Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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g. Piper longum, Linn. The decoction recommended is that of Mandu¬ kaparni and Pippali taken together.
h. Elettaria Cardamomum ;
i. Another name of Devadaru. Cedrus deodara, Loud., syn. Pinus deodara, Roxb.
j. Saussurea auriculata ; syn. Aplotaxis auriculata, DC.
k. Another name of dry ginger.
t. Embelia ribes, Burnt.-, syn. Embelia glandulifera, Wight.
in. Vit salt of the black variety.
it. Treacle. (Old treacle is used in medicine).
o. Piper chaba, Hunter : syn. Chavica officinarum, Miq.
p. Piper longum, Linn ; syn. Chavica Roxburghit.
q. Plumbago Zeylanica, Linn.
r. Another name of Krishna-jiraka. Nigella sativa, Linn.
* ‘ Khara-Vrishabha’ is explained correctly, I think, by Gangadhara, as a bull or male ass. Chakrapani takes it as a ' Chanda- Valivardda,’ that IOS
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CHARAKA SAMHITA.
A stick of ^cotton, soaked in oil that has been boiled with Qatapushpa ( a ), Kushtha (b), Hingu (c), and Madana (d), may be inserted.'9
The same oil may be administered unto her as enemata.
Taking, again, the paste of these, vis., Phala, (e), Jimuta (r), Ikshaku (g), Dhamargava (h), Kutaja (*), Kirtavedhana (f), and Hastiparni (k), and dissolving it in the decoctions already mentioned (viz., those of Valwaja and the rest), a dry enemata may be made for administering unto her.90
The enemata (prescribed) forces out, along with the (accu¬ mulated) wind, urine, and stools, the attached placenta, in consequence of the downward motion which it brings about of the wind.
The fact is, wind, urine and stools, and other execretions having an outward motion, (when accumulated within the body), prevent the placenta from coming out.*91 is, an angry bovine bull. This can hardly be the sense. Although Charaka prescribes beef, yet he does not readily do so. Only when other remedies have failed, beef comes in, probably for those, again, that are accustomed to it. — T.
a. Otherwise called Misreya. Pucedanum Sowa.
b Saussurea auriculatcr, syn. Aplotoxis auriculata, DC.
c. Assafcedita.
d. Randia dumetorum , Lamk ; syn. Prosoqueria dumetorum , Roxb.
e Whenever the word Phala (fruit) occurs in medical literature, it implies Madana-phala, i. e., the frui ts of Randia dumetorum.
f. Jimuta is explained as a variety of Ghosaka, Dhamargava being another variety of the same. Ghosaka is identified with Luffa pentandra or Luffa acutangula. The former, which has a synonym, viz., Laffa cylindrica (Roem), is called in Bengali, Dhundul. The latter is Jhinga.
g. A kind of bitter gourd. Called in Bengali Tit-talu.
k. Vide note / above.
i. Holarrhena antidysenterica, Wall ; syn. Echites antidysenterica , Roxb.
j. Otherwise called Koshataki (a variety of Ghosaka or Ghosalata) Luffa amara, Roxb.
k. A variety of Memordica mixta.
* The sense is ‘ asaktam amaram vatadih (saha) nirharati,1 i.e., the enemeta administered brings out the placenta along with the wind, the urine, and the stools in a state of constipation.
What is said in the second part of the aphorism is that the ‘ vahirmukha’ excretions, such as wind, urine, and stools, when accumulated within the body, ‘ amaram antahsajjanti’’ i.e., cause the placenta to be attach ed ; in other words, prevent it from coming out,— T,
CHARAKA BAMH1TA.
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Verily, while these acts are being done for the eduction of the placenta, the following acts should be done with respect to the child, as soon as it has come out of the Womb. They are, — Two pieces of stone should be rubbed against each other near the ears of the babe.
The babe should be washed in either cold or warm water whichever may be regarded agreeable to it (according to the season).
By this, the babe’s life-breaths, injured by the pain caused in course of its coming out from the 'womb, are restored to vigour.
The child should then be fanned with a winnow made of reeds.
Besides these, whatever else is needed for restoring the lifebreaths of the baby, injured by the pain of its eduction out of the womb, should also be done.*92
When it is seen that the child has got back its life-breaths and been restored to the normal condition of a living being, it should be treated with a bath and wash with water.
Some one then should, with her (fore) finger, from which the nail has been properly pared, and which is covered with a stick of well-washed cotton, begin to gently wipe the child’s palate, lips; throat, and tongue.
Having first wiped the mouth (in this way), the crown of the child’s head should be covered with a pad of cotton soaked in oil,
* ‘ Karmani kriyamani,’ in the progressive form, evidently means ‘ while the acts (for the expulsion of the placenta) are being done.’ Some of the Bengali translators have misunderstood the passage.
Two pieces of stone are directed to be rubbed against each other to produce a harsh, grating noise which quickly rouses the babe into life.
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