Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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Palankasha (otherwise called Guggula, or Balsamodendron Mukul), VachS ( Acorus Calamus), Pathya (chebulic myrobalans), Vrigchikali ( Tragia involucrata), Arka ( Calatropis giganted), Sarshapa (mustard seeds of the white variety), JatilS (otherwise called Jatamansi or Nardostachys Jatamansi ), Putana, (chebulic myrobalans),* Kagi ( Corydalis Govaniana ), Langali ( Gloriosa superb a), \ assafcetida, Choraka ( Andropogon acicularis). Laguna (garlics), AtirasS (liquorice born in water), Chitra (otherwise called Chitraka or Plumbago Z eylanica),% Kushtha ( Aplotaxis auriculatd), and as much of the dung of carnivo¬ rous birds as may be procurable :
Oil boiled with these drugs, in goat’s urine of four times its measure, forms a collyrium that is capable of curing epilepsy.
With these drugs, again, the patient may be fumigated.
They form also an excellent plaster for persons afflicted with epilepsy. 32-34
Pippali ( Piper longum), Saindhava salt, 9’gru ( Moringa pterygosperma ), assafcetida, the leaves of Ferula assafcetida, Kakoli, mustard seeds, Kakanasa ( Asclepias curassavica ), Kaitarya ( Myrica sapida\ {Pterocarpus santalinus ), and the shoulders of a dog, the nails of a dog, and the ribs of a dog, should all be pounded together with the urine of the goat, when the constellation called Pushya is ascendant.
The paste thus obtained forms a good plaster for epilepsy. 35-36
Sticks may also be made of it for fumigating the patient.
Apetarakshasi (otherwise called Krishna Tulsi, viz., the black variety of Ocimum sanctum), Kushtha ( Aplotaxis auriculatd), Putana (otherwise called Haritaki, i. e., chebulic myrobalans), Kegi (otherwise called Bhutakegi, i e., Corydalis Govaniana), and Choraka ( Andropogon f Some texts read ‘Nakuli,’ *. e., a variety of Vanda Roxburghii.
* Chebulic myrobalans have been mentioned once above. The second mention of the same implies that double the quantity should be taken.
+ Chitra is taken by Gangadhara to mean Danti, i. e., Croton folyandrum. It stands sometimes for M anjishtha , ?, e., Rubia cordifolia, — T.
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CHAR A KA-SAMHITA.
aciculatus ), pounded with (cow’s) urine, form a paste that should be rubbed over the body of a person afflicted with epilepsy.
The patient may also be sprinkled over with the urine of the cow (with good results). 37
The dung of the bat, or the ashes of the goat’s hair, or those of the hair on cows’ tails, forms a good plaster for persons afflicted with epilepsy. 38
The urine of a ‘Kapila’ cow is highly beneficial as a cerebral pur¬ gative for persons afflicted with epilepsy.
The urine of the dog, of the jackal, of the cat, and of the lion, are also regarded as beneficial (when used in a similar way). 39
Bhargi ( Siphonanthus Indica ), Vacha ( Acorus Calamus ), Nagadanti (otherwise called Hastidanti, i. e., Heliotropium Indicum)*
£weta ( Clitoria Tematea of the white-flowered variety), and £atavishfinika ( Asclepias geminata),
Jyotishmati ( Cardiospermum Halicacabun ), and Nagadanti, — these three sets of drugs mentioned in the three successive feet of this verse, should be pounded with cow’s urine. Five or six drops of the expressed juice of each of these three sets thus pounded, should be administered by the physician as a cerebral purgative to a person afflicted with epilepsy.
The three myrobalans {viz., Chebulic, Emblic, and Belleric), Vyosha (i. e., the three acrids, viz., dry ginger, the fruits of Piper longum, and black pepper), Pitadru (otherwise called DSruharidra, i. e., Berberis Asiatica ), the ashes of barley shoots, Phanijjhaka (a variety of Ocimum sanctum ), Cyama ( Echites frutescens), Apamarga ( Achyranthes aspera) aud Karanjaphala (the fruits of Pongamia glabra,. syn. Galedupa Indica ), should be pounded together in goat’s urine.
Oil boiled with this paste forms an excellent cerebral purgative that is curative of epilepsy. 40-42
* Nagadanti or Hastidanti is commonly identified with Hastisunda or Heliotropium Indicum. This, however, is incorrect. By Nagadanti is meant garden radish ; but in medical scriptures, this meaning is not taken. It implies a plant whose leaves are indented. In Bengali, it is called ‘Cherapata-Danti,’ i. e., Danti with indented leaves. — T.
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Pippali ( Piper longum) Vrischikali ( Tragia involucrata ), Kushtha ( Aplotaxis auticulata ), the (five) salts, and Bhargi ( Siphonanthus Indicd) pounded together into a pulv, form a highly beneficial cerebral purgative in epilepsy.* 43
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