Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

As regards those whose phlegm does not show signs of coming out (that is, whose phlegm becomes adherent), as also those to whom ‘Sweda’ has not been applied (followed by the administration of oils), and those that are weak, emetics and purgatives should not be ad¬ ministered, since by administering these, the wind is given an oppor-

* ‘Atiyoga’ is excess of correlation. Here it refers, as Gang'! dhara explains, to the excessive administration of emetics. — T.

f ‘Qamanas’ are medicines that cool and oilify the system. They are also called ‘SamQarnanas’. Vide Lesson on Tarpana in Sutrashana. It should be remarked that the classifications made in verse 86 are not followed logically in 89.— T.

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[489 tunity to show its force. It then dries up the vital parts and speedily destroys the life-breaths.* 9°

Those that are strong, that are of copious phlegm, and that have undergone the process of ‘Sweda’, should first be treated with the meat-juice of animals that live in the water or in marshy regions, and after this should correctives (emeties and purgatives, &c.' be admi¬ nistered unto them.

As regards others (z. <?., those that are weak, that are of copious wind, that are old, or of tender years'1, the physician should treat with medicines (and regimen; that are nutritive. 91

Peacocks, francoline partridges, fowl (hens), and the rest, as also animals and birds of the wilderness, — these boiled in the decoction of the group of the ten roots, or in the decoction of the seeds of ‘Kulattha’ ( Dolichos biflorus ), are beneficial (as nutritive regimen ).f 92

Nidigdhika (otherwise called KantakSri, i. e., Solarium Xanthocurpuni), the kernel of Vilwa {AEgle marmelos, raw fruits of which are taken), Karkata (otherwise called Karkatafringi, i. e., Rhus succedanea ), Duralabha (. Hedysarum Alhagi), Trikantaka (otherwise called Gokshura, i. e., Tribulus lanuginosus), Guduchi {Tinospora cor dif olid) the seeds of Kulattha {Dolichos biflorus ), and the roots of Chitraka, {Plumbago Zeylanica').

These should be boiled in water for their decoction which should be strained through a piece of clean cloth.

To the decoction, thus strained, should be thrown the pulvs of Pippali ( Piper longum ), Nagara (dry ginger), and salt. The com¬ pound should then be fried in ghee.

Thus prepared, the decoction is beneficial to take with meals, j 93-94

* The sense seems to be this : emetics and purgatives are not to be administered to those whose phlegm is adherent, who have not undergone the processes of ‘Sweda’, and who are weak.— T.

-j- Meat-juice prepared from the flesh of these birds and animals, are nutritive. These are prescribable for the classes of persons mentioned in the second para of verse 91 above.— T.

J This decoction is another nutritive regimen prescribable for the classes of persons mentioned in the last portion of verse 91 above. The commentators explain that seven of

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Râsna ( VandaRoxburghii), BalS (Sida cordifolia ), the group of* the smaller five roots (*. e., the roots of (^alparni or Hedysarum Gangeticum, Prisniparni or Doodia logopodioides, Vrihati or Solanum Indica, and Kantakari or Solanum Xauthocarpum , and Gokshura or Tributus lanoginosus), the seeds of Mudga ( Phaseolus Mungo ), and the roots of Chitraka (Plumbago Zeylanica ) :

These (with the exception of tlfb seeds of Mudga) should be boiled in water. In the decoction thus obtained the soup (of the seeds of Mudga) should be cooked as before (?'. e., the same pulvs as those mentioned in the previous verse should be added and the compound should also be firied in ghee). 95

The leaves of Matulunga ( Citrus medico), the leaves of Nimba . ( Melia Azadirachta ), and also those of Kulaka (otherwise called Patola, i. e., Trichosanthes dioica), the seeds of Mudga ( Phaseolus Mungo), and Vyosha (the three acrids, viz., dry ginger, the fruits of Piper longuin, and black pepper), should be boiled together and a ‘Kshara-yusha’ should be prepared. 96

To the decoction of the drugs mentioned above the following should be added, viz., ‘Kshara’ (the ashes of green barley shoots', ‘Saindhava’ salt, the seeds of £igfu (Moringa pterygosperma), and black pepper.

The ‘Yusha’ (soup), prepared with judicious measures of the above ingredients, conquers hiccup and asthma. 97

The soups of Mudga (seeds of Phaseolus Mungo) and the rest, cooked in the decoction of the leaves of Kasamardda ( Cassia Sophora) or in that of the leaves of (^obhanjana (Moringa pterygosperma ), or in that of dried radishes, are capable of alleviating hiccup and asthma. 98

The soups of Mudga (seeds of Phaseolus Mungo'', and the rest, with the fruits of Vartaku (Solatium Mel ongena), and curds and the pulvs of Vyosha (the three acrids, viz., dry ginger, the fruits of Piper longum, and black pepper), fried in ghee, are beneficial in hiccup and asthma.

these are boiled together, and that the Seeds of Kulattha are boiled separately. The two decoctions are mixed together, and the pulvs are added, and the compounded product is fried in ghee. — T.

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