An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. III: Uttara-tantra — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1916)

sufficiently strong man, in as much as such a procedure may bring on ah attack, of * Pdndu-roga, Grahani, Kushtha (cutaneous diseases), Gulma, or fever or enlargement of the spleen. An attack in which the blood makes a downward course should be arrested with emetic medicines, while purgatives should be exhibited in a case in which the blood finds an upward course. But weak patient, under the circumstances, should be treated in both cases with soothing remedies. Fasting should be first enjoined in the case of an excessive emission t of blood in respect of a strong patient with an unimpaired digestion and an unemaciated frame. A Peyd prepared with a small quantity of rice should be given to the patient after fasting Tarpana measures, decoctions of digestive drugs, as well as a variety of medicinal lambatives and Ghritas should be the proper applications in the disease under discussion. Purgation should be induced with the compound of Drdkshd , Yashti-madhu , Kds'marya and sugar, while vomiting should be induced with an emetic compound consisting of Yashti-madhu mixed with honey. 8 — ir.

Articles of Fare:— The use of milk, the drugs of cold-producing potency (e g. the drugs of the Utpalâdi group), essence of the meat of an animal of the Jdngala group, soup of Satina (ceriais), S'rfZnrice, Shash- /^-grains, leaves of Patola , S'elu } Sunishanna , Yuthikd

* Both Chakrapini and Vrinda read etc,” t\e. t they say that it may bring on an attack of heart-disease also, h f Both Chakrapini’and Vrinda read i.e. in cases of upward emission. There is also another variant i.e. in cases of excessive upward emission or in cases where a good deal of the vitiated Doshas takes an upward course. *

X Additional Text 1 — Meat*essence (Rasa) and soup(Vusha) seasoned wUh clarified butter prepared from cow’s milk.

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and Sindhuvdra (Nirgundi) as well as the tender sprouts of Vata and Atimuktd (Tinduka) as pot-herbs and cooked with clarified butter are recommended as diets. Soup of the meat of pigeons, S'amk/uz (conch) and tortoise as well as the gruels mentioned before mixed with the expressed juice of Dhdtri and pomegranate and with a profuse quantity of clarified butter should be given to the patient as diet. Milk should be duly cooked in combination with the drugs of the Utpalddi group, and the cream therefrom should be likewise prescribed with a copious quantity of honey and sugar. Cold Pradehas, honey, sugar, and clarified butter are said to be beneficial in cases of Rakta-pitta. 1 2 — 1 3.

An experienced physician should prescribe any one of the four lambativcs composed of the powders of the flowers of Madhuka , S' obhdnj ana y Koviddra or of Priyangu , mixed with honey to be licked up by a patient suffering from Rakta-pitta. Similarly lambatives of Dnrbd , or the tender leaves of Vata , or of white Karnika pasted together with the honey should be given to be licked up by the patient*. Dates and other friuts of the same therapeutic virtue, taken with honey, would prove efficacious in the disease. 14 — 15.

Medicinal compounds mentioned in connection with the treatment of Raktitisâra (blood-dysentery) may be as well employed with advantage in the present instance. A piece of sugar-cane devoid of its skin and crushed should be kept immersed in cold water contained in a new earthen pitcher. The picther with its lid off should be kept in an open place for a night. Its contents duly strained in the morning should be given with powdered Utpala and honey to a patient suffering from

# Dallana takes only Durbd and Vata under one recipe. Some coiqpientators would prescribe all these together under one recipe ,

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Rakta-pitta. A cold infusion of Jdtnbu , Amra and Arjuna should be taken with honey. As an alternative, the expressed juice of Udumbara fruit should be taken (with honey). 16 — A.

The best six Yogas : — A paste (Kaika) of Trapusi - roots in combination with honey and washings of rice or two Tolâs of the pasted Yashti-madhu should be taken (with the same vehicles). A compound consisting of Chandana , Yashti-madhu , and Rodhra taken in equal parts or Karanja - seeds made into a paste with sugar and honey should be similarly used In a similar way, the pith of Ingudi together with Yashti-madhu should be taken. As an alternative, salt (Saindhava) and Karanja - seeds turned into a paste with curd-cream should be taken lukeworm for three days in succession by a person suffering from an attack of Rakta-pitta. The six preceding medicinal compounds act as excellent cures for the disease under discussion. 16.