An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. III: Uttara-tantra — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1916)
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Diet 8 — Diluted barley gruel (Yavdgu) should be given to a patient constantly feeling thirsty and with impaired digestion. Powdered parched corn (paddy) mixed with honey and water should be given in copious quantity to a patient suffering from the after-effect of liquor, and afflicted with vomiting, thirst, burning or perspiration and it should be followed, when duly digested, by meals of rice-soup and meat-soup. A diet consisting of boiled rice mixed with meat-soup should be given to a patient suffering from an attack of fever marked by the preponderance of the bodily Vdyu, as well as in a mild type * of fever due to fasting or over-fatiguing physical labour. The diet in a case of Kaphaja fever should consist of boiled rice and of Mudga pulse. In a case of Pittaja fever it should consist of boiled rice and a soup of Mudga pulse and be taken, when cold, with the admixture of sugar. In a case marked by the concerted action of the deranged VAyu and Pitta, the diet should consist of Mudga soup mixed with (the expressed juice of) Amalaka or Dddima . In a case of Vâta-sleshmA fever the diet should be prescribed to be taken with the soup of tender radish, while in one of Kapha-pitta type it should consist of the soup of the leaves of Nimba and Patola, 59 — 60.
Ltfja-târpana — powdered parched com (paddy) mixed with a copious quantity of water and with honey (and sugar) — should be given, instead of any other diet (e.g
* This passage is quoted by S'reekantha Datta in his commentary Jon Chakra-datta wherein he does not read {mild type), and his read- * fag appears to be the better one, it being supported by Charaka as well.
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boiled rice) to a patient suffering from fever marked by burning sensation, vomiting, thirst and weakness. Yavdgu is not beneficial in summer as a diet in a case of Kapha-pittaja fever or in a case of Rakta-pitta (Hemoptysis ?) or in the case of a habitual drunkard. Such a case should be treated with the soup of any pulse or of the meat of Jingala animal with or without any acid juice. 61 — 62.
Prepared barley mixed with any old wine would prove beneficial in cases of (fever accom pained by) a dullness of appetite. Takra (butter-milk or whey) mixed with the powdered Tri-katu should be given in case of disrelish for food due to the action of the deranged Kapha. 63-A.
Milk as a diet:— Milk may be given with advantage in a case of chronic or lingering fever marked by the scanty presence of the deranged bodily Dosha in the system, by emaciation of the frame and by mental depression as well as in a case of V dta-pittaja fever accompanied by dryness of the organism and nonemission or otherwise of the deranged bodily Doshas as well as in a case of fever marked by thirst or burning sensation. But milk taken in a case of fever in its acute stage is highly injurious. 63.
A spare and light diet for a weak person should be observed in all cases of fever, when its intensity abates, as, otherwise by a heavy diet, it is aggravated. A proper and wholesome diet should be given in a case of fever even if the patient would show a positive aversion to it since the want of food at the proper time or when the system craves for it, is sure to be followed by the waste of the body, and may bring about death in the end. A food which is heavy of digestion (Guru), or secreting 'Kapha-producing) in its effect should by no means
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lijD be taken nor should food be taken at an improper time, since such a food which is not beneficial, is neither conducive to longevity nor to happiness (in a case of fever). 64 — 66.
A light diet (such as milk or essence of meat) may be given in copious quantity and with advantage to a patient emaciated through a long and protracted attack of Satataka or Vishama fever. The soup of such pulses as Mudga , Masura , Chanaka {gram), Kulattha and Makushtaka , etc. may be given with benefit as diet to the hungry patient suffering from fever. 67. A
Meat-diet S — The meat of Ldva , Kapinjala , Ena, Pnshata , Sarabha , Kdla-puchchha , Kuranga , Mriga-mdtrikd (different kinds of deer) or S'as'a (hare) may be prescribed as diet for a fever-patient accustomed to the use of animal food * * Several authorities, however, f do not recommend the use of the meat of Sdrasa , Krouncha , Mayuta (peacock), Kukkuta (cock) and of Tittira in cases of fever, owing to its heaviness (as regards digestion), as well as to its heat-making potency. (We, too, subscribe to this opinion with a certain limitation) The use of the flesh of these animals may, however, be recommended in a case of fever in moderate quantitiy. and at proper time provided the fever is marked by a preponderance of the deranged bodily V'ayu. 67.
Prohibitions in fever s— A fever-patient should forego baths, washing ( Parisheka), plunge-bath ( AvagAha. D. R. Pradeha — plaster), anointments, emulsive potions, day-sleep, physical exercise, sexual intercourse and any cold articles or any emetic or purgative
According to Charaka, the meat-soup, in cases of fever, may be given or without the addition of an acid juice (e.g. Dddima, A'mlaki, etc ) Charaka also holds the same opinion as Sus'ruta.
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