Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

or, grapes reduced to paste and mixed with the same ingredients as above ;

or, Vadara (jujubes), reduced to paste (taking only their kernel, excluding the seeds) and mixed with the same ingredients as above ;

may be given as a linctus to the person for licking. 27

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Or, the person may lick the pul vs (mixed, together) of £rotojat (otherwise called RasSnjana, i. e., galena), Laja (fried paddy),. Utpala (the flowers of Nymphcea lotus), and the Majj& (kernel)1 of Kola (jujubes), with honey ;

or, the pulv of Abhaya (chebulie myrobalans), mixed with honey or, the soft substance occuring within the seeds of Kola (jujubes),. Anjana (galena), Makshikavit (the dung of the bee), Laja (fried: paddy), Sita (white sugar), and the grains of Maghadhika. ( Piper longiim),., reduced to pulv and mixed with honey, may be licked.* 28

Or, the person may drink the decoction of DrakshS (grapes), cooled;:

or, the water, cooled, in which has been soaked a lump of earth fried in ghee- ;

or, the decoction of the (new) leaves of Jambu {Eugenia Jambolana) and those of Amra (mangoes),, cooled, and mixed with.

. honey. 29

Or, he may drink the infusion, prepared by exposure in the night,, of Mudga (the seeds of Phaseolus Mungo), and. Krishna (the fruits of Piper longum ) ;

or, the infusion, obtained by the same process, of Ushira (the; roots of Andropogon muricatus), and Dhanya (coriander seeds), and Chanaka (gram or chick pea) ;.

or, the infusion, obtained by the same process, of the roots of Gavedhuka (a variety of wheat, called Coix Barbata ) ;

or, the infusion, obtained by the same process, of Guduchi ( Tinospora cordifolid)

or, the expressed juice: of Ikshu (sugarcane) ;.

or, milk.f 3°

* ‘Magadhika-kana’ means the grains occuring within the fruits of Piper longum. — T. t Gangadhara takes ‘Ikshurasam payo va’ as implying the juice of sugarcane or milk,, and not the two together.— T;

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Or, one may drink the pulv of Sevya (otherwise called Ushira, i. e., the roots of Andropogon muricatus), dissolved in water In which (atapa) rice has been washed ;

or, the pulv of KSnchana-gairika (otherwise called Swarnagairika, i. e.y golden ochre) and Bfilaka ( Pavonia odorata) dissolved in similar water ;

Or, one may ’take the paste of Chandana (red sandal wood), Sevya ('roots of Andropogon muricatus), Mangsi ( Nardostachys Jatamansi), DrSksha (grapes), Uttama (otherwise called Priyangu, i. e., Aglaia Roxburghiana), Balaka ( Pavonia odorata) and Gairika (Swarnagairika, i. e., red ochre), dissolved in water in which (atapa) rice has been washed. 3*

Or, one may take the pulv of Gairika (red ochre) and that of ‘^ali’ rice, dissolved in co-id water ;

Or, the pulv of Murva ( Sanseviera zeylanica) dissolved in water in which (atapa) rice has been washed ;

or, .the paste of white sandal dissolved in the expressed juice of Dhatri (the fruits of Phyllanthus Emblica).

Each of these should be mixed with honey. Every one of these preparations is alleviative of vo miting and thirst. 32

(The treatment is now laid down of vomiting characterised by excited phlegm).

In vomiting characterised by excited phlegm, the administration is beneficial of the following emetic, for correcting the seat of phlegm and the ‘Smafaya’ (/. e., that part of the stomach into which the food swallowed goes first) :

the paste of Pinditaka (otherwise called ‘Madana phala,’ i. e., the fruits of Randia dumetorum), with ‘Saindhava’ salt, dissolved in the decoction of Pippali (Piper longum), Sharshapa (mustard seeds), and Nimba ( Melia Azadirachtci). 33

[‘Vamyam, kaphatmikayam,’ i. e., in that variety of vomiting which is characterised by excited phlegm. Gangâdhara reads ‘Ccharddyam.’ Only in such case should emetic be administered.]

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The patient should take as diet old wheat, or old ‘£ali’ rice, or old barley, with the soup of Patola ('leaves of Trichosanthes dioica ), Amrita (otherwise called Guduchi, L e., Tinospora cordifolia), and Chitraka ( Plumbago Zeylanica ) ;

Or, with the soup of Vyosha (the three acrids) boiled with whey ;

or, with the soup of the bark of Nimba ( Melia Azadirachta ) ;

or, with the juice of Phalamla (sour fruits *such as tamarind,, jujubes, pomegranates, &c.) ;

or, with soups of pungent substances.* 34

Or, one may take meat-juices prepared from the flesh of wild animals, or the flesh of such animals roasted in a spit, or, old ‘Madhu,’ ‘Sidhu,’ and ‘arishtas’ (vinous spirits) ;

or, ‘Ragas’ and ‘Shadavas,’ and ‘PSnakas,’ prepared with ‘Draksha (grapes), Kapittha (the fruits of Feronia Elephantuni ), and Phalapuraka (that variety of Citrus acida which is called ‘Taba).’ 35

[‘Madhu’ implies a kind of sweet wine, distilled from flowers ; ‘Sidhu’ is an agreeable wine, distilled from molasses ; ‘Arishtas’ are •vinous spirits.

Ragas,’ ‘Shsdavas,’ and ‘Panakas’ are different kinds of drink whose preparation has been explained ante.]

Or, one may lick such pulses as the seeds of Mudga [Phaseolus Mungo), Masura (the seeds of Cicer lens), and Chanaka (gram or chick pea), fried and mixed with the pulv of dry ginger and honey ;