Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

Take the roots and fruits and calyxes of such plants and trees as are destructive of wind as also of all the three faults when they exhibit themselves with force. Boil them together for obtaining their decoction. When agreeably warm, pour the decoction into a jar or a smaller vessel (metallic or earthen) or into a tube. Rub the patient with some Oils, having boiled it previously wdth the proper ingredients, and cover his body with a piece of cloth. Gently pour or sprinkle over the patient the said decoctions, (using the jar or smaller vessel or tube ). This kind of Sweda is Parisheka.*42 t ‘Vatika’ means ‘ Vatahara,’ i.e. capable of destroying disorders of the wind. ‘Uttara — vatikani’ is ‘ pravala-vatatridoshaharani,’ i.e., capable of destroying all the three faults of wind, bile, and phlegm, even when they appear in a violent form ‘ Varshunika ’ is a kind of small vessel. Its exact shape is not known. ‘ Pranadi ’ i

* A Vyama is the lengthmeasured by the outstreched arms of a grown up per¬ son. — T.

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Take of the articles that are destructive of wind a sufficient -quantity. Boil them together for obtaining their decoction. Mix the decoction with Milk, Oil, Ghee, and broth of the proper meat. Pour the mixture into a large tub or trough of warm water and cause the patient to bathe in that, tub or trough, Such Swedanam is called Avagaha.43

If the sixth kind of Sweda, which is jentaka, has to be applied, the land must first be examined, Some spot to the east or the north (of the residence of the patient) should be selected. It should be fertile and of wide extent. The soil should be black in color and sweet to the taste, or it may be of a golden complexion. It should be situated on either the south or the west of some river or lake or tank full of Water, and very near to its shore or bank. It should be perfectly level. Selecting a particular spot removed from the water by about seven or eight cubits, a round chamber should be erected, facing either the east or the north. It should, however, face the piece pf water near to Which it is to be erected. Its height should' be sixteen cubits, Its circumference also should be of -the same length. The walls and the roof should be of Earth and should be well-plastered over with mud. There should be many holes Or Windows in the walls. Within this cham¬ ber, there should be constructed, ( touching the Walls ) all around, but excluding only the space about the door, a ridge of mud whose height should be one cubit and breadth the same. Upon the floor sould then be constructed an oven whose Cricumference should be four cubits, and height twice that of a full grown man. This oven should be of earth. It should have many small holes, and its mouth' should be covered. A hollow space should be left within it for holding ( burning ) charcoal. Fill the oven with the wood of Khadira, of Atjwakarna, and of other kinds of sacred trees, and set fire to the wood thus placed therein. When the physician under¬ stands that the wood has been burnt off' and that only a smokeless

‘Nalika.’ The jar, smaller vessel, and the tube must all have many holes in them for the facility of pouring the liquid gradually or in little quantities. The warmth should be agreeable, i.e., capable of being borne without torture. — T,

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