Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

The leaves of Jamvu (t), and of Amra ( u ), Matulunga ( v ), Amla-vadara (w), Dadima (x), Yava (y), Liquorice, Utjira («), Mrid (a), and fried paddy, — -these ten relieve vomiting.®* a. Vanda Roxburghii ; syn. Cymbedium tessaloides.

b. Cedrus dcodara ; syn. Pmus deodara.

c. ALgle marmelos.

d. Randia dumetorum.

e. Called also Misreya. Pucedanum sowa.

f. The white variety of Boerhavia diffusa.

g. The red variety of Boerhavia diffusa.

h. Called also Gokhuri. Tribulus terrestris ; Syn. Tribulus ianuginosus , f. Premna serratifolia ; syn. Premna spinosa.

j. Calosanthes Indica ; syn. Bignonia Indica.

k. Cardiospermum Halicacabum.

l. Called in Bengali Hanchooti. Myriogyne lamtginosifs.

Vi. Piper nigrum.

?i. piper longutn.

0. Embelia Ribes ; syn. Embelia glandulifera.

p. Moringa pterygosperma.

q. Achyranthes aspera ; or Achyranthes bidentata, r. Clitorea ternatea (the white variety), f. Clitpria ternatea (the red variety),

(. Eugenia Jambolana ; syn. Syzygium Jambolanum, ft. Mangifera Indica. (The mango tree. )

V. Citrus niedica.

ft). A sour variety of Zizyphus Jujuba.

X. Punicum granatum.

y. Hordeum hexastichum.

z. The roots of Andropogon muricatum.

a. 4 kind of earth taken from the country of Sourashtra (Surat),

CHARAKA-SAMHITA.

Nagara {a), Dhanwa-yavasaka ( b ), Afusta (c), Parppataka (d), Chandana ( e ), Kirata-tiktaka (f), Guduchi (g), Hrivera (k), Dhanya (/), and Patola (/),— these ten allay thirst.3®

£athi ( k ), Pushkaramula (l), the seeds of Vadara (m), Kantakarika (n), Vrihati (o), Vriksharuha (/>), Abhaya (q), Pippali (r), Duralabha (s), and Kulirafringi {t), — these ten relieve hiccup.30

Priangu ( u ), Ananta (v), the seeds of Amra ( w )., Katwanga ( x ), Lodhra (j), Mocharasa (z), Samanga (a), Dhatakipushpa (b), Padma (c), and the filaments of the lotus, -^-th.ese ten are Purishasangrahaniya (render the faeces consistent).37 a. Cyperus pertenuis.

b. Called also Duralabha. Alkagi Maurorum ; syn. Hedysarum Alhagi.

c. Cyperus rotundus. Some physicians use dry ginger.

d. Oldentanaia herbacea ; syn. Oldenlandia biflora. c. Red sandal wood. Pterocaryus santahnus.

f Agathotes cherayta.

g. Tinospora cordifolia ; syn. Menispermum cordifolium.

h. Called also Bala. Pavonia odorata.

i. Coriandrum sativum.

j. Trichosanthes dioica. (The juice of the plant is used.)

k. Circuma Zerumbet.

l. The roots of an acquatic plant occurring in the lake of Pushkara in Cashmere.

Hindu physicians generally use (in the absence of this drug) the roots of the Holarrhena antidysentrica.

m. Zizyphus Jujuba.

n. Solatium Xanthocarpum ; syn. Solatium Jacquinii, o. Solatium Indicum.

p. A kind of parasitical plant.

q. Terminalia chebula.

r. Piper longtim.

s. Alhagi Maurorum.

t. Rhus succedania ; syn. Rhus acuminata.

u. Aglaia Roxburghiana.

v. Hemidesmus Indicus ; syn. Asclepias pseudosarsa.

w. Mango seeds.

x. ' Another name of Syonaka. Colosanthes Indica.

y. Symplocos racemosa.

2. The exudation of Calmali or Bombax Malabaricum; syn. Bombax heptaphylla.

a. Called also Varakranta. The sensitiye plant. Mimosa pudica.

b. Woodfordia floribunda ; syn. Grislea tomentosa.

c. Called also Bamanhati. Clerodendron siphonanthus ; syn. Siphonanlhus Indica.

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The bark of Jamvu ( a ), that of £allaki (6), Kachchhura (c), Liquorice, £almali (d), £riveshtaka (e), burnt earth, Payasya (f), Utpala ( g ), and husked sesame seeds — these ten are Purishavirajaniya (alter the color of the faeces). 38

The bark of Jamvu (Ji), Amra (z), Plaksha (/), Vata (k), Kapitana (/), Udumvara (m), Afwathwa («), Bhallataka (<?), Agmantaka (p), and Somavalka (f),— these ten reduce secretion of urine.39

Vrikshadani (r), and A9wadangshtra (s), and Vasuka (if), and a. Eugenia Jambokinum.

b. Boswellia Serrata.

c. The commentator identifies It with Cukafimvi or Alku<ji. Mumna fruriens ; syn.

Carpogon pruriens.

d. The exudation is intended of Bombax Malabaricum.

e. The Commentator says that this is used for Navanitakhoti, which is the exuda¬ tion of the Pinus longifolia. U. C. Dutt says, — “This tree yields an oleoresin called Sa > a’adrava, Srivdsa, and Kh ira in Sanskrit. In the vernacular it is Called Gandhabiroza. Dr. Royle remarked that ‘the chir (as the Finns longifolia is called in Hindi) exudes or yields to incisions a very fine turpentine. This is chiefly valued by the natives for its resin, and as the latter is only ob¬ tained by exposing the turpentine to heat, the oil, the more valuable product, is dissipated to procure the resin ; but by adopting a very simple still, resin was obtained as good as ever for the purposes of the natives, while the oil of turpentine distilled over was pronounced, on being sent to the General Hospital of Calcutta, to be of very superior quality.’ ” — Mat.. Med. of ike Hindus, f Batatas paniculatus.

g. Nymphos a sie/lata.

h. Eugenia Jambolannm.

i. Man gif era Indica.

j. Ficus infectoria.

k. Ficus Bengalensis ; syn. Ficus Indica.