An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. II — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1911)
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decoction of the drugs constituting the S' dia-sdrddi or the Aragvadhddi groups, or barley-corn should be given to a cow to eat and the undigested barley-corn passed with the cow-dung should be collected. This barleycorn should then be fried and powdered in the form of Saklu. This powder should be mixed with a pulverised compound of Bhalldtaka, etc., mentioned above, and given to the patient through the medium of a decoction of any one of the Khadira, Asana, Nimba, Raja- Vriksha, Rohitaka and Gudicchi, sweetened with honey and sugar, and acidified with grapes, or the expressed juice of pomegranate and Amla-vetasa and then mixed with rock-salt. This is the method of preparing all kinds of Manthas. 3.
Articles of food made of barley-corn in the form of Dhina, Lunchaka, Kulmdsha, Apupa, Purnakosa, Utkarika,* Sashkiilika, Kundrif and Kondli, etc, should be given as diet. Preparations of wheat and Venu-yava (seeds of bamboo) after the manner of barley preparations should also be recommended as a proper food. 4 5.
lYIedicated AriShtas : — Now we shall describe the mode of preparing Arishtas (applicable in cases of Kushtha). Six Pala weight of each of the following drugs, viz., Putika, Chavya, C/utraka, Deva-ddru, Sdrivd, Dafiti and Trika/u, and one Kudava weight of Vadara and Triphald should be powdered. An earthen jar or pitcher, which formerly contained clarified butter, should be purified^ and plastered inside with a compound t Dallana does not read "Konali" but tays ihat some lead ''Knnalikd'
* Gayadasa reads Chilra (a kind of soup) be'ore "Uikdriki.'
in place of "Kunari" both of which are synonyms. We have, however, bolh the terms in our text.
X The jar should be puriSed or disinfected by fumigation with the medicinal drugs such as Nimba-kavest Guggulu, etc.
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of honey, clarified butter and powdered Pippali. Then the pulverised compound, mentioned above, together with seven Kudava measures of water* half a Kudava measure of iron-powder, and half a Tuld weight of treacle, should be poured into the said jar which should then be tightly covered with a lid and placed under a heap of barley for seven days (for fermentation). After this period, it should be taken out and the patient should be made to take some of it (every day) according to his physical capacity. This Arishta (fermented liquor) cures Kushtha, obesity, urinary complaints (Meha), jaundice and oedima. Arishtas may also be similarly perpared from the drugs included in the S'dla-sdradi, the Nyagi'odhddi or the Aragvadhddi group. 6.
IVIedicated Asavas :— Now we shall describe the mode of preparing Asavas. The ashes of burnt Palds'a should be dissolved in hot water and duly filtered. Three parts of this ialkaline) water, subsequently cooled, and two parts of Phanita (molasses) should be mixed together and fermented in the manner of preparing Arishtaf. Asavas may be similarly prepared with the alkali made of the ashes of sesamum plants (described in connection with the treatment of As'mari — Chapter. VII), or with the drugs constituting the S'dlasdrddi, the Nyagrodhddi, or the Aragvadhddi groups, or with cow's urine as in the preceeding manner. 7* lYIedicated Suras :— Now we shall describe the process of preparing Suras (wines). A decoction should be duly made of S'hns'pd and Khadira woods with JJttamdrani, Brdhtni and Kos'dtaki boiled together t Powders of Putika, Chitraka, etc., mentioned in connection with the preparation of Arishtas should be likewise added to it. — Dallana.
* Jejjata recommends twenty-eight Pala weight of water, but Gayadasa does not support this.
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in water*. Then Sura-kinva (the drug which is used to cause the fermentation in the manufacture of spirits) should be mixed with the above decoction and the compound distilled in the usual officinial method. The liquor thus prepared is called SxYsi. Suras may be similarly prepared, from the drugs of the S'd/a-sdrddz, the Aragvadhadi, or the Nyagrodhddi groups. 8.
lYIedicated AvalehaS (lambatives) —Now we shall describe (the method of preparing) medicated Avalehas (lambatives). A decoction should be prepared with the Sara (essential parts j q>{ Khadira, Asana, Nimha, Rdja-vriksha and S'dla.-\ Fine powders of the same drugs should be mixed with the above (decoction) and boiled again. The compound should be removed from the fire neither thick nor thin. The patient should be made to lick a handful \ of the compound mixed with honey and be made to abstain from taking any meal in the morning. Similar preparations may be made (Avaleha) from ihe drugs of the S'dla-sdrddi, the Aragvadhddi, or the Nyagrodhddi groups. 9, lYIedicinal ChurnaS :- Now we shall describe the process of preparing puh'erised compounds. A Prashtha measure of the powdered Sara of the trees belonging to the S'dla-sdrddi group should be t Gayalasa does not read 'S'ala" in the list.
* One part of S'irrib'apa', one of Khadira and a third of Uttamarani, Brahmi and Kos'aiaki should be takt n. Tula weight of the drugs and four Drona measures of water should be boiled and reduced lo one Dron^. — Dallana.
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