An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. II — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1911)

First Tal la : — Drugs such as Sathi, Pushkara, Krishndy Madana, Deva-ddru, S'atdhvd, Kiishtha, Yashtimadhu, Vacha, Vilva and Chitraka should be pounded together, made into a paste and duly cooked with oil (ofp. 609 four times their combined (weight) and milk weighing twice and water, four times as much as the oil. The use of this medicated oil as a Vasti-measure proves curative in pacifying the incarcerated Vayu and in cases of haemorrhoids, lienteric diarrhoea (Grahani\ tympanites with retention of stool aud urine, Vishama-jvara and the affections of Vayu (nervous disorders) in the waist (lumbago), the thighs (sciatica), the back and the abdomen. 3.

SeCO nd Tai la: — Vachd, Pushkara, Kiishtha, Eld, Madana, Deva-ddru , Salndhava, Kdkoli, KsJiira-Kdkoli, Yashti-madhu, Medd, Mahd medd, Narddhipa (Aragvadha\ Pdthd,Jivaka, Jivanti, Bhdrgi, Chaiuiana, Katphala, Sarald (white Trivrit), Aguru, Vilva, Vdlaka, As'va-. gandhd, Chitraka, Vriddhi, Vidanga, Aragvadha, S'ydmd Trivrit, Pippali and Riddhi should be pasted together and cooked with the proper quantity of oil, milk and the decoction of the drugs of the (major) Pancha-mula group. Anuvdsana-vastis of this kind are highly efficacious in cases of Gulma, tympanites with suppressed stool and urine, impaired digestion, haemorrhoids, lienteric diarrhoea (Grahani), retentions of urine and diseases due to the action of the deranged Vdyu. 4.

Third Tai la \—Chitrakd, Ativishd, Pdthd, Danti, Vilva, Vacha, Amisha {Guggulu), Sarald {whiiQ Trivrit), ^w/w;«<3!// (_Scilaparni), Rdsnd, Nilini, Chaturangula (Aragvadha), Chavya, Ajamodd, Kdkoli, the two kinds of Medd, Deva-ddru, Jivaka, Rishavaka, Varshdbhu, Aja-gandhd, S'atdhva, Harenu, As'va-gandhd, Manjishthd S'atki, Pushkara and Taskara i^Choraka) should be pasted together and cooked with the proper quantity of milk and oil. The oil thus prepared is highly efficacious in the disorders of the deranged Vayu. Injected into the bowels in the manner of (an Anuvasana77

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vasti), it speedily cures Gridhrasi (sciatica;, lameness, haunch-back, Adhya vata, urinary diseases, obstinate constipation of the bowels (Udd-varta), impaired digestion and weakness of the body. 5.

Fourth Taila:— A decoction of the drugs Bhuiika, Eranda, Varshdbhti, Rdsnd, Vdsaka, Rohisha, the drugs of the Das'amula group, Sahd (Mudga-parni), Bhdrgi, Shad-granthi (SldLchd), Deva-ddru, Vald, Ndgavald, Murvd, As'va-gandhd, the two Amritd (Guduchi and Haritaki), Sahdchara, Vari (Satd-vari), S'utithi, Kdka-7idsd^ Viddri Yava, Mdsha, Atasi, Kola and Kuldttha should be cooked in an adequate quantity of oil with (,a Kalka of) the drugs of the Jivaniya group and a quantity of milk weighing four times as much as the oil. The oil, if employed in the manner of a Vasti, would prove beneficial in cases of diseases due to the action of the deranged Vayu localised in the regions of the thighs, legs, coxcy (Trika), sides (Parsva), balls of the shoulders (Amsa) and in the hands, the head and Manyd (nerves of the neck). 6,

Fifth Taila (with clarified butter) : — The drugs Jivafiti, Ativald, Medd, the two kinds of Kdkoli, Jivaka, Rishavaka, Ativishd, Krishna, Kdka-jidsd, Vacha^ Deva-ddru, Rdsnd, Madana, Yashti-madhu, Sarald (white Trivrit), S'atdvari, Chandana, Svayam-guptd with an adequate quantity of oil and clarified butter (in equal parts) with a quantity of milk weighing eight times as much as the combined weight of the oil and clarified butter. This oil should be employed in the manner of an Anuvasana-vasti in cases of Gulma and retentions of stool and urine with a distension of the abdomen. It conquers the deranged Vayu and Pitta of the body, acts as an invigorating and constructive tonic, improves digestion, increases strength and creates fresh

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semen. Used as an errhine or as a drink it tends to alleviate ail affections confined to the regions above the clavicles. 7.

Sixth Sneha \—Yashti-madhu, JJs'ira, Kds'marya, Katuka, Utpala, Chandana, S'ydmd* PadmaKdshtha, Jimuta, Indra-yava, Ativishd and Vdld (in equal parts) should be pasted together and cooked with an adequate quantity of clarified butter and oil, the oil weighing a fourth part of the whole quantity of Sneha to which should be added a quantity of milk weighing eight times as much as the Sneha (oil and clarified butter added together) with a decoction of the drugs of the Nyagrodhddi group. This (medicated Ghrita), used as a Vasti proves efficacious in cases of Asrig-dara (menorrhagia), erysipelas (Visarpa), Vata-Rakta, abscess (Vidradhi), fever, burning sensations in the body and all other disorders due to the action of the deranged Pitta. 8.

Seventh Sneha :— A paste of ATrindU,