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

THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITX. [Chap LVIII.

properties and tends to remove the seminal troubles {e. g. } Mutra-rfukra) as well. 20.

A compound consisting of Vald ) S'vadamshtrd , seeds of lotus (Krouncha)*, Tandula (ie., seeds) of Koktldkshaf , roots of S'ata-parvan Devadâru, Chitraka and stone of Aksha , pasted together and dissolved in wine should be taken by a person . under the circumstances inasmuch as it removes the defects of urine and eliminates the gravels from the bladder. 21.

The ashes of burnt Pdtald wood, which are efficacious in relieving ail sorts of urinary troubles, should be strained seven times in succession (after the manner of KshAra preparation) and taken with a small quantity of oil. In a similar way a paste of Nala, Iksku, Darhha , As'ma-bheda and the seeds of Trapusha and Ervdruka , should be duly washed in milk and filtered and taken in combination with clarified butter. Powders of Tvak, Eld and Tri-katu should be taken by the intelligent one in combination with the alkaline solution of the ashes of Pdtald , Yava-kshdra , Pdribhadra and Tila. Lambatives made of the powders of the above-mentioned drugs should be separately licked with treacle. 22 — 24.

Now I shall describe the measures which are beneficial in Mutra-dosha (urinary defects). Purgatives should be administered to a patient after the due application of Sneha and Sveda. Uttara-vastis should be injected after he has been duly purged. 25.

Sexual intercourse should be refrained from by a person afflicted with a discharge of blood from the t Some explain “Kokilâshaka-tandula” as meaning Kokiliksha and Tandnla (rice) which meaning may also be accepted.

* Dallâna explains Krounchdsthi as bones of a Krouncha bird, but we are not inclined to accept this explanation.

% “S'ata-parvan” may mean Durb£-grass or bamboo#

Chap. LV 1 II. ] UTTARA-TANTRA. 367 urethra owing to sexual excesses, and he should be treated with remedies which arc constructive tonics (e. g., meat-soup, milk, clarified butter, * etc.), Uttaravastis should be applied into the urethra, under the circumstances, with cock's lard and with oil, the process of applying which has already been elaborately described. (See ChikitsA, XXVII). 26-27.

Half a PAtra measure of honey, one PAtra measure of clarified butter churned from milk (Kshira-sarpis) f and equal parts of sugar, and powdered Drdkshd , Atmaguptd- seed, Ikshuraka and Pippali \ together weigh* ing one half part ri.e., half of half a PAtra) should be thoroughly mixed by stirring the compound with a laddie. A PAni-tala (two TolAs) measure of this com* pound should be. licked, followed by draughts of milk. By using this Ghrita, a man is relieved of all injurious principles of his body, and gets rid of distressing and dreadful urinary troubles which cannot otherwise be easily cured by any other remedy. It acts as an excellent blood-purifier, and, by using it, even a barren woman may get rid of her sterility and of all other vaginal and uterine complaints which usually obstruct or retard conception in females. 28.

* Dallana says that Kârtika does not read this, in as much as this would increase the number originally mentioned, as also because this case has already been mentioned in Prameha. But according to Jejjata, this is mentioned here to make the case more clear.

t Dallana’s reading here evidently is ‘Kshira-shrpishah’, but according to a variant the reading would be “Kshira-sarpish u” i.e., milk and clarified butter (taken together)* The latter reading has the support of Chakrapdni and Vrinda who, however, read these lines in a different way and prescribe the drugs in somewhat different proportions. The former reading ‘Kshira-sarpishah’ with the sixth case-ending is, however, more grammatical*

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THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITX. [Chap. LVI«.

Equal parts of Vald, stones of XVfl-fruIts, Yashtimadhu, Svadamsktrd (Gokshura), S'atdvati, Mrindla (lotus-stem), Kas'eru, seeds of Ikshuraka, Sahasra-viryA (Durbd), Ams'umati (Ssila-parni), Payasyd (Vidiri), Kâld, S’rigdlavimd (Pris'nipami), Ati-vald and the drugs of the Vrimhaniya (KAkolyddi) group should be duly boiled with four times of water of their combined weight and a Tute masure of treacle. When only a Drona measure of water would remain, it should be taken down and strained through a piece of linen. It should then be duly cooked with an Adhaka measure of clarified butter. The medicated Ghrita (thus prepared) with a Prastha measure of honey added to it (when cooled) should be kept in an earthen pitcher. By using this medicated Ghrita, one would be cured of all urinary troubles.* 29.

Thus ends the fifty-eighth chapter in the Uttara-Tantra of the Sus'ruta Samhitf which deals with the (symptoms and) treatment of the suppression of urine (Mutrkghkta).