An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. II — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1911)
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t Accnding to S'rikantha and S'ivadasa, it appears that the application of this decoction as a wash is not to be found in all editions of the Sii^'ruia Sa.i.hita, but they say that it is found only in Jejjata's reading. Jejjata's reading and explanation seem to be correct and have beeo followed by us in the translation. — Ed,
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We shall now proceed to describe the medicinal remedies to be employed in the diseases which confine themselves exclusively to the teeth 18-21.
Treatment of the diseases of Tooth proper : — A case of Danta-harsha yields to the use of any lukewarm Sneha * or the Traivrita-ghrita (mentioned in Chapter V), or of the decoction of the Vayu-subduing drugs as gurgles (Kavala). An application of Snaihika Dhuma (emulsive fumes) and the use of snuff (Nasya), emuhive articles of food, meat soups, gruel prepared with meat (Rasa-Yavagu), milk, milkcream, clarified butter, Siro-vasti and the other Vayusubduing measures generally prove efficacious. 22.
In a case of Dauta Sarkara (Tartar-calcareous deposits on the teeth), the deposit should be removed in such a way as not to hurt the roots of the tooth, after which the part should be dusted (Prati-sarana) with powdered Ldkshd with honey. All the remedies mentioned in connection with the treatment of Dantaharsha may as well be employed in this disease. 23
Treatment of Kapalika, etc. : -These
remedies are also efficacious in a case of KapJllikai (caries of the tooth) which is extremely hard to cure. In a case of Krimi-Danta (worm-eaten tooth) found to be firm and unloosed (in its socket), the affected tooth should be fomented, and the accumulation [i. e., the pus, blood, etc.) should be removed. It should then be treated with some Vayu-subduing errhines of the Ava-pida form and with emollient gurgles (Gandusha), as well as with plasters, prepared with V arsJidbhu and the drugs of the Bhadra-Ddrvddi group and with a diet of emulsive articles of food. In the case, however, where
* All the four kinds of Sneha should be used separately or combinedly.
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the tooth is found to be loose (in the socket , the loose tooth should be extracted, and the cavity cauterised with fire or an alkali (for the purpose of arresting the bleeding). An oil cooked with the pastes (Kalka) of Viddri, Yaskti-inadhu, S'ringdtaka, and Kas'eruka and with ten times its own weight of milk should be administered as an errhine (in such cases). The course of treatment in a ca.se of Hanumoksha is the same as in one of facial paralysis. 24-27. A person suffering from any affection of the teeth should refrain from taking acid fruits, cold water, dry (Ruksha) food, excessively hard articles of food and from brushing his teeth (with a twig). The treatment i'of the curable types of tooth-diseases has be'.n thus described above, we shall now (proceed to) describe the treatment of the curable types of tongue-diseases. 28 29.
Treatment of Tongue-diseases ;— In
the Vataja type of JiliV£i-kantaka (.Papilla), the treatment should be the same as in the case of Vataja Oshtha-kopa. In the Pittaja type (of Jihva kantaka), the vitiated blood should be made to secrete from the affected organ by rubbing it with any article of rough surface (such as the leaves of S'dkhotaka, etc.), and the drugs of the Madhira (Kakolyadi) group should be used for gurgles and errhines, as well as for being rubbed over (Prati-sarana) the affected organ, In the Kaphaja type (of Jihva-kantaka), the organ should be bled by scarifying it (with a Mandala patra and such other instrument) ; it should then be rubbed with the powders of the drugs of the Pippalyddi group mixed with honey. A compound of powdered white mustardseed and Saindhava should be administered as gurgles (Kavala), and the patient should be made to take his food with the soup of Patola, Nimba,p. 469 and Vdrtdku mixed with (a liberal quantity of) Vava-Kshdra 30.
Treatment of Upa-Jihva :— In a case of
Upa-jihva (,Raaula),the affected part should be scarified and rubbed with an alkali, and the patient should be treated with errhines (Siro-vireka), gurgles (Gandusha) and inhalations of smokes (Dhuma). The treatment of the tongue diseases has been thus described above. We shall now describe the medical treatment of the affections of the palate (Talu-gata Roga). 31-32.
TreatmentoftheTalu-gata diseases:
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