Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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z. Identified by Udaya Chand Dutt with Uraria logopodioides ; syn. Doodia lagopodioides.
a. Solanum Xanthocarpum ; syn. Solanum Jacquinii.
b. Called also Berela ; Si da cordifolia.
c. Called also Gokshuri ; Tribulus terrestris ; syn. Tributes lanuginosus, d. Called also Vyakur ; Solanum indicnm, e. Ricinus communis, f. Boerhavia diffusa.
gr- Hordeum hexastichnm.
charakasamhita.
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Kulattha(tf) Kola(3),Guduchi(c) Madana(^),10 Pala£a(e), Kattrina(/), all the Oils and all the Salts, should be used in udavarta (diseases arising from disorders of the wind), in suppression of stools and urine, and in enemata;11
From the list of these drugs enemata of the oily variety should be made up for curing disorders of the wind.
Thus have been mentioned in brief the drugs that promote the five kinds of action or evacuation.*12
When disorders have happened, these five operations (J.e., purgation, vomiting, &c.,) should be caused, after use of emollients and diaphoretics, upon consideration of dose and time.18 The right application (of medicines) rests upon dose and time, and success rests upon right application. The physician conversant with the right application of medicines occupies a place above that of persons conversant with the mere properties of drugs.1 1
After this I shall now speak of gruels prepared with the aid of diverse drugs for the cure of diverse diseases curable by such prepartions.16
Gruels prepared with long pepper, the root of long pepper, Chavya(^), Chitraka(A), and dry ginger, promotes the appetite and relieves colic pains.16
Gruel prepared with Dadithva(z), Vilwa(y), Changeri(^), whey, and Dadima( / ), promotes digestion and is astringent. In diarrhoea coupled with disorders of the wind, gruel prepared with the five roots should be taken.f17 a. Dolichos unijlorus ; syn. Dolichos biflorus.
b. Zizyphus Jujuba.
c. Tinospora cordifolla ; syn. Menispermum cordifolium.
d. Randia dumetorum.
e. Butea frondosa.
f A fragrant grass.
* These are (l) those used as purgatives, (2) those used as emetics, (3) those used as errhines, (4) those called niruha (asthapana), and (5) those used as anuvasana. The last two are enemata with this difference that the first is not all oily, while the second is entirely oily.
g. Called in Bengali Chai ; Piper chaba.
h . Called in Bengali Chita ; Plumbago Zeylanica, i. Called also Kapithva ; Feronia elephantum , or the wood apple.
/. Aigle Marmelos.
k. Called Amrul in Bengali ; Oxalis corniculata, l. Pomegranates ; Punica Granatum.
t The five roots referred to here are those of the Aigle marmelos, Sona, Gmelina arbor ea, Stereosmpermum suave-olens and Premna, serratifolia.—T.
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CHARAKA-SAMHITI.
Gruel prepared with Calaparni(«), Vala (£), Vilwa(c), and Prishniparni (d), and mixed with (the juice of) acid pomegranates, should be taken in cases of diarrhoea from bile and phlegm. 18
Gruel prepared with diluted goat’s milk, the proportion being half milk and half water, and Hrivera(^), Utpala(y) Nagara(^), and Prishniparni(A), should taken as a remedy for dysentery.19
In (mucous) diarrhoea, gruel prepared with Ativisha( z), Nagara (/), and some acid juice (of pomegrantes) sould be given.
In dysuria, gruel prepared with Cwadangshtra(^), and Kantakari (/,) and mixed with Phanita(w), should be given.20
Gruel prepared with Vidanga(rc), the root of long pepper, Sigru (o), and round pepper, mixed with whey and Suvarchikaf /), is used as an anthelmintic or vermifuge. 2 1
Gruel prepared with Mridvika (q), Cariva (r), fried paddy, long pepper, honey, and dry ginger, allays thirst. That prepared with Somoraja (s) destroys poison.22
Gruel prepared with decoctio n of the flesh of the (wild) boar promotes nutrition.
Gruel prepared with fried Gavedhuka(^), mixed with honey, reduces corpulency.23
а. Desmodium gangeticum.
б. Sida cordijolia.
c. Mgle marmelos.
d. Uraria lagopodioides ; syn. Doodia lagopodioides.
e. Called in Bengali, Bala ; Pavonia odoralq.
/. The blue lotos ; Pfymphcea stellatq.
g. Cyperus partenuis.
Ji. Vide note d above, i. Aconitum heterophyllum.
j. Dry ginger.
k. Called also Gokshuri; Tribulus terreslris, l. Solarium. Xanthocarpum.
m. Liquid treacle, or juice of sugar-cane not much thickened by boiling.
n. Embellia rides.
o. Moringa pterygosperma.
p. A kind of saline substance. Vide note p in p. 9.
q. Raisins.
Called Cyamalata in Bengali ; Ichnocarpus frutescens ; syn. Echites frutescens.
It is also identified with Ananta or Anantamula or Hemidesmus Indicus.
s. Vernonia anlhelmintica ; syn. Serratula anthelmintica.
t. Called in Bengali Qargare paddy. It is a species o.f coix, — T.
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Gruel prepared with clarified butter, with Tila ( a ) used largely, and mixed with salt, is cooling,
Gruel prepared with the decoction of Ku9a ( b ) and Amlaka(c) and £yamaka \d), is drying.24
Gruel prepared with the ten roots cures cough, hiccough, asthma, and phlegm,
Gruel prepared with clarified butter and oil, mixed with spirits, relieves stomachic (intestinal) disorders.25
Gruel prepared with potherbs, meat, Tila(<?), and Masha (f)f is laxative,
Gruel prepared with Jambu(^-), Mango seeds, Dadhitva(A), acids, and Vilwa, (i), is regarded as astringent.26
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