[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [The Compendium of Bheḷa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela) › 6.16 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.16 Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.1) vātātpittātkaphāccaiva sannipātāttathaiva ca | sahajāni ca raktāc ca ṣoḍārśāṃsyatha dehinām || > From vāta, pitta, kapha, and likewise from sannipāta, / congenital, and from blood—thus are the six types of hemorrhoids of embodied beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.2) teṣāṃ nidānaṃ vakṣyāmi cikitsāṃ cānupūrvaśaḥ | adṛśyānāṃ ca yatproktaṃ dṛśyānāṃ ca yathākramam || > I shall state their etiology and treatment in due order, / both what has been spoken of the invisible and the visible, in proper sequence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.3) vidāhigururūkṣāṇāmānūpaudakasevanāt | dadhidugdhaguḍādīnāṃ piśitānāṃ ca bhojinām || > From the consumption of burning, heavy, and dry things, \[animals\] of marshy and aquatic \[habitats\], / and in those eating curd, milk, jaggery and the like, and meats; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.4) yavānāmudakānāṃ ca duṣṭānāmavacāraṇāt | nity ājīrṇabhujāṃ cāpi vegānāṃ ca vidhāraṇāt || > from the use of spoiled barley and waters; / and in those constantly eating while suffering from indigestion, and from the suppression of natural urges; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.5) pravāhaṇāccatimātraṃ maithunasyātisevanāt | duṣṭapānaprasaṅgāc ca kaṭhināt pṛṣṭhapīḍanāt || > from excessive straining, excessive indulgence in sexual intercourse, / addiction to unwholesome drinks, and pressure on the back from hard \[seats\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.6) nirūhasyātiyogāc ca vastīnāṃ vibhramād api | snehapānāc ca vibhrāntānmadyadoṣācchramātkṣayāt || > from excessive use of non-unctuous enemata, from improper administration of enemata, / from disordered unctuous drinks, wine disorders, fatigue, and wasting— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.7) ebhiḥ prakupitā doṣā vātapittakaphāstrayaḥ | ekaśassarvaśo vātha dvandvaśaḥ śoṇitena vā || > aggravated by these, the three doṣas—vāta, pitta, and kapha— / singly, all together, in pairs, or along with blood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.8) gudābhiṣyandamevāśu karvanti gudamāśritāḥ | kīlās tatra prahohanti sūkṣmasarṣapasannibhāḥ || > lodged in the anus, quickly produce channel-blocking of the anus itself; / pile-masses sprout there resembling minute mustard seeds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.9) yavamudgādiniṣpāvakarkandhubadaropamāḥ | śarīrāṅguṣṭhamātrā vā tāmrā gostanasannibhāḥ || > resembling barley, mung beans, niṣpāva, wild jujube, and jujube fruit, / or the size of the thumb of the body, copper-colored, resembling a cow's teat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.10) nirūḍhāste gude kīlāḥ stambhayanti gudaṃ bhṛśam | srotasāṃ gudamānahya mūlaṃ badhnanti vāpy atha || > Grown in the anus, those pile-masses obstruct the anus severely, / or, having distended the anus, they block the root of the channels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.11) nirodhātsrotasāṃ teṣāmūrdhvaṃ doṣāssamutthitāḥ | ekaikaṃ dūṣayitvā tu rogān kurvanticāśayān || 6.1 > From the obstruction of those channels, the doṣas, having risen upwards / and vitiating the receptacles one by one, produce diseases: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.11\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.11_1) purīṣabhedo vaivarṇyaṃ śūlaṃ nirvāhikā tathā | avadārastṛṣā dāho gudapṛṣṭhe medo jvaraḥ || > splitting of stools, discoloration, colic, dysenteric tenesmus, / ulceration, thirst, burning sensation, fat in the anal and dorsal region, fever, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.13) aruciś cāvipākaś cagātrakṣayabalakṣayau | paṇḍutvaṃ parvabhedaś ca śvayathuś cākṣikūṭayoḥ || > loss of appetite, indigestion, wasting of limbs and loss of strength, / paleness, cracking of the joints, and swelling around the eye-sockets, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.14) glānirmaithunahāniś ca gudabhraṃśo gudagrahaḥ | arśasāṃ rūpasādṛśyaṃ pṛthaktvaṃ teṣu vakṣyate || > exhaustion, loss of sexual potency, prolapse of the rectum, and anal spasm. / The general characteristics of hemorrhoids \[have been stated\]; the differentiation among them will be told. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.15) kṛṣṇaṃ purīṣaṃ bhavati rūkṣaṃ kiṃcitsaphenilam | nityaṃ gāḍhapurīṣaś ca bhinnavarcāḥ punaḥ punaḥ || > The stool becomes black, dry, somewhat frothy; / he has constantly hard stool, and repeatedly loose feces; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.16) ūrupṛṣṭakaṭigrāhonity ānaddhasudurbalaḥ | jāyate parvabhedaś ca karṇaśūlastṛṣā bhramaḥ || > stiffness of the thighs, back, and hips, constantly distended and very weak; / cracking of the joints, earache, thirst, and dizziness arise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.17) arśo yakṛddhi pavano jaṭharaṃvāpi vardhayet | śūlāś cāsyopajāyanta ādhmānaṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ || > Indeed, wind enlarges hemorrhoids, liver, or the abdomen; / and colics arise in him, along with repeated distension; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.18) grahaṇī dūṣitā cāsya vaivarṇyaṃ copajāyate | hṛtpārśvakoṣṭhaśūlāś cadurnāmnyanilasambhave || > his digestive seat is vitiated, and discoloration arises, / along with pain in the heart, flanks, and abdomen in wind-born hemorrhoids. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.19) sajvaraṃ piṭakaṃ tṛṣṇā tīkṣṇavegaṃ saśoṇitam | uṣṇaṃ dravaṃ sadāhaṃ ca pittārśassūpaveśyate || > With fever, eruptions, thirst, sharp urge, along with blood, / hot, fluid, and burning—\[such stool\] is passed in pitta-hemorrhoids. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.20) pāṇḍuvarṇaś ca bhavati pītābhāsaś ca lakṣyate | dahyate ca gudo ' tyarthaḥ gudapākaś ca jāyate || > And he becomes pale in color and appears yellowish; / the anus burns exceedingly, and suppuration of the anus occurs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.21) śleṣmajeṣv api cārśassu picchilaṃ śuklasaṃplavam | purīṣaṃ sakaphaṃ yāti stokaṃ stokaṃ savedanam || > In kapha-born hemorrhoids also, slimy, covered with white, / stool with kapha passes little by little, accompanied by pain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.22) upaviṣṭaściraṃ cāste niḥsvanaṃ copaveśyate | śūyate meḍhravṛṣaṇaṃ vastiś ca guda eva ca || > Having sat down, he sits for a long time, and evacuates without sound; / the penis, scrotum, bladder, and anus swell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.23) aruciś cāvipākaś ca na ca pakvaṃ viricyate | śvayathuś ca viśatyenaṃ viśeṣeṇākṣikūṭayoḥ || > There is loss of appetite, indigestion, and what is digested is not purged; / and swelling attacks him, especially around the eye-sockets. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.24) etacchaleṣmasamutthānāmarśasāṃ rūpamucyate | sannipātasamutthānaṃ jānīyāt sarvalakṣaṇaiḥ || > This is called the symptom of hemorrhoids arising from kapha; / one should recognize that arising from sannipāta by all the symptoms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.25) saṅghātaraktaṃ visraṃ vā bhinnaṃ vāpittamiśritam | cireṇa ca pravāho ' sya prasaktaṃ vā kadācana || > Clotted or foul-smelling blood, or loose, or mixed with pitta; / his straining takes a long time, or is continuous at times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.26) abhiṣyaṇṇāni muñcanti raktārśāṃsyatha śoṇitam | vahanti dhārayā raktaṃ yathā viddhā sirā sthitā || > Discharging \[hemorrhoids\] release blood in bleeding hemorrhoids; / they discharge blood in a stream, just like a punctured vein. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.27) rajasvaleva yuvatī raktaṃ muñcantyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ | atīvamuḥ draṃ surāṃ(?) dantīṃ kakubhaṃ samayūrakam || > Like a menstruating young woman, they discharge blood repeatedly. / \[One should take\] excessively \[…\] wine, dantī, kakubha, along with apāmārga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.28) gavāṃ ca mahiṣīṇāṃ ca mūtrāṇyatha samācaret | bhasmīkṛtya tu taṃ kṣāraṃ yuktyāmadyena pāyayet || > and one should employ the urines of cows and buffaloes; / having reduced them to ash, one should administer that alkali properly with wine to drink. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.29) śleṣmārśāṃsi praśamayec chavayathuṃ pāṇḍutām api | arśasāṃ vātikānāṃ tu yaduktaṃ vai cikitsitam || > It pacifies kapha-hemorrhoids, swelling, and paleness. / But whatever treatment has been stated for hemorrhoids born of vāta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.30) tad eva ślaiṣmikāṇāṃ tu snehavarjaṃ samācaret | raktajeṣv api cārśassu kṣīramājaṃ praśasyate || > just that should one apply for those born of phlegm, but without unctuous substances. / In hemorrhoids born of blood as well, goat's milk is praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.31) ṛtuṃ vāpy ayanaṃ vāpi pibenmāsamathāpi vā | balābilvaśalāṭūni triphalā hastipippalī || > One should drink it for a season, or a half-year, or even a month. / Balā, young fruits of bilva, triphalā, hastipippalī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.32) karañjamadhupālāśamadhukotpalatindukaiḥ | kalkairakṣasamairetairghṛtaprasthaṃ vipācayet || > karañja, madhūka, palāśa, madhuka, utpala, and tinduka— / with pastes of these, equal to an akṣa each, one should cook a prastha of ghee > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.33) ajākṣīre daśaguṇe tatsiddhaṃ mātrayā pibet | etadraktasamutthāni pittajāni hi yāni ca || > in ten times as much goat's milk; when it is prepared, one should drink it in proper measure. / This \[ghee\] which arises from blood and those which are born of pitta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.34) arśāsi nāśayatyāśu chinnābhrāṇīva mārutaḥ | lodhraṃ dāruharidrā ca majjā baibhītakī tathā || > destroys hemorrhoids quickly, like wind scatters torn clouds. / Lodhra, dāruharidrā, and likewise bibhītaka pulp, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.35) taṇḍulodakapītānimadhunārśovināśanam | lākṣā haridrā mañjiṣṭhā madhukaṃ nīlamutpalam || > drunk with rice water and honey, destroy hemorrhoids. / Lac, haridrā, mañjiṣṭhā, madhuka, blue lotus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.36) ajākṣīreṇa pītāni raktajānāṃ vināśanam | śirīṣapuṣpaṃ puṣpaṃ ca kauṭajaṃ kakubhasya ca || > drunk with goat's milk, destroy those born of blood. / Siris flower, the flower of kuṭaja, and of kakubha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.37) dārvī haridrā lodhraṃ ca dhātakī kaṭphalaṃ vṛṣaḥ | eteṣāṃ pāyayetkalkānyuktitastaṇḍulāmbunā || > dārvī, haridrā, lodhra, dhātakī, kaṭphala, and vṛṣa— / one should properly administer pastes of these with rice water to drink; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.38) madhuyuktaḥ praśamayed arśo vai raktapittajam | madhukaṃ badaraṃ drākṣā mūlaṃ ca kuśakāśayoḥ || > accompanied by honey, it pacifies hemorrhoids born of blood and pitta. / Madhuka, badara, drākṣā, and the roots of kuśa and kāśa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.39) taṇḍulodakapītāni madhunārśovināśanam | nyagrodhodumbarāśvatthabadarīplakṣavetasāt || > drunk with rice water and honey, destroy hemorrhoids. / From nyagrodha, udumbara, aśvattha, badarī, plakṣa, and vetasa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.40) pṛthak pravālānyārdrāṇi dvipalīnāni saṃharet | avākpuṣpyāḥ palānyaṣṭavaṣṭau dārvyās tathaiva ca || > one should collect fresh sprouts, two palas each separately. / Eight palas of avākpuṣpī, and likewise eight of dārvī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.41) śāliparṇīpṛśniparṇyoḥ pale dve dve samāvapet | dve rālaśākasya pale sarvametatsamāvapet || > one should throw in two palas each of śāliparṇī and pṛśniparṇī; / two palas of rālaśāka—one should throw in all of this, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.42) dvidroṇe salile sādhyamaṣṭabhāgāvaśeṣitam | ghṛtasya cāḍhakaḥ sādhyaḥ sakaṣāyaḥ sukhāmbunā || > which is to be boiled in two droṇas of water, reduced to an eighth part. / And an āḍhaka of ghee is to be boiled with the decoction and lukewarm water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.43) cāṅgeryāmlikayā jātaḥ svarasaḥ snehasammitaḥ | devadārvabhayā mustā citrako bilvapeśikā || > along with the fresh juice produced from cāṅgerī and amlikā, equal to the unctuous substance. / Devadāru, abhayā, mustā, citraka, bilva pulp, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.44) kaṭphalaṃ śṛṅgaberaṃ ca pippalī candanaṃ tathā | sauvīramañjanaṃ mūlaṃpippalyāstiktarohiṇī || > kaṭphala, ginger, pippalī, and sandalwood, / Sauvīra-collyrium, pippalī root, tiktarohiṇī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.45) guḍapriyaṅgupuṣpaṃ ca śālmalīpicchasāhvayā | vatsakasya ca bījāni tathaivātiviṣā vacā || > treacle, priyaṅgu flower, the so-called exudate of śālmalī, / seeds of vatsaka, and likewise ativiṣā, vacā— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.46) etānakṣasamān bhāgān pṛthagdatvā vipācayet | etatsiddhaṃ ghṛtaṃ yuktyā raktārśo vai vināśayet || > having added these portions equal to an akṣa each separately, one should cook it. / This prepared ghee, properly used, destroys hemorrhoids of blood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.47) pittagulmamatīsāraṃ śūlaṃjvaramarocakam | strīṇāmasṛgdaraṃ ghoraṃ raktapittaṃ pravāhikām || > pitta-gulma, diarrhea, colic, fever, loss of taste, / severe menorrhagia of women, bleeding disease, dysentery, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.48) pāṇḍurogaṃviṣaṃ kāsaṃ kṛmīṃścaivāpakarṣati | nāśanaṃ śleṣmajātānāṃ kāyāgnerdīpanaṃ param || > jaundice, poison, cough, and eliminates worms. / It is the destroyer of those born of phlegm and an excellent kindler of the bodily fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.49) garbhādhānaṃ ca vandhyānāṃ śoṣiṇāṃ cāmṛtopamam | cāṅgerīghṛtam ity etat khyātam arśovināśanam || > It brings about conception for barren women, and is like ambrosia for those afflicted with wasting. / This well-known Cāṅgerī-ghṛta destroys hemorrhoids, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.50) balavarṇakaraṃ caiva raktagulmaharaṃ tathā | pittajeṣv api cārśassu hitaṃ tadraktajeṣv api || > promotes strength and complexion, and also removes blood-gulma. / It is beneficial in hemorrhoids born of pitta as well as in those born of blood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.51) sannipātasamuttheṣu sarveṣveva ca pūjitam | arśasāṃ sahajānāntu yathāprakṛticācaret || > and is praised in all those arising from combined doṣas. / But for innate hemorrhoids, one should proceed according to constitution, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.52) cikitsitaṃ svayaṃ buddhyā sampradhārya yathābalam | tripalaṃ śṛṅgaberasya caturthaṃ maricasya ca || > having determined the treatment oneself by intellect according to strength. / Three palas of ginger, a fourth of marica, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.53) pippalī kuḍavārdhaṃ ca cavyasya palam eva ca | tālīsapatrasya palaṃ palārdhaṃ kesarasya ca || > half a kuḍava of pippalī, and a pala of cavya, / a pala of tālīsapatra, and half a pala of filament, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.54) dve pale pippalīmūlaṃ citrakasya palaṃ tathā | tathātvakpatrayoḥ karṣau sūkṣmailākarṣam eva ca || > two palas of pippalī root, likewise a pala of citraka, / likewise karṣas of tvak and patra, and a karṣa of fine cardamom— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.55) triṃśadguḍapale śuddhe cūrṇāny etāni sādhayet | tato ' kṣamātrāvaṭikāḥ prāṇadā itiviśrutāḥ || > one should process these powders in thirty palas of purified jaggery; / from that, pills measuring an akṣa, celebrated as 'prāṇadā', > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.56) tālīsapatravaṭakās ta eva parikīrtitāḥ | pūrvaṃ bhaktasya paścādvā bhakṣayet tu yathābalam || > are also proclaimed as the Tālīsapatra pills. / One should consume them according to strength, either before or after a meal, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.57) madyair māṃsarasair yūṣaiḥ kṣīraiś cāpy upabhojayet | etena hanti kaphajānyarśāṃsi sahajāni ca || > and make them take their meal with wines, meat broths, vegetable soups, and milks. / Through this, it destroys hemorrhoids born of kapha and innate ones, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.58) vātapittasamutthāni raktajānītarāṇi ca | madātyaye mūtrakṛcchre pramehe hṛdayagrahe || > those arising from vāta and pitta, those born of blood, and the others; / in alcohol intoxication, dysuria, urinary disorders, cardiac spasm, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.59) viṣajvare pārśvaśūle kṣatekṣīṇe virecite | mandāgniviṣamāgnīnāṃ tathaiva kṛmikoṣṭhinām || > toxic fever, flank pain, for one who is injured, emaciated, or purged; / for those with dull digestion or irregular digestion, and likewise those with worms in the gut; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.60) śūlagulmaparītānāṃ chardyatīsāriṇām api | hṛdrogiṇāṃkāmalināṃ śoṣiṇām ūrdhvavātinām || > for those seized by colic and gulma, and also for those with vomiting and diarrhea; / for heart patients, jaundice patients, those with wasting, and those with upward-moving vāta; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.61) kāsaśvāsaparītānāṃ sevyāś ca vaṭakāḥ śubhāḥ | bhūyiṣṭhaṃ sahajānīha kṣapayanti śarīriṇam || > and these auspicious pills should be taken by those afflicted with cough and dyspnea. / Innate \[hemorrhoids\] in this world mostly wear down an embodied being; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.62) tasmāc choṣopacāreṇa kuryāt tasya cikitsitam | rogānīkasya sarvasya paramarśaḥ sukīrtitam || > therefore, one should perform his treatment by the regimen for wasting. / Hemorrhoids are rightly declared the highest of the entire host of diseases; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.63) tasmād arśo vistareṇa cikitset tu cikitsakaḥ | śastreṇa chedanaṃ teṣāṃ kṣāreṇa dahanaṃ tathā || > therefore, the physician should treat hemorrhoids in detail. / Excision of them with an instrument, and burning with alkali— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.64) śalyakartā prayuñjīta dṛṣṭakarmā cikitsitam | āyurvedavidā yat tu prayoktavyaṃ cikitsitam || > a surgeon of seen practice should apply these treatments. / But whatever treatment is to be applied by one who knows Ayurveda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.65) ālepanābhyaṅgavidhiṃ svedakarma ca tacchṛṇu | abhyajya nābhiṃ kukṣiṃ ca vastimuṣkau gudaṃ tathā || > the rule of ointments, inunction, and sudation therapy—hear that: / having anointed the navel, belly, bladder, testicles, and anus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.66) amlaiḥ kṣīraiś ca mūtraiś ca sukhoṣṇaiḥ pariṣecayet | taruṇairmūlakaiḥsvinnais tathā gṛjjanakair api || > one should sprinkle them with lukewarm sour liquids, milks, and urines. / With young steamed radishes, and also with carrots, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.67) sukhoṣṇaiḥ svedayed yuktyā piṇyākairgomayena vā | rāṭhameraṇḍamūlaṃ ca madhūkaṃ devadāru ca || > one should properly sweat them with lukewarm \[substances\], or with oil-cake or cow dung. / Rāṭha, castor root, madhūka, and devadāru, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.68) yavacūrṇanayuktāni kṣīreṇāloḍya pāyayet | tenopanāhaṃ kurvīta svedayec ca punaḥ punaḥ || > mixed with barley flour, having stirred them with milk, one should administer them to drink; / one should make a poultice with it and sweat them again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.69) arśāṃsi śamamāyānti vedanā ca nivartate | vṛṣārkanaktamālānāṃ kāśmaryādaṇḍayos tathā || > The hemorrhoids subside, and the pain ceases. / With leaf decoctions of vṛṣa, arka, and naktamāla, and also of kāśmarya and ādaṇḍa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.70) patrakvāthaiḥ svedayet tu tatra caivopaveśayet | mahānimbaṃ śṛṅgaberaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ kāsīsam eva ca || > one should sweat \[the patient\], and sit him right there. / Mahānimba, ginger, kuṣṭha, and iron sulphate, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.71) saindhavaṃ citrakaṃ dantīṃ karavīraṃ śilākaṇām | pūtikaṃvaruṇādvalkaṃ vidārīṃ lāṅgalāhvayām || > rock salt, citraka, dantī, karavīra, arsenic stone, / pūtika, varuṇa bark, vidārī, the one called lāṅgalī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.72) viḍaṅgaṃ hemadugdhāṃ ca haritālaṃ ca peṣayet | garbheṇānena vipacet tailaṃ mūtracaturguṇe || > viḍaṅga, hemadugdhā, and yellow orpiment—one should grind them. / With this paste-substance, one should cook oil in four times as much urine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.73) snuhyarkakṣīrayoś cātra kuḍavaḥ kuḍavo bhavet | etadālepanaṃ yuktamarśasāṃ śamanaṃ param || > and here there should be a kuḍava each of snuhī milk and arka milk. / This ointment, properly applied, is the supreme pacifier of hemorrhoids. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.74) kṣārakarmakaraṃ hyetanna ca dūṣayate gudam | kulīraśṛṅgī hastyasthi balā lāṅgalikītathā || > For this performs the work of an alkali and does not corrupt the rectum. / Kulīraśṛṅgī, elephant bone, balā, and lāṅgalikī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.75) hiṅgu kuṣṭhaṃ ca tutthaṃ ca bilvaṃ bhallātakāni ca | arśasāṃ lepanaṃ tena saptarātraṃ punaḥ punaḥ || > asafoetida, kuṣṭha, blue vitriol, bilva, and marking nuts— / the plastering of the hemorrhoids with that \[is to be done\] again and again for seven nights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.76) śirīṣabījaṃ dvau kṣārau laṅgalī saindhavaṃ tathā | snuhīkṣīreṇa piṣṭāni gavāṃ pittena bhāvayet || > Siris seeds, the two alkalis, lāṅgalī, and rock salt, / ground with snuhī latex, one should steep with cow's bile. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.77) arṇāṃsi lepayet tena saptarātraṃ punaḥ punaḥ | etena liptānyarśāṃsi vinaśyanti na saṃśayaḥ || > One should smear the hemorrhoids with that again and again for seven nights. / Hemorrhoids smeared with this are destroyed, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.78) śigru |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. | sarvamekatra saṃhṛtya snuhīkṣīreṇa peṣayet || > Moringa \[…\] / Having gathered everything together, one should grind it with latex of snuhī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.79) karavīro ' navadyaś ca mālatī svarṇayūthikā | prakṣālanakaṣāyo ' yamarśasāṃ hita ucyate || > Karavīra, anavadya, mālatī, and golden jasmine— / this decoction for washing is declared beneficial for hemorrhoids. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.80) sakṣaudraṃ navanītaṃ tu pralepo vraṇaropaṇaḥ | dahyate saptarātreṇa puṃstvaṃ ca navinaśyati || > Butter with honey, however, is a wound-healing plaster. / It burns away \[the piles\] in seven nights, and virility is not destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.81) saurmikābidadaṃ |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. | |.. |.. rśātrikaṭukaṃ snuhīkṣīreṇa peṣayet || > \[…\] / \[…\] three pungents one should grind with latex of snuhī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.82) etadālepanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ durnāmānaṃ vināśayet | svarṇakṣīrī tu |.. |.. |.. tsakam || > This supreme plaster destroys hemorrhoids. / Svarṇakṣīrī, however, \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.83) kukkuṭsya purīṣaṃ ca snuhīkṣīreṇa peṣayet | etadālepanaṃ śreṣṭhamarśasāṃ kṣārasammitam || > And chicken dung one should grind with latex of snuhī. / This is an excellent plaster for hemorrhoids, equal to alkali. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.84) dahyante ' rśāṃsi saptāhāt puṃstvaṃ ca na vinaśyati | yavāssiddhārthakāś caiva bhallātakamathovasā || > The hemorrhoids are burnt away in a week, and virility is not destroyed. / Barley, white mustard seeds, marking nut, and fat— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.85) dhūpanaṃ candanaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ śiṃsapāsāra eva ca | gavāṃ śakṛc ca vārāhaṃ patre vāriṣṭaśigruje || > sandalwood, kuṣṭha, and the heartwood of śiṃśapā for fumigation, / and cow dung, boar's \[dung\], or leaves of ariṣṭa and moringa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.86) ghṛtamiśraṃ praśaṃsanti śreṣṭhaṃ dhūpanamarśasām | raktapittasamuttheṣu praśastāḥ kṣīravastayaḥ || > mixed with ghee, they praise as the best fumigation for hemorrhoids. / In those arising from blood and pitta, milk enemas are praised; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.16.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16.87) tīkṣṇāḥ kaphasamuttheṣu vātikeṣv anuvāsanam | sannipātādasādhyāni cirotthānīha yāni tu | raktajāssahajā yāpyāḥ sādhyā anye trayo ' pi te || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bheleṣoḍaśo ' dhyāyaḥ || || saptadaśo ' dhyāyaḥ || athātaḥ śvayathucikitsitaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > sharp ones in those arising from kapha, and unctuous enema in vāta types. / Those from the combination of all three doṣas are incurable, as are those of long standing here; / those born of blood and congenital ones are palliatable, and the other three are also curable. / Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / Thus the sixteenth chapter in Bheḷa. / Seventeenth chapter. / Now we shall explain the treatment of swelling, so said the venerable Ātreya: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.6.16.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.2.3) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.5.29) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit - [Gadanigraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.gadanigraha.17.82) — Soḍhala, Sanskrit - [Cikitsāsārasaṅgraha (Vaṅgasena)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.vangasena.9.336-2) — Vaṅgasena, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.16) · Pramāṇa