Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

[The ghee is first boiled with Chavya and the rest ; the pulvs of Ajaji and the rest are thrown into it when the boiling is almost 'complete.

The Calcutta edition reads ‘Vid-dadimam’ instead of ‘Gudadadimam.’ In the second line also, the Calcutta edition reads ‘Ajajir chitrakam’ for ‘AjajidhSnyanfigaram.’]

‘Dadimasaramlam’ is used for the first time. Of course, it means' the sour juice of pomegranate seeds,’ 'Sara meaning seeds. The juice is obtained from the seeds within the fruit.-— T,

CHARAKA-SAMHITA.

Oily enemata administered in prolapsus ani are thus prepared : ■ Ghee boiled with the kernel of the raw fruits of Vilwa {Aigle marmelos, and the decoction of the group of the ten roots or

Ghee boiled with £ati ( Curcuma Zeruinbet ), Catahwa (otherwise called MisreyS, that is, dill seeds), and Kushtha* (Aplotaxis auriciilaia ), or

Ghee boiled with Vacha {Acorns Calamus ), or Ghee boiled with Chitraka 'Plumbago Zeylanica), is beneficial in prolapsus ani. 7°

In prolapsus ani, if it cannot be reduced, oils and fomentationshould be first applied.

When these have been well-applied and the displaced rectum has become soft, it should be reduced with a soft stick of cotton or cloth.f 7i - ,

If the wind and the stools become constipated, if ‘^ula’ pains and straining .be manifest, and if the evacuti.ons be slimy and mixed with blood, and if the patient feels thirsty, he should be given milk to drink in measure capable of producing gratification. 72

Or, he should be given ‘Yamaka’ (food consisting of rice boiled with such pulses as Phaseolus Mungo and the rest).

After taking such food, he should take (as after-drink) milk hot from the udders.

Or, he should be given milk boiled with the roots of Eranda {Ricinus communis ), or with the kernel of the raw fruits of Vilwa {AEgle marmelos). 73

By administering milk in this way, the discharge of blood (with the evacuations), as also the sliminess of the evacuations, is cured. The ‘9ula’ pains, the straining, and the constipation (of wind and stools), are all relieved. 74

[Having explained the treatment in general of diarrhoea, the

* Kushtha is Gungadhara’s reading. The Bengal and Bombay editions read ‘Vilwa’ (JE-gle marmelos).

f ‘Pichu’is a soft stick of cotton or cloth,— T.

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OHARA KA-SA 31 HI 7 A.

Rishi proceeds to lay down treatment of diarrheea born of excited .bile and the rest.]

When the physicians has ascertained, by the ‘nrdSna’ and ‘upagaya’ .and symptoms, the presence of mucus in diarrheea bom of bile, he should treat the disease by prescribing fasts, and light . food and administering ‘pSchanas,’ agreeably to the strength of the patients. 75

[‘Nidana’ means the causes of disease. By ‘upagaya’ is meant experimental treatment, i. e., ascertainment of disease by administer¬ ing both medicine and diet in an experimental way. The presence of mucus, when it has not as yet appeared in the evacuations, is directed to be ascertained by enquiry into the ‘nidsna,’ as also by ‘upagaya’ and those symptoms which have actually been manifested.]

If the patient feels thirsty, he should be given the decoction of Musta (tubers of Cyperus rotundus), Parpataka ( Oldenlandia corymRosa), Ushira (the roots of Andropogon muricatus), (^'ariva {Ichnocarpus ftuiescens), Chandana {Pterocarpus santalinus), Kiratatiktaka (Agathotes Cherayta), and Udichya (otherwise called Bala, t. <?., Pavonia odorata). 7§

After the patient has fasted ; when the time comes for eatings gruels of barley and other grains, and ‘Tarpanas’ (cooling draughts), boiled with the decoction Bala {Si da cordi/olia), Atibalfi {Si da rhomiifolia ), Surpya (otherwise called Mudgaparni, i. e., Phaseolus trilobus the two Parnis {viz., £alapami, i. e., Hedysarum gangeticum, and Prisniparni, i. e., Doodia lagopodioides ), Vrihati ( Solatium Iadicum \ Kantakarika {Solatium xanthocarpum), £atfivari (otherwise called (jlatamuli, i. e.. Asparagus racemosus), and £wadangshtra ( Tribulus lanuginosus ), should one after another, be given, the measure being determined by the consideration of assimilability.* 77

After this, the patient’s digestive fire should be gradually en« kindled by giving him the soups of Mudga (the seeds of Phaseolus Mungo), Harenu {Piper aurantiacum), Masura (the seeds of Cicer lens), Makushtaka (the seeds of. Phaseolus aconitifolius), and Adh.aki (the seeds of Cajanus Indicus) ; or f By ‘Niryuha’ is meant decoction.

' ‘Niryaha-prayuktena’ is explained as ‘boiled with the Niryuha pi decoction. ‘Tar pans’ is a cooling drink. — T.

CHA RAKA -SAM HI 7 A.

*555 the meat- juice prepared with the flesh of quails, francoline par¬ tridges, hare, and those varieties of deer which go by the names of ‘Harina,’ ‘Ena,’ and ‘Kalapuchccha.’

The meat-juice may be made sour with the usual juices, or not made so, 78

If supervening ailments do not disappear, medicines that are ‘Dipaniya’ (Capable of promoting the appetite), that are ‘Pachaniya’ (capable of digesting the faults), that are ‘Upagamaniya’ (alleviatives), and that are ‘Samgrahaniya’ (inspissants which dry the fluids of the body), should be administered. 79

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