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

2$i and with the decoction of (major) Pancha-mula as well as with wine (Suri), Arandla (fermented rice-boilings), curd, and the expressed juice of Mulaka , with the Kalka of Vyosha , Dddima , Vrikshdtnla , Yamdni, Chavya , »SW#- Hingu y Amla-vetasa, Ajdji and Dipyaka (Ajamod£) taken in equal parts, includes within the range of its curative efficacy such diseases of the body as Gulma, Graham (chronic diarrhoea), piles, asthma, insanity, consumption, fever, cough, epilepsy (Apasmâra', dulness of appetite, enlargement of spleen, colic, and the derangements of the bodily Vdyu. 19.

An Adhaka measure each of curd, Sauviraka (a kind of Kanjika), clarified butter and the decoctions of Mudga and Kulattha pulse should be cooked with the admixture of two Pala weight of each of the following drugs, viz., Sauvarchala , Sarjika , Devaddru and Sain* dhava . The medicated Ghrita thus prepared proves curative in cases of Vâtaja Gulma and acts as a good appetiser. 20.

Chritas in Pittaja and Raktaja Gulinas : — Clarified butter duly cooked with the Kalka of the drugs or the Jivaniyi (Kâkolyddi) group and with the decoction of the component members of the Trina-pancha-muldy or of the Nyagrodhddi or of the Utpalddi group, would undoubtedly prove curative in cases'of Pittaja and Raktaja Gulma. 21.

Ghritas in Kaphaja Gulma : — A Gulma of the Kaphaja type would surely yieldf to* the use of medicated Ghritas duly cocked with the drugs of the Dipaniya (Pippaiyadi) group as Kalka with the admix* ture (as liquid) of the decoction of the component members of either the Aragvadhidi group, the alkaline (Mushkakddi) group or the kragvadhddi Gana, or with the officinal group of (animal) urines. 22.

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A Gulma of the Ssfamipsftika type (due to the concerted action of all the three fundamental Doshas of the body) should be treated according to the predominance of any specific deranged bodily Dosha involved therein. The patient should be made to take at the proper time (*>,as soon as the disease sets in) the pulverised compound known as the Hingvadi-churna or the medicated Ghrita known as Tilvaka-Sarpih or the one (viz. Shatpalaka Ghrita) which has been described as curative of the enlargement of the spleen, as these would prove curative in a case of Gulma. 23 — 24.

Internal use Of KshsCra Alkaline preparation should be duly made with the following drugs, vis,, the ashes ol (dried stems of) Ti/a, Ikshuraka , Sarshapa and Yava and of (the barks of ) P aids' a and of Mulaka with the urines (weighing four times as much) of a cow , she-goat, ewe, shc-ass and shc-bufifalo. This alkaline preparation should then be cooked in an iron vessel and on a slow fire with one Pala weight of each of the following pulverised drugs, viz , Kushtha , Saindhava y Yashti-madhu , Ndgara , Vidanga and Ajamodd and with ten Pala weight of Sdmudra-salt thereto added and, should be taken in the form of a lambative with one or the other of clarified butter, curd, wane, fermented rice-boilings (DhanyAmla), warm water or the soup of Kidattha . The alkaline compound, thus prepared, undoubtedly proves curative in cases of Gulma and in the derangements of the bodily' VAyu. Compounds consisting of Sarjikd-Kshdra , Kushtha and the ashes of Ketaki taken with oil*, or of Sarjikd-Kshdra , Kushtha

* According to Dallana, Sarjikd-Kshdra, Kushtha and Yava-Kshdra with oil would form the 1st compound and the Kelakd-Kshara with oil would loan a separate compound,

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and Saidhava taken with tepid water, would subdue an attack of the deranged bodily Vayu. 25-26.

VrischirsCrishta : — The drugs known as Vrischira , Uruvuka , Varshdbhu , the two kinds of Vrihati and Chitraka should be duly boiled together with a Drona-mcasurc of water and taken down from the oven after three-fourths of the wafer are evaporated by boiling. It should then be poured into an earthen pitcher of which the interior has been previously coated with pastes of Mdgadhi ) Chitraka and honey. One Seer of powdered Pathyd and four Seers of honey shonld be subsequently added to its contents and the pitcher should be then kept buried in a heap of husks for ten days, after which it should be taken out and its contents should be given to the patient aftei the digestion of his daily food. The Arishta (fermented wine) thus prepared proves curative in cases of Ciulma, indigestion and aversion to food. 27.

Powders of Pathd , Nikumhha , Rajani , Tri-katu , Triphald , Agnika ( Chitraka\ Saindhava-$d\t and Vrikshavija (Indra-yava) in equal parts should be taken with matured treacle of their combin d weight ; or the powders of the above drugs with pulverised Pathyd (weighing a fourth part only of the other powders taken together) should be cooked with cow’s urine (weighing four times) to a thick consistency and made into pills which should be taken in an empty stomach (by the patient). These medicines# would radically cure the cases of Gulma, enlarged spleen, indigestion, heart-disease, chronic diarrhea and violent forms of chlorosis. 28.

Blood-letting* : — Blood-letting by the application of leeches or by venesection should be effected in a case of elevated and immobile (unshifting) Gulma

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