Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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or, if the blood has been vitiated by the phlegm, it should, at the outset, be taken out by means of AlSvu (the dried fruits of Cucurbita lagenaria). 89
[The dried husk of the fruit of Cucurbita lagenaria, pointed by using a knife, is employed for letting out the vitiated blood.]
That artery (in blood-letting) should be pierced which is near to the region that is affected by Erysipelas ;
Since (if the vitiated blood be not let out), it may, by its vitiation, vitiate the skin, the flesh, and the tendons. 9°
[The necessity of blood-letting is explained in this verse. The vitiated blood, if not let out, is sure to vitiate the skin and the rest.] Of a person whose faults have been expelled in this way, if the faults still linger in the skin and the flesh, then the outward treat¬ ment that should be adopted for conquering his attenuated faults is first laid down below. 9*
A plaster applied on the affected part, consisting of the bark of Udumvara {Ficus glomerata ), Madhuka (liquorice), the filaments of Padma (flowers of the lotus), Utpala (flowers of Nymphoea stellata), Nagapushpa (flowers of Mesua- ferrea) and Priyungu {Aglaia Roxburghiana), proves beneficial. 92
The new roots of Nyagrodha {Ficus bengalensis ), the solid stem of Kadali {Musa sapientum ), and the root-stock of the lotus, reduced to paste and mixed with ghee that has been washed a hundred times, form an excellent plaster for the part effected, 93
LESSON XXI.]
CHARAKA-SAMHITA.
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The wood called ‘Kaliya’ (otherwise called ‘Pita-chandana’ or yellow sandal), Madhuka (liquorice), Hema (the flowers of Mesua f erred), Valya (otherwise called Amalaki, i. e., Phyllanthus Emblica ), (red) sandal wood, Padmaka (otherwise called Padmakashta), Patra (the leaves of Cinnamomum Tamala), Mrinala (lotus stalks), and . Phalini (otherwise called ‘Priyangu’ i. e., Aglaia Roxburghiand), reduced to paste and mixed with ghee , form a good plaster.* 94
£aluka (the root-stock of Nymphoea stellata), Mrinala (lotus stalks), £ankha (the pulv of conch-shells), Chandana (red sandal wood), Utpala (the flowers of Nymphcea stellata), and the roots of Vetasa (i Calamus Rotang), reduced to paste and mixed with ghee, form a good plaster (for the part affected with Erysipelas).]- 95
£ariva ( Ichnocarpus frutescens ), Padmakinjalka (the filaments of lotus flowers), Ushira (the roots of Andropogon muricatus ), Nilotpala (the flowers of Nymphcea stellata), Manjishtha ( Rubia cordifolia),. Chandana (red sandal wood), Lodhra ( Symplocos racemosa), and and Abhaya (chebulic myrobalans), reduced to paste, form another plaster for application in Erysipelas. 96
Nalada (otherwise called ‘Ushira,’ i. e., the roots of Andropogon muricatus), Harenu ( Piper aurantiacum ), Lodhra ( Symplocos racemosa ), Madhuka (liquorice), Padma (the flowers of Nelumbium speciosum ), Durva ( Panicum Dactylon), and Sarjjarasa (the exudation of Shorea robusta), reduced to paste and mixed with ghee, form a good plaster for application in Erysipelas. 97
The ‘£aktu’ of Yava (z. e., the pulv of fried barley), mixed with ghee, as also Madhuka (liquorice), Vira ( Doodia logopodioides) and the pulv of fried barley, mixed with ghee, should be used as plaster in Erysipelas. 98 f For Qaluka’ the Calcutta and the Bombay editions read ‘Cfadwala,’ meaning the blade of Panicum Dactylon. Gangadhara takes ‘Mrinala’ in this and the previous verse, as implying ‘Ushira’ or the roots of Andropogon muricatus.
* Some texts read ‘Ushira’ for ‘Phalini.’ The former means the roots of Andropogon muricatus. Calcutta edition reads Ela (seeds of Elletaria cardamomum ) for Patra (leaves of Cinnamomum Tamala). — T.
For also ‘GhritSplutah,’ other texts reat ‘Satandulah’ meaning ‘mixed with rice (reduced to paste).’— T.
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C HI KITS A S THANA.
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Bala (Sida cor dif olid), Utpala (the flowers of Nymphoea stellata ),
. £aluka (the root-stock of Nymphoea stellata ), Vila (. Doodia logopod'ioides ), Aguru ( Aquilaria Agullochd), arid' Chandana (red sandal' wood), reduced to pujv, form a plaster for Erysipelas.
Mrinala (lotus stalks) and Visa (the small roots attached to the root-stock of Nymphoea stellata), form another plaster for application in Erysipelas. 99
The flour of Yava (barley), mixed with Madhuka (honey) and ghee, form a plaster for application in Erysipelas.
Harenu ( Piper aurantiacum), Masura (the seeds of Cicer lens), Mudga (the seeds of PKaseolus Mungo), and ‘£sli’ rice of the white variety, each reduced to paste and mixed with ghee , forms a good plaster in Erysipelas ; or, all of these, reduced to paste and mixed with ghee, make a good plaster for application in the disease.
The cold clay obtained from below the root-stock of Tadmini (lotus-stalks), or the pulv of Muktika (pearls), or of £ankha (conchshells), or of Pravala (corals), or of £ukti (oysters), or of Gairika (ochre, i. e., red earth obtained from mountains), each mixed with ghee , forms, a good plaster for application in Erysipelas. 190-102
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