Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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The ‘swarasa’ or expressed juice of Bala (Sida cordifolia ). Atibala (Si da rhombifolia), Chandana (Pterocarpus santilinus ),' Aguru (Aquilaria Agallocha ), Dhava ( Canocarpus latifolia). Tinisa (Dalbergia oojeinensis ), Khadira (Acacia catechu), (^incapa ( Dalbergia sidoo), Asana ( Pentaptera tomentosa ), and the ‘swarasa’ of the ten plants ending with Punarnava which have been mentioned as capable of preventing the effects of age, viz., Amrita (Tinospora cordifolia), Abhaya, (Chebulic myrobalans), Dhattri (Phyllanthus Emblica), Mukta (Vanda Roxburghii), Sweta Aparajita (Clitoria ternatea) of the white variety, Jivanti (Caelogyne ovalis), Stirasa (Asparagur racemosus), Mandkaarni (Hydrocotile Asiatica), Sthira (Hedysarum gangeticum), and Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa) ;* should be taken like the ‘Rasayana’ made of Nagbala (Sida alba) spoken of as above.f 3*
If the ‘swarasa’ or expressed juice (in the cases mentioned above) be not obtainable, the following is the method by which a substitute may be found for ‘swarasa.’
The articles whose ‘swarasa’ is wanted, pounded into powder. An ‘adhaka’ of the powder should be steeped in a adhaka’ of water for a day and night.
It should then be stirred and strained through a piece of cloth.
The liquid thus obtained should be regarded and used as ‘swarasa.’J 32
BHALLATAKA-KSHIRA.
OR
THE MILK OF (SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM).
Proclaiming such fruits of Bhallataka (Semecarpus Anacardium) as are unharmed, undiseased, full in respect of juice, size, and energy t What is meant by the ‘swarasa’ of these being prescribable like the ‘Rasayana’ of Nagbala is that the directions laid down for the administration of the latter apply to that of the former. The virtues also of the two medicines are equal. — T.
* These ten are spoken of as ‘Vayasthapana’, i. e., capable of preventing the effects of age. ( Vide Lesson IV, Sutrasthana, ante.)
t An ‘adhaka’ of water, in such connection, implies not 8 but 16 seers, for the general rule is that the liquid should be of twice the measure of the solid or solids. — T.
CHARAKA-SAMHITA,
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■i. e. virtues), like unto ripe fruits of Euginia jainbolana , (in-respect of colour), in the month of ‘£uchi’ or ‘£ukra’, they should be buried in a heap of barley or of Phaseolus radiatus. 33
After keeping them in that state for four months they should be taken out, the time of administration being the month of ‘Sahasa’ or ‘Sahasya.’ 34
Before taking the medicine, the body should be nourished with cooling, oily, and sweet :
Taking ten of the fruits, pound them into powder. Cook the powder properly in water that is of eight times the measure of the powder taken. 35
The cooking should go on till an eighth of the water remains in the pot.
It should then be strained and drunk, mixing it with milk.
Before drinking it, one’s mouth should be wetted with ghee. 36
Beginning with ten fruits one should increase the number by one every day till it reaches thirty. It should then be decreased by one every day till it reaches ten again. 37
In the administration of the Bhallatakas, there should be no excess above the number thirty. Nor should one take more than a thousand fruits, agreeably to the method indicated. 38
Allowing a sufficient time for the digestion of the medicine, one may take ‘£ali’ and ‘Shasthika’ rice, mixing it with ‘ghee’ and milk.
After the period is over of taking the medicine, one should take two meals a day (that is, one in the morning and one in the evening).* 39
In consequence of the administration of this medicine, one is enabled to live for a hundred years without any sign of decrepitude or decay.
Its virtues, in other respects, are the same as those of the ‘Rasayanas’ already spoken of. 4°
* ‘Qachan £ukre va masi’, that is, in the month of ‘Jaishtha’ or ‘Ashada’ corresponding nearly with 15th of June to 15th of July, or 15th of July to 15th of August.
‘Sapasi sahasye va masi’, that is, in the month of Agrahayana or Pausha, corresponding nearly with 15th November to 15th December, or 15th December to 15th January. — T.
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CHAR AKA - SAMH.IT A.
BHALLATAKA-KSHANDA,
SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM AND HONEY.
' Take a certain number of ‘Bhallatakas’, or fruit of Semecarpus Anacardium (of the kind mentioned above and collected also accord¬ ing to the method indicated above) ;
These should be pounded (into a paste) and kept in a vessel having a hole at the bottom ;
Take another (earthen) jar that is strong and: that has been allow¬ ed to absorb as much ghee as possible ;
Bury the last-mentioned jar up to its neck in the ground ;
Place the vessel with a, hole at the bottom upon the buried vessel ;
The upper vessel (in which the pounded fruits are kept) should have its mouth covered with an (earthen) cup, and black earth should be plastered over it (fpr sealing the mouth hermetically ;
The upper vessel should then be heated with fire made with dried cowdung (obtained from fields and forests). 41
It will be seen that the ‘swarasa’ or juice of the fruits will then descend into the buried (or lower) jar ;
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