An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. III: Uttara-tantra — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1916)
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t These are the drugs of the Trina*pancha*mula as well as of the Viratarvddi groups (Chapter XXXVIII, Sutra Slhana).
uttAka-taâtra.
Ctiap.LV.]
p. 349
should be advised to have sexual intercourse with lovely women. 27.
Fatty (Snigdha) things should be taken lukewarm and in small quantities in a case of UdAvarta due to ungratified hunger. Cold Manthas or YavAgus should be given to the patient in a case of UdAvarta due to the suppression of thirst. Food with meat-soup should be given to the patient after sufficient rest in a case of UdAvarta originated from the suppression of breath in a tired state of the body. Milk* should be given in a case of Udavarta due to the suppression of gleep and the patient should be made tq sleep with the help of sweet discourses. 28.
Cases of Adhmfltaa (distension of the abodomcn), etc., which are the supervening symptoms of Udavarta) should be remedied with appropriate medicines and other measures with an eye to the nature and intensity of the deranged Dosha or Doshas involved in each case underlying at the root. 29.
Udavarta due to errors in diet:— The abdominal (Koshthaja) VAyu deranged and aggravated by such factors as eating dry, astringent, pungent or bitter articles of fare (in inordinate quantities) causes an immediate attack of UdAvarta in which the Vayu (follows an upward course and) obstructs its own channels as well as those of feces, urine, Kapha, fat and blood. It dries up the fecal matter (in the body) causing pain in the heart and bladder, a sense of heaviness in the limbs (D. R — nausea), aversion to food (D. R. unwillingness to do anything) and difficult and scanty emission of stool, urine and flatus. Laboured breathing, cough,
* S'ivad£sa advises ihc use of buffalo’s milk in this case as being more efficacious in bringing on sleep. Dut Dallana refutes this and recommends the use of cow’s milk.
350 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITX. [Chap. LV.
catarrh, burning sensation in the body, fits of unconsciousness, vomiting, fever, thirst, hiccough troubles in the head, defective functional activity of the Manas (mind) and of the ear and such like symptoms, in consequence, pre-eminently mark the deranged action of the bodily Vâyu. 30.
Treatment : — The patient’s body should be made emulsive (Snigdha) by the application of unguents composed of salt and oil. Fomentation should then be applied under the circumstances, and intestinal injections should be applied after the manner of a Nirudha Vasti. Intestinal enemas (Vasti) of the AnuvAsana kind should also be applied after meal, if the case be attended with loose motions in virtue of the specific nature of the deranged bodily Doshas involved therein. Fatty purgtives should be exhibited after having fully fomented the body of the patient, when the foregoing remedies would fail to give any relief from attacks of Udavavta and he should be made to drink a potion of any acid cordial together with the compound of Pilu, Trivrit and Yavdni or with the compound consisting of Iltngu , Kushtha , Vacha, Svarjika- kshâra and Vidanga * each succeeding drug weighing double the one immediately preceding it in the order of enumeration. These two medicinal compounds may be employed with advantage in relieving attacks of S>ula aud UdAvarta. 31 — 32.
The drugs known as Deva-ddru , Chitraka , Kushtha, Vacha (D. R — S>unthi), Haritaki , Palamkashd (Guggulu) and Pushkara-x oots should be duly boiled with half an Adhaka measure (thirty-two Palas) of water and taken down from the oven with a quarter part of the original
* Cbakradatta reads ‘fafV (and Vit salt) in place of
Chap. LV.] UTTARA-TANTRA. 35 1
solution remaining. Draughts of the this decoction would relieve an attack of Udavirta. 33.
A potion of clarified butter duly cooked with the decoction of dried* Mulaka , Ardraka , Varshdbhn , Pancha-mula f and Arevata (Aragvadha) fruits would cure any form of Uddvarta whatsoever, 34.
A compound consisting of Vachd, Ativishd , Kushtha, Yava-Kshd ra, Haritaki, Pippali and Chitraka should also be taken with tepid water, or a compound consisting of Ikshdku-roots, Madam, Vis'alyd , Ativishd , Vacha , Kush ■ tka, Kinva (sediment of wine) and Agnika taken in equal parts should also be taken in the aforesaid manner. A compound of Deva-ddru , Agni , Tri-phald and Vrihati , should be taken with the urine of a cow. The decoction of Kantakdri- fruits and barley weighing a Prastha cooked in an Adhaka measure of water and boiled down to half a Prastha only, should be taken in combination with Hingu. 35 — 38.
A compound consisting of the pulverised seeds of Madana and of Aldvu , Pippali and Nidigdhikd should be blown into the rectum with a pipe. A Varti made of Nikumbha (Danti), Kampilla , S'ydmd (Trivrit), Ikshdku 9 Agnika , (Ajamodd), Krita-V edhana (Kosdtaki), Mdgadhi and salt pounded together, made into a paste with the addition of cow’s urine, dried and cut into a proportionate size, should be inserted into the rectum. The last two ambrosial remedies give instantaneous relief in a case of Udrfvarta. 39*
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