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# The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.10

Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.10.0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.0)

bhayād vā yadi śokād vā yo ' tisāraḥ pravartate |

> The diarrhea that arises from fear or grief—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.1)

atisāras tu bhūyiṣṭhaṃsāma eva sa saṃbhavet | tasmāt sarvamatīsāraṃ laṅghanaissamupācaret ||

> Diarrhea mostly arises along with āma; / therefore, one should treat every diarrhea with fasting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.2)

laṅghayed balavantaṃ ca, dīpanīyāni kārayet | durbalasya tusaṃsargīṃ kārayet tu viriktavat ||

> One should subject a strong patient to fasting and administer digestive-stimulants; / but for a weak patient, one should administer the gradual diet regimen like one who has been purged.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.3)

stimitaṃ yasya guru ca paryādhmātamivodaram | dīpanīyopapapannaṃ tu bahudoṣaṃ tu dehinam ||

> Whose belly is motionless, heavy, and as if distended, / when provided with digestive-stimulants, that person who has abundant humors—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.4)

stokaṃ stokaṃ sraṃsamānaṃ nigṛhītaṃ savedanam | dīpanīyasamāyuktaṃ pāyayetsraṃsanaṃ param ||

> flowing out little by little, retained, accompanied by pain— / combined with digestive-stimulants, one should administer an excellent laxative.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.5)

viśuddhasrotasas tasya doṣeṣu sraṃsiteṣu ca | sukhaṃ tadgrahaṇaṃ kartuṃ pācanaṃ stambha eva ca ||

> When his channels are cleansed and the humors eliminated, / it is easy to bring about binding, cooking, and checking.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.6)

harītakīṃ trikaṭukaṃ hiṅgu sauvarcalaṃ vacām | śuklāmativiṣāṃ caiva pāyayed uṣṇavāriṇā ||

> Harītakī, the three pungents, asafoetida, black salt, sweet flag, / and white ativiṣā—one should make him drink them with hot water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.7)

niyataṃ janitādhmānamatisāraṃ savedanam | sthāpayatyatisaṃvṛddhaṃveleva varuṇālayam ||

> It invariably halts severe, increased diarrhea / accompanied by pain and causing distension, just as the shore halts the ocean.  
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### [6.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.8)

harītakī sātiviṣā hiṅgu sauvarcalaṃ vacā | saindhavaṃ cetipiṣṭāni pāyayed uṣṇavāriṇā ||

> Harītakī along with ativiṣā, asafoetida, black salt, sweet flag, / and rock salt ground together—one should make him drink them with hot water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.9)

āmātisāre yogo ' yaṃ vidhitas tu cikitsakaiḥ | yukte kvāthe prayoktavyo baidyenāpi yaśo ' rthinā ||

> This formulation is prescribed by physicians for diarrhea with āma; / it should be applied as an appropriate decoction even by a physician seeking renown.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.10)

āmātisāro yohyābhyāṃ yogābhyāṃ na nivartate | na sasādhayituṃ śakyohyanyairmārgaśatair api ||

> The diarrhea with āma that is not relieved by these two formulations / cannot be cured by even a hundred other methods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.11)

bhūyiṣṭhamāmaprabhavaḥ kukṣirogaḥkaphātmakaḥ | pravartate nṛṇāṃ tasya śṛṇu samyak cikitsitam ||

> For abdominal disease originating mostly from āma and characterized by phlegm / that arises in men, listen to the proper treatment:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.12)

citrakaḥ pippalīmūlaṃ vacā kaṭukarohiṇī | pāṭhā vatsakabījāni harītakyo mahauṣadham ||

> Citraka, pippalī-root, sweet flag, kaṭukarohiṇī, / pāṭhā, vatsaka seeds, harītakī, and ginger—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.13)

etadāmasamutthānamatisāraṃ savedanam | kaphātmakaṃ sapittaṃ ca varco badhnāti ca dhruvam ||

> this surely binds the stool in painful diarrhea / arising from āma, characterized by phlegm and accompanied by bile.  
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### [6.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.14)

pāṭhā vacā trikaṭukaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ kaṭukarohiṇī | tatsādhupītāny etāniśleṣmātīsāranāśanam ||

> Pāṭhā, sweet flag, the three pungents, kuṣṭha, and kaṭukarohiṇī: / these properly drunk destroy diarrhea caused by phlegm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.15)

bhallātakaṃ śakrayavāḥ pāṭhā kaṭukarohiṇī | yavānyajājīkuṣṭhaṃ ca citrako ' tiviṣā ||

> Bhallātaka, indrayava, pāṭhā, kaṭukarohiṇī, / yavānī, ajājī, kuṣṭha, citraka, ativiṣā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.16)

śaṭī puṣkaramūlaṃ ca tathā hiṅgu harītakī | sauvarcalaṃ śṛṅgaberaṃ gavāṃ mūtreṇa peṣayet ||

> śaṭī, puṣkaramūla, asafoetida, harītakī, / black salt, and ginger—one should grind these with cow's urine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.17)

vaṭakānakṣamātrāṃstānchāyāśuṣkānnidhāpayet | teṣāmekaṃ pibed dvau vā sukhoṣṇenaiva vāriṇā ||

> form pills the size of an akṣa, and store them dried in the shade. / One should drink one or two of them with lukewarm water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.18)

etaddhyāmasamutthānamatisāraṃ savedanam | nudatyarśāṃsi ca tathā tamāṃsīva divākaraḥ ||

> For this dispels painful diarrhea arising from āma, / and likewise hemorrhoids, just as the sun dispels darkness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.19)

grahaṇīdīpanīyāś ca ye yogāḥ parikīrtitāḥ | śleṣmātisāre te kāryāḥkṣāraḥ kṣāraguḍas tathā ||

> The formulations that are proclaimed for stimulating the digestive fire / should be employed in phlegm-diarrhea, as well as alkali and alkali-treacle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.20)

etadāmātisārāṇāṃ śleṣmātīsāriṇām api | cikitsitaṃ samākhyātaṃ pittātīsāriṇāṃ śṛṇu ||

> This treatment has been declared for diarrhea with āma / and for those suffering from phlegm-diarrhea; now hear that for those suffering from bile-diarrhea.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.21)

atisāras tu yaḥ pittāduttho ' tisaratīha saḥ | pācitaṃ stambhayed enaṃ yathāvattannibodha me ||

> When diarrhea arising from bile runs excessively here, / one should check it after it is digested; understand that from me properly:  
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### [6.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.22)

biḍaṃ bilvaśalāṭūni tintriṇīkaṃ sadāḍimam | sauvarcalaṃ dhātakī ca samaṅgā ceti tatsamam ||

> Biḍa salt, unripe bilva fruits, tamarind along with pomegranate, / black salt, dhātakī, and samaṅgā in equal parts—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.23)

kalkapiṣṭaṃ bhavetpeyaṃ kālyamuṣṇena vāriṇā | pittātīsāraśūlārtaṃ naraṃ sadyaścikitsate ||

> ground into a paste, it should be drunk in the morning with hot water; / it immediately treats a man afflicted with pain from bile-diarrhea.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.24)

rasāñjanaṃ sātiviṣaṃ kuṭajasya phalaṃ tvacam | dhātakīṃ śṛṅgaberaṃ ca pāyayet taṇḍulāmbunā ||

> Rasāñjana with ativiṣā, the fruit and bark of kuṭaja, / dhātakī, and ginger—one should make him drink them with rice water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.25)

mākṣīkayukto nudati pittātīsāramulbaṇam | mandaṃ dīpayate cāgniṃ śūlaṃ cāśu nivartayet ||

> Combined with honey, it dispels severe bile-diarrhea, / kindles a sluggish digestive fire, and quickly relieves pain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.26)

pāṭhā dāruharidrāca pippalīmūlam eva ca | phalatvace vatsakasya śṛṅgaberaṃ tathaiva ca ||

> Pāṭhā, dāruharidrā, pippalī-root, / fruit and bark of vatsaka, and ginger—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.27)

etāni kalkapeṣyāṇi pāyayet taṇḍulāmbunā | ambaṣṭhakīśilodbhedaṃ dhātakī cāmlavetasam ||

> these ground into a paste, one should make him drink with rice water. / Ambaṣṭhakī, śilodbheda, dhātakī, amlavetasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.28)

uśīraṃ bālahrīberaṃ dāḍimatvaṅ mahauṣadham | jambūphalaṃ kapitthasya madhyaṃ bilvaśalāṭu ca ||

> uśīra, young hrībera, pomegranate rind, ginger, / jambū fruit, pulp of kapittha, and unripe bilva fruit—  
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### [6.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.29)

etāni caiva tulyāni pāyayet taṇḍulāmbunā | mākṣīkayuktaṃ nudati pittātīsāralakṣaṇam ||

> equal parts of these one should make him drink with rice water; / combined with honey, it dispels the symptoms of bile-diarrhea,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.30)

savātāṃ ca samūlāṃ ca nāśayetparikartikām | samaṅgā niculaṃ lodhraṃ dhātakī madhukaṃ tathā ||

> and destroys gripping pain rooted in and accompanied by wind. / Samaṅgā, nicula, lodhra, dhātakī, madhuka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.31)

vaṭalodhrapravālāś cadāḍimasya phalaṃ tvacam | māṣaparṇīśilodbhedaṃ sāmbaṣṭhākamathāpi ca ||

> shoots of vaṭa and lodhra, fruit and rind of pomegranate, / māṣaparṇī, śilodbheda, along with ambaṣṭhā—  
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### [6.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.32)

pittātisāre dātavyaṃ taṇḍulodakasaṃyutam | samaṅgā dhātakīpuṣpaṃ sāmbaṣṭhākamathāpi ca ||

> these should be given in bile-diarrhea combined with rice water. / Samaṅgā, dhātakī flowers, along with ambaṣṭhā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.33)

pittātisāre padmaṃ ca taṇḍulādbhiḥ piben naraḥ | śaśasyaiṇasya vā raktaṃ madhukaṃ kṛṣṇamṛttikā ||

> and lotus in bile-diarrhea a man should drink with rice water; / or the blood of a hare or deer, madhuka, and black earth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.34)

pittātisāre dātavyaṃ taṇḍulodakasaṃyutam | duṣṭaḥ pittātisārastu gambhīrasthānamāśritaḥ ||

> should be given in bile-diarrhea combined with rice water. / When bile-diarrhea is vitiated and resort has been taken to a deep site,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.35)

atīva sāryate raktamatisārassa raktajaḥ | nīlotpalaṃ bilvatilā madhukaṃ guḍaśarkarā ||

> blood is excessively discharged; that is blood-born diarrhea. / Blue water-lily, bilva, sesame, madhuka, molasses, sugar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.36)

kesaraṃ puṇḍarīkasya kumudaṃ kṣaudram eva ca | ājena payasāpītaṃ raktātīsāranāśanam || nirvāhi |.. |.. |.. |..

> filaments of the white lotus, red water-lily, and honey— / drunk with goat's milk, it destroys blood-diarrhea; \[…\] non-unctuous enema \[…\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.37)

athāsyavarcojananīmanuyuktiṃ pradāpayet | dīptāgnikṣīṇamāṃsasya saśūlasyātisāriṇaḥ ||

> Then one should administer a stool-producing subsequent preparation / to a diarrheic patient whose digestive fire is kindled, whose muscle tissue is emaciated, and who has pain:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.38)

ajasya mahatomadhyādveśavāraṃsaśoṇitam | dadhnātha yāvake siddhaṃ guḍatrikaṭukānvitam ||

> minced meat from the torso of a large goat together with blood, / cooked with curd and barley groats, provided with molasses and the three pungents—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.39)

tena saṃbhojayet kāle mṛdususvinnadehinam | kalpenaitena vārāhaṃkrauñcaṃ māṃsañ ca kārayet ||

> with that one should feed him at the right time, when his body is mildly well-sweated. / By this same procedure one should prepare boar and crane meat;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.40)

etenaiva ca kalpena kārayeccaraṇāyudhān | tittirīn kacchapān lābhānmayūrānkrakarānapi ||

> and by this very procedure one should prepare cocks, / partridges, tortoises, quail, peacocks, and krakara birds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.41)

vātātisāriṇāmetatsamākhyātaṃ cikitsitam | vātātisāre kartavyaṃ sarvamarśaścikitsitam ||

> This treatment has been declared for those suffering from wind-diarrhea; / in wind-diarrhea all the treatments for hemorrhoids should be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.42)

bhayādvā yadi vā śokādyo ' tisāraḥ pravartate | yaḥ kupyati tato doṣas tasya kuryāc cikitsitam ||

> The diarrhea that arises from fear or grief: / whichever humor is aggravated by that, one should treat it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.43)

nityam āśvāsayeyustaṃ suhṛdaś ca vipaścitaḥ | manaḥ prahṛṣṭaṃ kuryāc ca, tadā sampadyate sukhī ||

> Friends and wise persons should constantly reassure him, / and one should make his mind glad; then he becomes happy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.44)

sarvagātraparistabdho vivarṇaḥ stimitaś ca yaḥ | na ca duḥkhaṃ vijānīte parivarjyastathāvidhaḥ ||

> He whose whole body is completely stiff, who is discolored and motionless, / and who does not perceive pain—such a one should be abandoned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.45)

yasya keśāḥ pralupyante balaṃ varṇaś ca hīyate | pariśuṣkamukho yaś ca na sa jīvati taddhidhaḥ ||

> He whose hairs fall out, whose strength and complexion decline, / and whose mouth is thoroughly dried out—such a one does not live.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.46)

viveṣṭamānoyaśśete sarvagātrāṇi vikṣipet | stabdhagātro nasaṃcārī parivarjyastathāvidhaḥ ||

> One who lies writhing, flings about all his limbs, / whose limbs are stiff, and who is unable to move—such a one should be abandoned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.47)

hanuṃdaśati yo ' bhīkṣṇaṃ na vedayati yo ' sukham | jihvāṃ khādati cātyarthaṃ gatāyuriti nirdiśet ||

> He who constantly bites his jaw, does not report pain, / and excessively chews his tongue—one should declare him to have run out his life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.48)

saṃrakṣanvai yaśaḥ prājño na cainaṃ samupācaret | arthaghnaṃ ca yaśoghnaṃ ca na karma samupācaret ||

> Protecting his reputation indeed, the wise \[physician\] should not treat him; / he should not undertake an action that destroys wealth and destroys reputation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.49)

dṛṣṭvā sādhyamasādhyaṃ ca yaḥ karoti sa sidhyati | pūjāṃ ca labhate ' tyarthaṃ vidvatsu ca virājate ||

> He who acts having distinguished the curable and the incurable succeeds; / he also receives great honor and shines among the learned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.50)

viṣūcyās tu pravakṣyāmi cikitsāṃ lakṣaṇāni ca | viruddhagurupiṣṭānnaśākarūkṣarasāśinām ||

> Now I shall expound the treatment and the symptoms of viṣūcikā. / For those who eat incompatible, heavy, floury, vegetable, and dry-tasting foods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.51)

ajīrṇabhojināṃ nityaṃ trayaḥ kupyanti dhātavaḥ | taddoṣabalamudbhūtamārutenavivardhitam ||

> and who constantly eat when suffering from indigestion, the three dhātus become aggravated. / The force of those doṣas, having arisen and increased by wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.52)

adhaścordhvaṃ ca tiryak ca srotāṃsi niruṇaddhyati | ruddhaiś ca mārute ruddhasrotāṃsi niruṇaddhi ca (?) ||

> blocks the channels downwards, upwards, and horizontally; / and when the wind is obstructed by the blocked channels, it also obstructs the channels \[…\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.53)

teṣudoṣaparīteṣu duṣṭenānnarasena ca | ūrdhvaṃ cādhaś cavego ' sya kathaṃcitsaṃpravartate ||

> When these are filled with doṣas and with corrupted chyle, / the urge of this \[disease\] somehow proceeds upwards and downwards.  
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### [6.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.54)

tāṃ vilambīṃ vigarhanti viṣakalpāṃ viṣūcikām | yathāyathotpannaraso deheṣu viṣamāśritaḥ ||

> They condemn that vilambikā, \[and\] viṣūcikā which resembles poison; / as the chyle has arisen in various ways, having resorted irregularly in the bodies,  
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### [6.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.55)

nāḍīssavyākulīkṛtya vardhayet tu balāsakam | tasya kāso jvaro mūrchā bhaktadveṣo vivarṇatā |

> confounding the channels, it increases balāsaka (alasa). / His \[symptoms are\] cough, fever, fainting, aversion to food, discoloration,  
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### [6.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.56)

glāniścaivāvipākaś ca śleṣmasekaḥpravāhikā | uroghātastathātyarthaṃhṛdrogaś cāntrakūjanam ||

> weariness, indigestion, effusion of phlegm, tenesmus, / injury to the chest, excessive heart disease, rumbling in the intestines,  
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### [6.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.57)

vibandho gātrahāniś ca so ' laso nāma dāruṇaḥ | utkleśo vepathuśchardirvidāho veṣṭanaṃ jvaraḥ ||

> constipation, and loss of limbs: that severe \[condition\] is named alasa. / Nausea, trembling, vomiting, burning sensation, writhing, fever,  
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### [6.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.58)

śvāsādhmānaṃ śakṛdbhedo vidviṣṭāhāralakṣaṇam | śleṣmapracurakāsaś ca jṛmbhaṇaṃ hṛdayagrahaḥ ||

> dyspnea, distension, loose stools, signs of aversion to food, / cough with abundant phlegm, yawning, grasping pain in the heart,  
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### [6.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.59)

tathā śvāsaś ca kāsaś ca pārśvaśīrṣarujānvitaḥ | viṣūcyāḥpūrvarūpāṇi svedo gātrasyaśītatā ||

> as well as dyspnea and cough accompanied by pain in the flanks and head. / The premonitory symptoms of viṣūcikā are sweating, coldness of the limbs,  
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### [6.10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.60)

udgāro gurukoṣṭhatvaṃ mūtrānilaśakṛdgrahaḥ | etatpañcavidhaṃ proktamannavibhramalakṣaṇam ||

> eructation, heaviness of the digestive tract, and obstruction of urine, wind, and stool. / This is declared as the fivefold sign of food perturbation.  
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### [6.10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.61)

cikitsāṃ tatra kurvīta sarvāmāmātisāriṇām | upadravāś ca ye proktāḥ viṣūcyāmalasetathā ||

> One should administer treatment there for all \[cases\] of diarrhea with āma, / and for the complications which are stated in viṣūcikā and in alasa.  
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### [6.10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.62)

tāṃścikitsed bhiṣak samyagyathāsvaiś ca cikitsitaiḥ | etadviṣūcyāmākhyātaṃ samāsena cikitsitam ||

> The physician should properly treat them by means of their respective treatments; / this treatment has been declared in brief for viṣūcikā.  
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### [6.10.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.63)

kūratvād asya rogasya bhūyo vakṣyāmi vistaram | viṣūcyāḥ pūrvarūpāṇisaṃniśamya cikitsakaḥ ||

> Because of the cruelty of this disease, I will speak again at length. / Having perceived the premonitory symptoms of viṣūcikā, the physician  
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### [6.10.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.64)

vamanaṃ kārayetkṣipramuṣṇena lavaṇāmbunā | yāvatsa tiṣṭhettasyasyānnānyaduddhāraṇātsukham ||

> should quickly induce emesis with hot salt water. / As long as he remains \[under treatment\], there is no other comfort for him than ejection \[of the doṣas\].  
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### [6.10.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.65)

kārakaṃ ca kaṣāyaṃ syādathavārjunasādhitam | pītaṃ kaṣāyaṃ vamanaṃ sadyo hanti viṣūcikām ||

> There may be a decoction of kāraka, or else prepared with arjuna; / the decoction drunk as an emetic immediately destroys viṣūcikā.  
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### [6.10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.66)

tathā mustādikaḥ kalkaḥ pippalīkalkasaṃyutaḥ | pītaścoṣṇena toyena hanyāt kṣipraṃ viṣūcikām ||

> Likewise, a paste beginning with mustā combined with a paste of pippalī, / drunk with hot water, should quickly destroy viṣūcikā.  
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### [6.10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.67)

viruddhā hi rasā bhuktā dūṣitāḥ pavanādibhiḥ | viṣībhavanti deheṣupūrvavṛddhairmalāśaye ||

> For incompatible tastes that are eaten, corrupted by wind and the other \[doṣas\], / become like poison in the bodies in the receptacle of wastes, increased earlier.  
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### [6.10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.68)

tasmād viṣasamā hyāśu kriyāssarvāḥ prayojayet | dhūmānkaṣāyānvartīś ca pradehotsādanāni ca ||

> Therefore, one should swiftly apply all therapies similar to \[those for\] poison: / medicated smokes, decoctions, wicks, plasters, and unctions;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.69)

avapīḍān pradhamanamagnikarmopanāhanam | saṃsparśānyupacārāṃś ca viṣūcyāṃ kārayetkriyām ||

> nasal pressings, insufflations, cautery, and poultices; / and tactile therapies—one should perform \[these\] procedures in viṣūcikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.70)

bhallātakaṃ trikaṭukaṃ pūtikaṃ kṣavakaṃ balām | phaṇijjaṃ laśunaṃ kuṣṭhaṃkarañjasya phalāni ca ||

> Bhallātaka, the three pungents, pūtika, kṣavaka, balā, / phaṇijja, garlic, kuṣṭha, and the fruits of karañja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.10.71)

triphalāṃ ca yavānīṃ ca kuṭajasya phalāni ca | vartimetāṃ śivāṃ nāma bastamūtreṇa peṣayet || viṣūcalākṣākṣāraś ca jāyate(?) | | | | | | | | | (Bhṣ6.10.2.1) | hanubhyāṃ nigṛhītābhyāmavyaktaṃ vyāharaty api | susaṃhatahanurvāpi na vyāharati kiṃcana || (Bhṣ6.10.2.2.) | snehapānāni nasyaṃ ca svedāḥpathyāśanāni ca | upanāhāś ca śasyante vastayaś cārdite hitāḥ || (Bhṣ6.10.2.3) | dadhyāranālayor droṇe vasā lābhena cāḍhake | ānūpaudakanity ānāṃ māṃsāny api ca lābhataḥ || (Bhṣ6.10.2.4) | tilān kulutthānmāṣāṃś ca badarāṇi yavān balām | dve pañcamūlyau rāsnāṃ caśatamūlāṃ śatāvarīm || (Bhṣ6.10.2.5) | etat sarvaṃ samāhṛtya sādhayenmṛdunāgninā | bāṣpeṇoccaratā tenanāḍīsvedena svedayet || (Bhṣ6.10.2.6) | tailamebhiś ca vipacedabhyañjyāc ca pibec ca tat | etam eva ca sambhāram upanāhaṃ ca kārayet | | (Bhṣ6.10.2.7) | yac cikitsitam ākhyātaṃ vātavyādhivināśanam | tad eva sarvaṃ nikhilam arditeṣv api kārayet || (Bhṣ6.10.2.8) | mahāsnehaṃ balātailaṃ tailaṃ śairīṣam eva vā | pānābhyaṅgeṣu nasyeṣu vastau vāpi prayojayet || (Bhṣ6.10.2.9) | ānūpāni ca māṃsāni veśavāraṃ prakuṭṭayet | nātisnigdhena tenāsya kārayed upanāhanam || (Bhṣ6.10.2.10) | śleṣmaṇā samupastabdho yasyeha pavano bhavet | manyayor nmūrdhni gaṇḍe ca śoṣastasyopajāyate || (Bhṣ6.10.2.11) | mūko nidrāparītaś ca kaṇṭhaniśvasito bhṛśam | bhṛśaṃ lālāparītaś cajihmajihvīkṛto naraḥ || (Bhṣ6.10.2.12) | śleṣmopaṣṭabdhametādṛgarditaṃ parikīrtitam | tasyānuvāsanaṃ kuryāt tathā śīrṣavirecanam || (Bhṣ6.10.2.13) | tilvakena virektavyo bhavedbindughṛtena vā | purāṇaṃ vā pibetsarpirdhūmaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ pibettathā || (Bhṣ6.10.2.14) | śleṣmaṇyuparate tasya bṛṃhaṇaiḥ samupakramaḥ | vātavyādhicikitsāṃ ca yathoktāṃ samupācaret || (Bhṣ6.10.2.15) | sthānasthas tatra ca kaphaḥ vāyurāgantur ucyate | tasmāt tayor gatiṃ dṛṣṭvā vātaghnīṃ kārayetkriyām || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele ṣaḍviṃśo?? ' dhyāyaḥ || || ekādaśo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto grahaṇīcikitsāṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ |

> triphalā, yavānī, and the fruits of kuṭaja: / one should grind this wick, named śivā, with goat's urine. // \[…\] / With jaws locked, he speaks indistinctly, / or with jaws firmly closed, he does not speak at all. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.2.) / Oleation drinks, nasal medications, sudations, wholesome diet, / poultices are praised, and enemas are beneficial in facial paralysis. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.3) / In a droṇa of curd and fermented gruel, and an āḍhaka of fat if available, / and meat of wetland and aquatic animals if available, // (Bhṣ6.10.2.4) / sesame, horsegram, black gram, jujube fruits, barley, balā, / the two pentads of roots, rāsnā, hundred-rooted śatāvarī— // (Bhṣ6.10.2.5) / having gathered all this, one should cook it over a gentle fire. / With the rising steam, one should foment \[the patient\] with tube-sudation. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.6) / And with these one should cook an oil; he should massage with it and drink it; / and one should prepare a poultice from this very equipment. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.7) / Whatever treatment has been declared for the destruction of wind-diseases, / all that in its entirety one should also perform in facial paralysis. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.8) / The great unctuous preparation, balā oil, or indeed śirīṣa oil, / one should administer in drinks, massages, nasal therapies, or enemas. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.9) / And one should pound the meats of wetland animals into a minced meat; / with that, not excessively unctuous, one should have a poultice made for him. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.10) / He whose wind here is completely obstructed by phlegm / develops wasting in the nape-tendons, head, and cheek. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.11) / The man becomes mute, overwhelmed by sleep, breathing heavily through the throat, / copiously overwhelmed by saliva, and his tongue made crooked. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.12) / Such facial paralysis obstructed by phlegm is proclaimed; / for him one should administer an unctuous enema, as well as head evacuation. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.13) / He should be purged with tilvaka or with drop-ghee, / or he should drink aged ghee, and likewise smoke strong medicated smoke. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.14) / When the phlegm has subsided, his management is with nourishing therapies, / and one should administer the treatment of wind-diseases as stated. // (Bhṣ6.10.2.15) / In that case, kapha resides in its seat, and vāyu is said to be adventitious; / therefore, observing the course of the two, one should perform a wind-destroying therapy. // Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / Thus the twenty-sixth (?) chapter in Bheḷa. // // The eleventh chapter. // Now we shall expound the treatment of grahaṇī; thus said the venerable Ātreya.  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.6.10.0) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (5)

- [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.3.31) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit
- [Bower Manuscript](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.15.409) — Sanskrit
- [Bheḍasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhedasamhita.55.p2) — Bheḍa, Sanskrit
- [Cikitsāsārasaṅgraha (Vaṅgasena)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.vangasena.6.26-2) — Vaṅgasena, Sanskrit
- [Nityanāthatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.nityanathatantra.17.15) — Sanskrit

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