Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

Or, the expressed juice of cowdung or horse-dung, mixed with honey and sugar, may be licked.

The flowers, reduced to powder, of Khadira ( Acacia acuminata ), and £&lmali (. Bombax Malabaricum), mixed with honey, should be licked by a person afflicted by blood-bile. 67-69

The fruit of (^ringataka ( Trapa bispinosa), fried paddy, the tubers of Mustaika ( Cyperus rotundus), and the seeds of Kharjjura (date), reduced to powder and mixed with honey, or the filaments of the lotus, mixed with honey, should be licked. 7®

The flesh of fowl and animals having their habitat in the wilder¬ ness, mixed with honey, should be licked.

When the blood of the patient becomes collected in ducts, he should then lick the dung of doves, mixed with honey. 71

Ushira (the roots of Andropogon muricatum), Kaliyaka (a variety •of yellow sandal wood , Lodhra ( Symplocos racemosa), Padmaka (a fragrant wood), Priyangu ( Aglaia Roxburgkiana), Katphala ( Myrica sapida), £ankha (conchs), Gairika (red chalk', — these eight should be powdered, each separately.

To the powder of each should be added an equal measure of the powder of red sandal wood.

Sugar should next be added. Each -of the powders thus prepared should then be dissolved in water in which (s.un-dried) rice has be eh washed, 7 3

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CH A RA KA - SA MHITA .

Each of these drinks alleviates blood-bile, the disease called ‘Tamaka’ (a severe variety of asthma which is accompanied by the sight of darkness all around); as also thirst, and burning of the skin.

Kirfitatikta ( Agatkotes Cherayta ), Kramuka (betel-nut), Musta (tubers of Cyperus rotundus ), Prapaundarika (the fragrant wood of that name brought from Malwa and southern India;, Kamala ( Nelum - bium speciosum), Utpala ( Nymphcea stellatd, the 'roots of Hrivera ( Pavonia odorata), the leaves of Patola ( Trichosanthes dioica), Duralabha {Alhagi Maurorum ), Parppataka {Oldenlandia biflora ), Mrinala (lotus stalks), the bark of Dhananjaya (otherwise called Arjun'a, i. e., Pentaptera Arjund , that of Udumvara ( Ficus glomerata ), that of Vetasa ( Calamus rotang), that of Nyagrodha ( Ficus Indica ), £sleya ( Fceniculum Vulgare, or fennel seeds), the bark of Yavasaka ( Alhagi Mauroram ), Tuga (otherwise called Vangsalochana, i. e., bambu manna), Lata (otherwise called (^yamalata, i. e., Echites frutescens ), Nagega ( Mesua f erred), Tanduliya ( Amaranikus polygamus'),* £firiva (Asclepias pseudosarsd), Mocharasa (the exudation of Bombax Malabaricum ), and Samanga (otherwise called Varahakranta, i. e., Mimosa pudica ) ;

Each of these should be powdered and mixed with the powder of red sandal wood (in equal measure). Sugar should then be added, and the compound dissolved in water in which (sun-dried) rice has been washed. Each (of these preparations is regarded beneficial in blood-bile. 73-75

Cold infusions (obtained by steeping them in water during night time), or the expressed juice, or the paste (obtained by grinding them in a mortar), or the powder, or the decoction (obtained by boiling them in water) of these, taken separately or in groups, alleviate blood-bile.f 76

The' infusion of these, viz., Mudga ( Phaseolus Mungo'), fried paddy, barley, the fruit of Krishna (otherwise called Pippali, i. e., Piper longnm), Ushira (the roots of Andropogon muricatmri), Musta (tubers of Cyperus rotundus ), and Chandana (Pterocarpus santalinus ), obtained

* Some identify it with Amaranthus spinosus, i. e., ‘Kanta-Natiya’ and not ‘ChampaNatiy5.’^-T.

t Two groups of drugs are mentioned, viz., the groHp referred to in verse 72 and that referred to in verses 73 to 75. What is stated here is that cold infusions, &c,, of either of the groups, or of each drug mentioned in them, are beneficial. — T.

CHAR A K A-S AM HIT A .

n6r by steeping them in the decoction of Bala (Sida cordifolia ), alleviates even seven varieties of blood-bile. 77

The powder of these, viz., Vaiduryya ( lapis lazuli ), pearls, gems, red chalk, Saurashtra earth, conchs, gold, fruit of Amlaka ( Phyllan - thus Emblicd), and Udaka (otherwise called Bala, i. e., Pavonia odo - rata), dissolved in honey and water, or in the expressed juice of the sugarcane, forms a drink which alleviates blood-bile. 78

Take Ushira (the roots of Andropogon muricatum ), Padma ( Nym - phoea lotus), Utpala ( Nymphcea stellata ), and Chandana ( Pterocarpus santalinus). Pound them together and soak the pounded mass in water. Into the infusion thus obtained throw a heated clod of earth. Strain the infusion (through a piece of clean cloth.). When cooled mix it with sugar and honey. This drink should be given to a person afflicted with aggravation of blood. It produces beneficial consequences.* 79