink should be prescribed of ghee boiled with the group of drugs called ‘Jivaniya.’

If one afflicted with sore-born cough feels a burning sensation of the skin, if he vomits blood, if his digestive fire is strong, and if he is accustomed to animal food, meat-juice prepared from the flesh of. quails ( Perdix ckinensis) and birds of the like species, is beneficial for him, especially if he has been weakened.

If one afflicted with sore-born cough feels thirsty, goat’s milk boiled with the roots of Sara ( Saccharum Sard) and the rest is beneficial for him.f 139-140

* In the last line of SI. 136 Gang3dhara reads ‘Kasa &c.’ This is incorrect. -It shobld be ‘Qvasaâc.’ The Calcutta edition reads ‘Kaseshu’ for ‘Karjyeshu’ in the same line.— T.

-‘Saramuladibhih critam’ means ‘boiled with the group of roots called Trinadi-pancharnula, i. «., the roots of Sara ( Saceharum sara), Ku$a [(Poa cytios'ureidcs), K3gH Y Saccharum spontaneum), Darbha ( Saccharum cylyndrUum), and Ikshu ( Saccharum cfflcinarum ), — T. (

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\ In discharges of blood from any of the ducts, or from the mouth, of such a patient, the drinking or snuffing of ghee prepared from fresh butter of cow’s milk, is beneficial.

If, again, such a patient feels fatigued and weak, and if his digestive fire is lost, then the gruel of barley (and other grains) is beneficial for him.* I4I

In stupefaction of the body, or when a sense of fatigue or toil is present, the patient should take a copious measure of ghee ;

Or, he may take such medicines as are not hostile to blood-bile, and as are curative of wind-diseases (nervous ailments). 142

If in sore-born cough, the sores have healed and the phlegm has •increased, f and if there is still a sense of oppression in the parts afflicted with sores, the patient should then inhale the following kinds of smoke.: M3

Take the two varieties of Meda {viz., Meda and Mahameda, both of which being not available, Acwagandha or Physalis flexuosa and £ariva or Echites frutescens are used).

Take also Madhuka or liquorice ; and also the two varieties of Bala (i. e., Sida cordijolia and Sida alba). Reduce the above to paste. Laying this paste on a piece of silken cloth dyed with lacdye, a stick should be prepared.

Burning one end of the stick, its smoke should be inhaled (by the ■mouth).

After inhalation of the smoke, the patient should drink ghee boiled with the group of drugs called ‘Jivaniya’. r44

Take Manahcila (realgar), the seeds of Palaca {Butea frondosd), Ajagandha (the seeds of Ptychotis Ajowari), Tvakshiri (bambu manna), and Nagara (dry ginger).

Reduce these to paste, and lave the paste over a piece of silken cloth.

f ‘Kshiryam ghritam’ is explained by the commentators as meaning ‘ ghee prepared from -fresh vaccine butter.’ — T.

% Commentators explain that by mentioning the increase of phlegm, the Rishi impliedly ■refers to the absence of both bile and wind, — T.

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Make sticks of the cloth so laved, and inhale (with the mouth) the smoke of the sticks (according to the manner directed).

After inhalation of the smoke, the patient should drink the juice of the sugar-cane, and water in which sugar or treacle has been dissolved. M5

Take a number of banian sprouts drenched in water, and an equal quantity of Manahgila (realgar).

Reduce these to paste, and lave the paste over a piece of silken cloth.

Adding ghee , make sticks of the cloth so laved.

Inhale the smoke of these sticks (according to the manner directed).

After inhalation of the smoke, the patient should eat the flesh of francoline partridges (and birds of the same description). 146

Take the drugs included in the group called ‘Jivaniya’, and also the liquid portion of the eggs of ‘Kulingas’ (hen-sparrows).

Reduce these to a paste, and lave the paste on a piece of silken cloth.

Inhale the smoke (according to the manner directed) of sticks made of the cloth so laved.

After inhalation of the smoke the patient should drink milk that is boiled, or milk made hot by dipping a heated ball or piece of iron in it. H7

If a person afflicted with waste-born cough presents all the symp¬ toms of that disease, and if his strength has been greatly reduced, his treatment should not be taken up by a physician (death being certain to overtake him soon).

If, on other hand, the disease be new, and if the patient has strength, his treatment may be taken up after explaining it to his relatives that though death will ensue yet there is just a chance of recovery. 148

As regards the last-mentioned patient (that is, he who is afflicted with waste-born cough that is new and whose strength has not been reduced), the administration of ‘Yringhanas’ is prescribable at the

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*53 o outset.# Medicines should also be administered for enkindling his digestive fire.

If many ailments supervene, mild oily purgatives should be administered.-f *49