Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

q. Following Prof. Wilson, Dr. Sircar supposes it to be the plant called Malidmada. The commentator thinks it to be sulphate of iron, or leaves of the Laurus Cassia.— T .

r. Balsamodendron Mukul or Balsamodendron Pubescens.

s. Vide note 5 in p. II.

t. Vide note n in p. 13.

u. Called also Kutaja or Kurchi. Vide note r. in p. 8.

v. Called also Saptacchada ; Cchatim in Bengali. Alstonia soholaris ; syn. Echites scholaris.

w. Vide note g in p. 1 3.

x. Saussurea auriculata ; syn. Aplotaxis auriculala.

y. Called also Jati or Chameli, Jasminum grandi/lorum.

CHARAKA-SAMHITA.

Vacha(«), Harenu(<5), Trivit(c), Nikumbha(^), Bhallataka(e), Gairika(_/), Anjana(^)';

Manahfila^), Ala(«), Grihadhuma (j), Ela(£), Ka<ji9a(/), Lodhra(w), Arjuna(^), Musta(o), and Sarjjas(/);3

These six lists of drugs, mentioned in each of the above half slokas, soaked in cow’s bile till they become yellow, and pounded again and then mixed with oil of mustard seeds, should be used by a physician either as a paste or simply as powder, being highly efficacious (in the following diseases),4

These would speedily cure even difficult cases of leprosy, recent leucoderma, baldness of the head, the eruptions called Kitimax herpes, fistula in ano, piles, scrofulous enlargements of the glands of the neck, and the cutaneous eruptions called Pama.s

Kushtha(y), the two kinds of Haridra(r), Surasa(j), Patola(^), Nimba (u), Afwagandha (v), Su radar u ( w ), Sigru (x), Tumvura, a. Vide note k in p. 14.

b. Vide note i in p. 13, c. Vide note d in p. 7.

d. Called also Danti. Vide note h in p. 14.

e. Called Bhela in Bengali. Semecarpus Anacardium. f Red chalk.

g. Galena or sulphide of lead. It is not Rasdnjana, which is prepared from extract of the root called Berberis Asiatica. — T.

h. Realgar.

i. Orpiment (of the yellow variety).

j. The house-smoke, i, e. , soot.

k. Cardamoms.

l. Sulphate of iron.

in. Symplocos racemosa.

11. Terminalia Arjun ; syn. Pentaptera A rjun.

0. Vide note h in p. 8.

p. The resin of the Shorea robusta.

q. Saussurea auriculata ; syn. Aplotaxis auriculata, r. Vide note/ in p. 13.

s. Vide note k in p. 13.

t. Trichosanthes dioica.

u. Vide note u in p. 13.

v. Withania somnifera ; syn. Physalis flexuosa. zo. Cedrus deodara ; syn. Pintle deodara,

CHARAKA-SAMHITA.

p. 21

dhanya (a), Vanya (£), and Chanda ( c ), these taken in equal parts should be reduced to powder.8

They should then be pounded with whey and then rubbed over the body previously anointed with oil. This will relieve one’s itching, pimples, urticaria, the several varities of leprosy, and in¬ flammatory swellings.*7

Kushtha ( d ), Amirtasanga (e), Katankateri (f), Kagigaka (g), Kampillaka (A), Mustha (z), Lodhra (/), Saugandhika (k), Sarjjarasa (/), Vidanga (m), Manah9ila(«), Ala(o), the bark of Karavira ( ' p ),8 these being reduced to powder should be given for sprink¬ ling over, the body being previously oiled. Ringworm, with itching, keloid, eczema, and psoriasis, are relieved by such treatment.*9

Manahsila (y), Ala (r), round pepper, mustard oil, and milk of Arka (s), (pounded and applied) as an ointment, cures leprosy.

a. Vide note rfinp. 13, b. Called also Kaivarta mustaka or Kasuraka. Scirpus Kysoor.

c. Called also Chorepushpi. Andropogon acicularis .

* Kotha is a variety of cutaneous disease in which large round spots of a red color are visible, like to what happens when one is stung by the nettle, The symptoms are those of urticaria evanida, — T.

d. Aplotaxis auriculata.

e. Called in Bengali Tunte. Sulphate of copper,

/. Btrberis asiatica.

g. Sulphate of iron.

h . Vide note p in p. 8.

i. Vide note h in p. 8.

j. Symplocos racemosa.

k. Called also Gandhatrina or Bhustrina. Andropogon Schcenanthus, The com¬ mentator supposes that it may also mean Gandhaka or sulphur,

/. Resin of the Shorea robusta.

m. Vide note b in p. 8, n. Realgar,

0. Orpiment (of the yellow variety).

p. Nerium odorum.

t In identifying these cutaneous diseases I have followed Udaya Chand Dutt, ( Vide ffidana, p. 1 79).

q. Vide note n above.

r. Vide note 0 above.

f. Vide note b in p. 10,p. 22 charaka-samhitA.

Sulphate of copper, Vidanga (a), round pepper, Kushtha(<5), Lodhra (c), and Manahfila^), applied in the same way, will pro¬ duce the same result. 10

Rasanjana ( e ), with seeds of Prapunnada(/), mixed with the juice of Kapithwa (g), applied as a plaster (cures leprosy).

The seeds of Karanja ( h ), Edagaja (2), with Kushtha (/), pounded with cow’s urine, forms an excellent ointment for the same disease. 11

The two kinds of Haridra ( k ), the seeds of Karanja (/), the shoots of Sumanas ( m ), the bark, with the pith, of Hayamaraka (ri), mixed with the alkaline ashes of Sessamum Indicum , may also be applied in leprosy.12

Manafila(0), the bark of Kutaja (p), Kushtha ( q ), with Loma9a (r), and Edahgaja, (s), Karanja, (j), the knots of Bhurjja leaves, a. Vide note b in p. 8.

b. Vide note d in p. 21.

c. Vide note j in p. 21.

d. Vide note n in p. 21.