Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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Gruel prepared with Yavakshara^f), Chitraka(i), Hinga(/), and Amlavetasa(w), is regarded as purgative.
Gruel prepared with Abhaya(rc), the root of long pepper, and dried ginger, promotes excretions and favors their dis¬ charge.*27
Gruel prepared with whey is a remedy in disorders arising from the excessive use of buttery food, while in disorders arising from a. Sessamum Indicum.
b. Poa cynosuroides.
c. Phyllanthus emblica ; syn. Emblica officinalis.
d. The common paddy known as Cyamaka ; Panicum frumentacium , e. Vide note a above.
f. Phaselous Roxburghii ; syn. Phaselous radiatus.
g. Eugenia Jambolana ; syn. Syzygium Jambolanum, h. Feronia elephantum, i. VEgle marmelos.
j. “ Yavakshdra is prepared by reducing to ashes the green spikes of the barley ( Hordeum hexastichum ), dissolving the ashes in water, straining the solution through thick cloth, and evaporating it over the fire. The resulting salt is a clear amorphous powder with a saline and partly acid taste. Chemically it is carbonate of potash with some impurities.” — Materia Medica of the Hindus, by U. C. Dutt.
k. Phtmbago Zeylanica.
l. Assafcetida.
m. Called in Bengali Chuka palang. Ruimx vesicarius.
n. Terminalia chebula.
* “ Anulomana are medicines which digest the humours and set them free, that is, promote excretions and fayor their discharge.” — Materia Medica of the Hindus, by U. C. Dutt.
p. 18
CH A RAKA-SA M HI TA.
the excessive use of oily food, that prepared with whey and paste of Sessamum Indicum is regarded as beneficial.28
- Gruel prepared with decoction of beef, mixed with some acid, cures intermittent fevers of an inveterate kind.
Gruel of barley fried in ghee and oil and mixed with long pepper and Amlaka(tz) is a remedy in diseases of the throat.*29 Gruel prepared with decoction of meat of the cock relieves disorders of the urethra. That prepared of Mashavidala(^) with ghee and milk increases the semen.30
Gruel prepared with Upodika(c) and curds, dispels the stimu¬ lation produced by poison and fever and alcohol. (t)
Gruel prepared of the seeds of Apamarga(^) with milk and decoction of Godha (the iguana) destroy (abnormal) hunger.31
(Here are some verses containing a summary.)
Thus have been mentioned the eight and twenty varieties of Gruel. The drugs, in brief, have also been spoken of, that are used in the five acts, {viz., purgation, vomiting, &c.).32
Those drugs that were spoken of before for imparting a knowledge of roots and fruits have been mentioned again for im¬ parting a knowledge of how they are used in connection with the five acts.33
Only a physician who is possessed of memory, who is conversant with causes and applications (of drugs), who has his passions under control, and who has quickness of decision, should, by the appli¬ cation of drugs, treat diseases. (%) 3 4
Thus ends the Second Lesson called Apamarga-Tundaliya in Agnivefa’s treatise revised by Charaka.
a. Phyllanthus Emblica ; syn. Emblica officinalis.
* The word Yamaha is a technical term meaning ghee and oil. ( Vide verse 25 above.) Yavandm Yamake, therefore, does not mean “two sorts of barley” as rendered by Dr. Sircar, but “gruel of Yava (fried or boiled) in ghee and oil.” — T.
b. Phaselous Roxburghii ; syn. Phaselous radiatus. Vidala is a general name for pulses, or it may mean broken grains. — T.
c. Called also Putika ; Basella rubra.
t Mada is explained by the commentator thus.
d. Achyranthes aspera.
+ Pratipattiman is explained by the commentator as one who can readily decide what is to be done in view of distressful contingencies that may arise.— T.
LESSON III.
And now we shall expound the Lesson called Aragbadhiya. Thus said the illustrious son of Atri.
Aragvadha(ffl). Edagaja(^), Karanja(c), Vasa(^), Guduchi(^), Madana(y), the two varieties of Haridra(^);
£rahva(^), Surahva( z), Khadira(/), Dhava(^), Nimba(7), Vidanga(w), and the bark of Karavira(w);
Knots of Bhurjja(o), Garlic, £irisha(/), Saloma5a(y), Guggula(r), Krishnagandha(j), Phanijjhaka (f), Vatsaka (u)., Saptaparna (v), Pilu(OT), Kushtha(^r), young shoots of Sumanas(jj/);2 a. Cassia fistula.
b. Called also Chakramardda ; in Bengali, Chakunde or Edanchi. Cassia tora. Some authorities identify it with Dadrumarddana or Dadrughna, or Cassia alata.
c. Vide note k in p. 8.
d. Called also Vasaka ; in Bengali, Vakasa. Justicia Adhatoda ; syn. Adhatoda vasica.
e. Tinospora cor difolia. Vide note c. in p. 15.
f. Vide note d in p. 15, g. Vide note p in p. 13.
h. Called also, according to the commentator, Navanitakhoti, i.e., the Gum olibanum tree.
i. Believed to be Devadaru. Cedrus Deodara ; syn. Pinus Deodara.
j. Acacia Catechu ; syn. Mimosa Catechu.
k. Anogeissus latifolia ; syn. Conocarpus latifolia.
l. Vide note u in p. 13.
7)i. Vide note b in p. 13.
«. The sweet-scented Oleander or Nerium odorum.
0. Granthischa Bhaurjja means the Granthi of Bhurjja leaves or the leaves of Betula Bhojpatra. Dr, Sircar is in error in taking Granthi to be a separate plant. Vide Chakradatta’s commentary.
p. Albizsia Lebbek ; syn. Mimosa Sirissa.
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