Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

The wind (of one who suffers from such diarrhoea) becomes strong in its own seats. The bile also of such a person becomes provoked and unites with the wind (for afflicting pain). For .the conquest of the excited wind and bile, the administration of enemata is bene¬ ficial : I25

Unto that person who discharges blood either with or before or after the evacuation of stools (in diarrhoea), the physician should prescribe ‘(^atavari-ghrita.’ as a linctus for him. 126

[The composition of ‘£atavari-ghrita’ has been explained, ante, in; this lesson.]

Of a patient who confines himself to beneficial diet, this disease (viz., the discharge of blood either with before or after the evacuation

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of stools) is quickly conquered by a linctus made of newly raised cheese mixed with sugar of half its measure and honey of a fourth part of its measure. I27

[‘Hitaginah’ is ‘of one who confines himself to beneficial diet. What is stated here is that the linctus described does great good if the patient’s diet be proper.]

Take the sprouts of Nyagrodha ( Ficus Bengalensis ) Udumvara [Ficus glomerata), and Acwattha ( Ficus religiosa) : pound them to¬ gether and drench them iirhot water for a day and night. Boil ghee with this water. 128

Adding (to the boiled ghee) sugar of half its measure, and also honey of a fourth of its measure, make a linctus which a patient who suffers from both a downward and an upward discharge of blood is to lick. I29

[The measure of water in which the sprouts are to be drenched should be four times that of the sprouts. The measure of the in- - fusion also should be four times that of the ghee which is to be boiled in it.]

If one who has become weakened (by discharges of blood) in¬ dulges, from ignorance, in such articles of food and drink as are provocative of bile, death overtakes him soon in consequence of violent inflammation (followed by suppuration) of the rectum. 130

[What is stated here is this : violent inflammation of the rectum sets in owing to indulgence in bile-provoking food and drink. This inflammation soon carries off the patient.]

In diarrhoea bom of (excited) phlegm, fasts and the administration of ‘pachanas’ at the outset are beneficial.

The administration (after this) of drugs included in the group called ‘Dipana’ which are, as already laid down, curative of diar¬ rhoea characterised by the discharge of mucus with the stools, is prescribable. J3i

[‘Langhana’ means fast, as also the taking of very light food . sparingly. ‘Dipana’ are medicines which kindle the digestive fire and increase the appetite. ‘As already laid down’ refers to verses

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45 and 46 ante of this lesson. Amongst ‘Dipana’ drugs are Piper Zongum , dry ginger, coriander seeds, &c.]

If the phlegm-born diarrhoea does not abate of a person who has been made to observe fasts and take ‘pachanas’ and who has been treated with ‘dipanas,’ agreeably to the order laid down, he should be treated with such medicines as are alleviative of phlegm. 132

Vilwa (raw fruits of AEgle marmelos ), Karkataka (otherwise called Karkatagringi, i. e., Rhus succedatiea ), Musta (the tubers of Cyperus ■rotundas') Abhaya (chebulic myrobalans), and Vigwabhesaja (dry :ginger) ;

Vacha {Acorns Calamus ), Vidanga {Embelia Ribes\ Bhutika (other¬ wise called Yamani, i. e,, the seeds of Ptychotis Ajowan), DhSnyaka (coriander seeds), and Siaradaru {Pinus deodara) ; '33

Kushtha ( Aplotaxis auriculata ), AtivishS {Aconitum heterophyllum\ Paths (otherwise called Akanadi, i. e., Cissampelos hernandifolia ), Chavya ( Piper Chaba ) and Katurohini {Picrorrhiza Kurroa) ;

Fippali (the fruits of Piper longum ), Pippali-mula (the roots of Piper longum ), Chitraka {Plumbago Zeylamm\ and Hastipippali {Pothos officinalis) ; >34

These four combinations of drugs laid down in the four halfverses above, should be administered in phlegm-born diarrhoea. Their decoctions are to be taken.

They are capable of enkindling the digestive fire. J3S

Black Ajaji (otherwise called Krishnajiraka, i. e., the seeds of Nigella sativa), Pstha {Cissampelos hernandifolia ), Nagara (dry ginger), and Maricha (black pepper), the measure of each being equal, with DhStaki {Woodfordia floribunda) of twice the measure :

Reduce these to pulv and dissolve the pulv in the expressed juice of Matulunga {Citrus medico). The patient should drink the preparation. *3$

RasSnjana (galena), Ativisha {Aconitum heterophyllum), the fruits of Kutaja {Holarrhena antidysenterica ), each of equal measure, and DhStaki {Woodfordia floribunda ) of twice the measure ;

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Reduce these to pulv, and dissolve the pulv in honey, adding the ipulv of Nagara (dry ginger).

The patient should be given this preparation to drink. J37

Dhataki ( Woodfordia floribunda ), NSgara (dry ginger), Vilwa (raw fruits of AEgle marmelos dried). Lodhra ( Symplocos racemosa ), and Padraakegara (the filaments of Nelumbium speciosum ) ;

The bark of Jambu {Eugenia Jambolana), Nagara (dry ginger), Dhanya (coriander seeds), Patha {Cissampelos hernandifolia), Mocharasa (the exudation of Bombax Malabaricum ), and BalS (Sida cordifolid) ;