Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

‘ Apamarjjana ’ includes, both wash, and rubbing the body with oris, &c.

‘ Avajrimbhana ’ is explained by Gangadhara as including converse which is agreeable and which encourages and consoles, as also other acts that conduce to the comfort of both body and mind. — T.

a. Andropogon musicatum, Rets.

b. Ordinary paddy.

c. The paddy which ripens in 60 days from the day of scattering it on the ground.

CHARAKA SAMHITA.

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Kuga {d), KSiga (*), Ikshuvalika (/), Vetasa (g), and Pariyyadha ( h ), or

The decoqtion of Bhutika (z), Ananta (J), Kagmarya (k),

Parushaka (/), Madhuka ( m ), and Mridvika («), should be boiled with milk mixed half and half with water.

This should then be mixed with a paste made of the kernel of Piyala ( o ), and of Bibhitaka (/), and Tila (g).

A little ’salt should be mixed with the preparation.

It '.should then be applied while lukewarm.60

When the suppression of stools and urine has been alleviated, she should, have her whole person washed with water of agreeable warmth. >

She should then be fed with such food as is preservative of the embryo and as does not produce a burning sensation*

She should then, in the evening, have administered to her enemata made of oils (and oily substances) boiled with the group of drugs called Madhuraka (sweets).-fIt should be stated that while administering enemata both of the oily and the dry kinds, she should be made to lie down with her face downwards.61 d. £” Poa cynosuroides, Linn.

e. Saccharum spontaneum, Linn.

f. A variety of Saccharum officinarum , Linn, g. Calamus rotang , Linn.

h. A variety of the 'above. Gangadhara takes it as a variety of the above that grows in water.

i. Otherwise called Yamani. Ptychotis Ajowan, D.C ; syn. Ligusticum "■<

Ajawan, Flem.

j. Hemidesmus Indicus , R. Br , ; syn. Asclepias pseudosarsa , Roxb.

k. Otherwise called Gambhari. Gmelina arboreay Linn.

l. Grewia Asiatica , Linn.

m. Liquorice.

n. Uva passes. Viiis vinifera , Linn. Dried grapes.

o. Buchanania latifolia , Roxb.

p. Terminalia Bellerica , Roxb.

q. Sesamum Indicum , Linn. Sesame seeds,

* ■ Sthairyakara ’ is. explained by Gangadhara as ‘ Garbhasthapanakara,’

i.e., preservative of the embryo.

‘ Avidahi ’ is ‘ not burning,’ i.e., * as does not produce acidity.’ — T.

-j- For the group known as 1 Madhuraka ’ or ‘ Madhura,’ vide foot-note p. 836 ante. — T,

CHARAKA SAMHITA.

p. 839

That woman whose embryo dies in the womb through excessive increase of the faults (wind, bile, and phlegm),

Or, through indulgence, in a large measure, in food and drink that are of keen and heating properties,

Or, through suppression of the urgings of wind, urine, and stools,

Or, through, indulgence in food made of hostile ingre¬ dients, or use of uneven beds and seats, or through pressure (upon the womb),

Or, in consequence of wrath, grief, envy, malice, fear, apprehension, and the rest,

Or, other acts (which are destructive of the embryo), discovers the following symptoms :

Her womb looks moist (like a piece of cloth soaked in water) ;* becomes stupefied (or paralysed) ; extended; and cold. Besides, she feels as if a heavy stone is within her ;

The embryo becomes motionless ;

Severe pains are felt, yet they are not like the pains of labour ;

No discharge takes place from the genital organ ;

Her eyes droop down ;

She sees darkness all around ; feels very uneasy, her head swims ; she breathes hard ; and she finds no pleasure in anything ;

She feels no urgings for evacuations as at other times.

The woman who discovers such symptoms should be known as one whose embryo is dead in the womb.6 8

Some say that for the alleviaton of the pain in the womb (caused by the dead embryo) the expulsion of the embryo is the only means.

Some say that the mantras ordained in the Atharva Veda (are the means).

Some say that extraction (of the embryo) by an experienced accoucheur (is the means). t6 8

* ‘ Stimitanr’ is explained by the commentators as ‘ looking moist or like a piece of cloth soaked in water.

‘ Avi ’ (plural — ‘ Avyah ’). means throes or labour pains.

‘ Srasta,’ with reference to eyes, means ‘ drooping’ or * hanging down”’ — T.

t 1 Garbha-9alya ’ is, literally, ‘ the dart in the womb,’ meaning the cause of pain in the womb, viz., the dead embryo.

p. 840

CHARAKA SAMHITA.

To the woman of premature pregnancy whose dead embryo has been removed, any one of the following wines should be first given to drink in measure suited to her, vis., Sura, Sidhu, Arishta, Madhu, Madira, and Asava, for correcting the womb, alleviating pain, and making her cheerful.*' *

After this, she should be treated with such medicines as belong to the class called ‘ Vringhana’ (*. e., those that promote nutrition and add flesh), and such as support the strength of the body ;

Or, with gruels of barley and other articles, mixed with (medi¬ cated') oils ;

Or, with such food (and drink) as is well suited to her at that time.

This should be continued till the faults, the Dhatus, and the discharges are dried up.-f-65

After this she should be treated with drinks of (medicated) oils, enemata, such food. (and drink) as would suit her at that stage, and with such drugs as are ‘Dipaniya’ (provocative of the digestive fire), ‘Jivaniya,’ ( i.e ., medicines that prolong life), ‘ Vringhaniya,’