Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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* ‘Granthi ’ has been described to be of various kinds. Its English equivalent seems to be cystic tumours. ‘ Sanldeda ’ is impurity of every description. The kind of ‘ rasa ’ here referred to is, of course, foetid humours. From these are generated worms of various kinds. — T.
t This verse is characterised by great terseness and brevity. The combinations which produce the thirteen kinds of ‘ Sannipatika’ are thus explained : (i) when wind and bile are both excited ; (2) when wind and phlegm are both excited ; (3) when bile and phlegm are both excited ; (4) when wind is excited ; (5) when bile is excited, and (6) when phlegm is excited. The six other kinds are (r) wind excited, bile more excited, and phlegm most excited ; (2) wind excited, phlegm more excited, and bile most excited ; (3) bile excited, phlegm more excited, wind most excited ; (4) bil excited, wind more excited, and phlegm most excited ; (5) phlegm excited, bile more excited, and wind most excited ; (6) phlegm excited, wind more exited, and bile most excited. When all the three are excited in an equal measure, only one kind is derived Thus the total of 13 is made up of 6-1-6+ 1. — 1\
190 CHA RAKA-SA mhita.
vious verse) these nine and three would make a total of five and twenty in all.41
The variety of thoracic disease due to attenuation of the faults ( taken one, two, and three at a time ) comes up to five and twenty, like to what is arrived at in the case,, as explained above-,, of aggra¬ vation.. The mode of treatment in cases of aggravation are, of course, different from those laid down for eases of attenuation.. That topic shall now be treated.42
The aggravation of one, the unchanged or normal state- of theother, and the attenuation of the third, produce a variety of six.. So the aggravation of two and attenuation of one, and the aggra¬ vation of one and attenuation of two, produce a variety of six.43
When upon attenuation of the phlegm, the wind moves from its natural position and forces the bile existing in its normal condition, to wander with itself through different parts of the- body, then in those particular parts of the physical frame where the wind accom¬ panied by bile may be for the time being, the sensations would arise of pain and burning and langour and weakness. Such pain &e, does not become permanent, 'for they disappear as soon the wind accompanied by bile leaves the spot.44'43
When upon the attenuation of the bile; the* wind1' gaining strength, forcibly drags or draw's up the phlegm existing in- its normal condition, it then generates acute pains, a sensation of cold or chill, dulness of the body, and heaviness of the limbs. 46
When upon the attenuation of the phlegm, the bile restrains the wind existing in its normal condition, then.1 a sensation of burning and accute pain is produced;.47
When upon the attenuation of the wind", the bile restrains thephlegm existing in its normal condition, it then produces fever with heaviness of the body and sleepiness.4 ®‘
When upon the attenuation of the bile, the phlegm restrainsthe wind existing in its normal condition, it then produces fever with heaviness of the body and a sensation of chill.49’
If upon the attenuation of the wind, the phlegm- restrains thebile existing in Its normal condition, it then- produces loss of appetite, headache, sleep, sleepiness, delirium, heart-disease; heavi¬ ness of the body, yellowness of the nails- and other parts of the body, and constant expectorations of phlegm and bile.50'51
CHA RAKA-SA MH1 TA
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The plilegm of a person whose wind has been attenuated, moving in the body with the bile in its company, produces a disgust for food, indigestion, lassitude of the whole body, heaviness- of the limbs, nausea and hiccough, expectorations (of saliva and water from the mouth), chlorosis and anaemia, pain, giddiness like that of intoxi¬ cation, disorders of purging (that is, either excess of purging or con¬ stipation ), and disorders of the digestive fire ( that is,- either excessof appetite or loss- of appetite ),52" 5 8
The phlegm of a' person whose bile has been attenuated, unit-- ed with the wind, generates temporary stiffness of the body, chill, and pain, as also heaviness of the body, loss- of appetite, disgust for food, tremors-,, whiteness of the nails and other parts, and Foughness of the skin.5'4'5,5
When the phlegm becomes attenuated and both the wind and the bile become excited1, listen to the symptoms which these generate.58 They are delusion's, a sensation' of the whole body being wrapped round with a heavy cloth or skin, pain, a sensation of burning, a sensation- like that of the body being constantly pierced with pains, tremors,, lassitude of the body, a driness of the chest,, and smoke-like exhalations from- the mouth- and the nose.5 7
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