Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

That eruption which, whether it appears on the back or on the belly, is attended with deep-seated pain, which is large in circumference, lower than the general level of the skin, and blue in color, is called VinatS.88

Vidradhi has been said to be of two kinds, viz., external or superficial, and deep-seated. External or superficial Vidradhi is that which appears on the skin, the nerves, or the flesh, it is

Enlarged scrofulous glands. The name is sometimes applied to a wart or blotch or a large pimple.— T.

t ‘ Jalini ’ seems to be a Carbuncular eruption on abscess. — T.

X * Alaji ’ is taken for all painful and quickly ripening abscesses.— T.

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attended with great pain and puts forth many raised or elevated arcs.87

From eating food that is very cold, or food that is very hot and burning, or food that is totally destitute of oil or very dry, or food that is excessive in quantity, or food that is combined of articles having opposite virtues (such as milk and meat), or food that is indigestible, or food that is rotten, or from taking food at unseasonable or irregular hours, or food that is not adapted to or capable of being assimilated by the system, or food that is stained by some fault or other, or from drinking alcoholic spirits in excess or from suppressing the urgings of nature (in respect of stools, urine, semen, tears, &c.), or from excessive toil, or from undue indulgence of physical exercise, or from improper methods of lying down (for rest or sleep), or from bearing excessively heavy loads or walking excessively long distances or excessive indulgence in sexual con¬ gress, wind, bile and phlegm penetrate the flesh and blood that are within the body. When this happens, the disease called Granthi, affecting the deep parts of the body and of great virulence, be¬ comes generated.*88'9?

Accompanied with great pain, this disease appears within the thorax, the part that joins the throat with the thorax, f on the liver or the spleen, the abdominal cavity, below the thorax or by its sides, within the navel, the groins, and the anal canal,91

In consequence of the excess of impure blood, the Granthi very soon becomes ripe. And because it ripens soon, therefore is it called Vidradhi. J 9 3

When the Granthi has been due to excitement of the wind, the symptoms it manifests are piercing pains, cutting pains, gidr diness; epistasis or suppression of the urine, noise in the ears, sudden throbbings of the body, and a sensation of something creeping through the limbs. When due to excitement of the bile, the symptoms are thirst, a sensation of burning, loss of conscious¬ ness, a sensation of intoxication, and fever, The Granthi is to

* ‘ Granthi ! seems to be a general name for deep-seated abscesses. — T.

f ‘ Kloman ’ sometimes indicates the bladder. — T,

| ! Yidahi^t Vidradhi, f,

CHA RA KA-SA MHITA .

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be regarded as due to the excitement of the phlegm when the symptoms that appear are yawning, nausea, disgust for food of every kind, stiffness of the whole body, and a sensation of cold. In all these kinds of Vidradhi the pain that is generated is very great.*3'94

The patient feels as if some cutting or piercing weapon is afflicting him in the particular part, or that some burning brand is applied to the part for scorching it incessantly. When the Vidradhi becomes ripe, the patient feels as if dozens of scorpions are biting him.95

When the Vidradhi is occasioned by excitement of the wind, the secretion emanating from it is thin, dry, reddish, and frothy. When due to excitement of the bile, the secretion resembles the solution of paste of sesame, Phaseolus Roxburghii, and Dolichos biflorus ; when due to excitement of the phlegm, the secretion is white, oily, thick, and copious. When caused by excitement of all the three together, the secretion presents all the attributes men¬ tioned above.96*7