An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. II — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1911)
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% Chakradatta also prescribes a similar remedy, but there ht does not read "Sarja" and " Gairika,"— Ed.
Chap. XX.] CHIKITSA STHANaM. 453
Treatment of Alasa and Kadara :— in a case ot Alasa, .the legs should be sprinkled With Arandla (a kind of Kanjika) ; and a plaster composed of sesamum, Nimba leaves, sulphate of iron [Kdsisa), Haritdla and Saindhava, or of Haritaki pasted with the decoction of Ldkshd (Ldksha-rasa) * should be applied to the affected parts. Blood-letting should also be resorted to. As an alternative, mustard oil boiled with the expressed juice of Katitakdri should be applied to them or the affected localities should be rubbed or chafed (Piatisdrana) with a pulverised compound of sulphate of iron (Kdsisa), Gorodtand and Manah-s'ild. In a case of Kadara, the seat of the disease should be scraped off (with the aid of a knife) and cauterised with (the application of) heated oil f i3-!4Treatment of Indra-Iupta :— In a case of Indra-lupta (baldness or Alopecia), the bald part or seat should be anointed and fomented, and then bleeding (by venesection) should be resorted to, after which a plaster composed of Manah-s'ild, Kdsisd, Ttittha and Maricha, or of Kutannatd and Deva-ddni pasted together, should be applied to it. As an alternative, it should be deeply scraped and constantly kept covered with a paste of GunJd-sQQds. As an alternative, Rasaiyana medicines should be administered for its cure. An oil cooked with Mdlati, Karavira, Chitraka and Naktaindla is highly efficacious in curing a case of Alopecia, if used as an unguent. 15.
Treatment of Arumshika : Blood-let-
* Chakrapani reads '^T=?ITVT4|F.^T'^'T;" '" P'ace of "^l^p^^vrai ^fjfq". Sivaddsa explains "■?;^;" as ' JT^'?;;g; " — Ed.
t Chakradatta prescribes caulerisalion wilh fire as well, in such a case. — Ed.
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ting* from the afifectcd pait should be first resorted to in a case of Arumshika ; and it should then be affused with the decoction of Nimha. Medicinal plasters prepared with the Rtsa (liquid) pressed from horse-dung, mixed with Saindhava, should be applied to it. As an alternative, it should be plastered with the paste compound (Kalka) of Haritdla, Haridrd. Nimba and Patola, or with that of Yast/ii-madhu, Nilotpala, Eranda, and Mdrkava. \ (\
Treatment Of Darunaka, etc.:— Anointment and fomentation of the diseased patches are the (preliminary, remedies in a case of Dfi^runaka, after which bleeding should be effected by opening the vein in the forehead Remedial measures such as^ Avapida-Sirovasti and Abhyanga (anointment) should be employed as well ; and the affected parts should be washed with the alkaline solution of burnt Kodrava weeds. Measures for arresting the premature greyness of hair (Palita) will be described later on (^in the Mis'raka Chapter XXV). Curative plasters and remedies, etc , mentioned in connection with the treatment of Kushtha should be employed in cases of Masurikat ; or those, laid down under the treatment of Erysipelas i^Visarpa) originated through the concerted action of the deranged Pitta and Kapha should as well be u-ed. 17-19.
Treatment of Jatu-mani, etc. :— The
seats of affection should be scraped (with a knife) and gradually and judiciously cauterisedf by applying an alkali or fire in cases of Jatu mani (congenital moles), Mas'aka and Tila-kalaka t The cauterisation should be effected with an alkali, when the disease is superficial and with fire when it is deep-seated.
* According lo Cfiakradatta blood-letting should be resorted to in such cases only by m>ans of venesection, or with leeches.
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(freckles) An opening of the local veins in the temporal region, etc., should be effected in cases of Nyachchha, Vyanga and Nilika. in accordance with the prescribed rules. The aff'ected parts should be rubbed (with Samudra-phena, e\c.) and plastered with the barks of Kshiri trees,pasted with milk ; or with Vald, Ati-vald, Yashtimadhii and Rajani, pasted together. As an alternative, plasters composed of Payasyd^ Aguru and Kdliya pasted together with Gairika, or of a tooth of a boar pasted with clarified butter and honey, or of Kapittha and Rdjddana pasted together, may also be used with benefit 20 21.
Treatment Of Yuvana-Pidaka, etc:.—
Emetics are specially efficacious in cases of Yuva^napidaka « pimples) which disfigure the face in youth. The application of medicinal plasters composed of Vachd, LodJira^ Saindhava and (white mustard seeds or of Kicstumbiiru, Vac/id, LodJira and Kushtha pasted together is also recommended. In a case of Padmini-Kantaka, a decoction of Nhnha bark should be given as an emetic, and the patient should be made to drink a potion of clarified butter cooked with a decoction of Nimha and mixed with honey. A decoction * of Nimba and Aragvadha should be used for chafing (Utsadana) the diseased locality. 22-23.
Treatment of Parivartika, etc.:— In a
case of Parivartika iretroflexion of the prepuce) the glans penis should be rubbed with clarified butter and duly fomented, and Salvana and such other Vayusubduing plasters (Upanaha) should be applied for three
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