Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

Of one whose strength and flesh have not diminished, of one whose disease has arisen from indulgence in luxurious food and drink, of a strong patient whose blood-bile is marked by faults that are excited in a large degree, but is without supervening afflictions of any kind, and of one who is fit for the administration of correctives in time, the disease, if it has an upward course, should be checked by purgatives ; and if it has a downward course, by emetics. 54-55

The powder of Trivit ( Convolvulus Turpethum ), that of AbhayS (chebulic myrobalans), the fruit of Aragbadha ( Cassia fistula ), Trayamana ( Ficus heterophylla ), the roots of Gavakshi ( Cucumis colocynthis ), the fruits of Amlaka ( Phyllanthus Emblica ), mixed with a large measure of honey and sugar, should be administered by a physician possessed of wisdom, as purgatives.-

The meat-juice of the animals mentioned above, obtained by boiling the flesh in the decoction of these, is especially beneficial in blood-bile. 56-57

‘Mantha’ mixed with the paste of the fruit of Madana (Randia dumetorum ), as also with honey and sugar, should be administered for vomiting.f

Or, (hot) water mixed with sugar and the paste of Madana (fruit of Randia dumetoruni) may be given ;

Or, the juice of Ikshu (sugarcane), mixed with the paste of Madana (fruit of Randia dumetoruni), ; 58

Or, the seeds of Vatsaka (otherwise called Indrayava, i. e., Holarrhena antidysenterica ), the tubers of Musta ( Cyperus rotundus ), .the fruit of Madana ( Randia dnmetornm ), Madhuka (liquorice), and

* ‘VahudoshSnam’ implies patients in whom the faults have been greatly excited.— T. t The direction about the preparation of ‘Mantha’ is that the decoction of raisins, &c., should be taken ; the flour of barley, or of wheat, or of fried paddy, should then be mixed with it to give it the needful consistence — T.

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Madhu (honey), form excellent emetics in blood-bile having a down¬ ward course. 59

In blood-bile having an upward course, for a person whose bowels have been cleared, ‘Tarpanas’, in the, order in which they have been laid down, are beneficial.

In blood-bile having a downward course, (for a person whose bowels are clear), gruels and the rest are beneficial, if the wind be not predominant.* 60

One that has strength and flesh, one that is afflicted by weight of grief or .by the toil of walking, one that is afflicted by the heat of fire or the sun, or one that has been weakened by other afflictions, -one that is pregnant, one that is of advanced years, one that is of tender years, one that is accustomed to dry and sparing food, should be known as unfit for the administration of purgatives and emetics if suffering under blood-bile. 6i--6s

If, again, consumption supervenes upon blood-bile, neither purga¬ tives, nor emetics, should be administered. For persons of this description, when they suffer from blood-bile, treatment by adminis¬ tering medicines called ‘Sansamanas’ (alleviatives) is beneficial.

As regards ‘Samsamanas’, they are laid down below. 63

The decoction of Atarushaka (otherwise called Vasaka, i. e. Justicta Adhatodd ), Mridwika (raisins), and Pathya (chebulic myrobalans) mixed with sugar, as also with honey, is alleviative of asthma, con¬ sumption, and blood-bile.f 64

Into the decoction of Atarushaka (Justicia Adhatodd ), should be thrown a Priyangu (Aglaia Roxburghiana) Saurashtra earth, Anjana (Galena or sulphide of lead), Lodhra Symplocos racemosus), and honey. This medicine is alleviative of blood-bile. It should therefore, be drunk by one suffering under that disease.} 65

* ‘VavSgwSdi’, that is, gruels and the rest, meaning gruels which constitute ‘Pey£’ anp which should be prepared according to the directions already laid down. Vide verses 43 &c. ofithis Lesson. — T.

+ Such decoctions, so-mixed, which are cooling, are called ‘Sansamanas.’— T. i Some take ‘Anjana’ to mean the juice of Berbris Asiatica. 'In fact, Bengal physicians *ake the word to mean galena ; while in the N. W. Provinces, it is always taken for the juice of Btrberis Asiatica.— T.

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Into the decoction of Atarushaka (Justicia Adhatodd) should be thrown the paste of Padmakâshtha (the fragrant wood of that name brought from Malwa and southern India), that of Padmakinjalka (the filaments of the lotus), that of Durba {Panicum Daclylon ), that of Vastuka (the potherb called Chenopodium album), that of Utpala ( Nymphcea stellata), that of Nagapushpa ( Mesua f erred), and that of Lodhra ( Symplocos racemosus ). It should be drunk in the •same way, viz., by adding to it honey and sugar\ 66

Prapaundarika (the root-stock of Nymphcea lotus), liquorice, and honey,' dissolved in the expressed juice of horse-dung, or the roots of Yavasa ( Hedysarum Alhagi), and those of Bhringarâja ( Verbesina ealendulacea), reduced to paste and dissolved in the expressed juice <of cowdung, form good ‘peyas’ (drinks) that are alleviative of bloodbile. Each of these should be mixed with water in which (sun-dried) rice has been washed.