[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) › 6.18 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.18 Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.1) prakṛtyāvātalo yas tu rūkṣāṇyannāni sevate | kaṣāyaṃ kaṭukānnityaṃ rasāṃstiktāṃś ca sevate || > He who is of vāta constitution by nature and indulges in dry foods, / and continually takes astringent, pungent, and bitter tastes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.2) karkandhūnikapitthāni karīralikucāni ca | pārāvatāni bhavyāni yaccānyatphalamīdṛśam || > jujubes, kapittha fruits, karīra, and likuca, / pārāvata, bhavya, and whatever other such fruit, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.3) śuktakāni ca vallūraṃ piṇyākaṃkodravaudanam | abhiṣyandīni kaṭukaṃ vetraśākaṃ ca sevate || > fermented liquors, dried meat, oil-cake, and kodrava grain, / channel-blocking things, pungent food, and reed sprouts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.4) vātamūtrpurīṣāṇāṃvidhṛtyā maithunasya ca | etairanyaiś ca gurubhir hetubhiḥ kupito ' nilaḥ || > and by suppression of flatus, urine, feces, and of sexual intercourse— / through these and other heavy causes the wind, provoked, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.5) nigṛhṇāti gudadvāraṃ śarīraṃvyāpya sarvaśaḥ | sa śoṣayati tatrasthaḥ śarīraṃ śoṣayan bhṛśam || > seizes the anal aperture, pervading the whole body; / situated there, causing drying, it severely desiccates the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.6) adhovahāni srotāṃsi pittaśleṣmavahāny api | mūtrānnamalavāhīni badhnāti pavano bhṛśam || > The downward-flowing channels and those carrying pitta and kapha, / carrying urine, food, and waste, the wind severely obstructs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.7) vātasandūṣitāste tudhāvanto hyūrdhvamāsthitāḥ | āmapakvāśayasthāna unmādyanti sudāruṇam || > Those \[doshas\], corrupted by vāta and coursing upward, / situated in the seats of the stomach and intestines, cause terrible madness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.8) ūrdhvaṃhyapānassamprāpyacodānena samāgataḥ | udārvata iti proktaḥ śastrasarpaviṣopaḥ || > For apāna, having moved upward and joined with udāna, / is called upward wind, resembling weapon-poison and snake-poison. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.9) atha śūlāni tīvrāṇi dāho mūrcchā vivarṇatā | śūyate vastimūlaṃ camūtravarvograhas tathā || > Then there are severe colic pains, burning, fainting, discoloration, / and the base of the bladder swells, and there is retention of urine and feces, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.10) vatāvatha ca kukṣau ca hṛdi pārśvodare tathā | devanābhiparītaś ca nissaṃjño vetate ' sakṛt || > in the bladder, in the lower abdomen, at the heart, the flanks, and abdomen, / and afflicted around the navel, unconscious, he trembles repeatedly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.11) niśvasity atha tāmyaṃś ca tṛṣyaty api ca hikkate | upadravā udāvarte śṛṇu teṣāṃ cikitsitam || > he sighs, faints, thirsts, and also hiccups; / \[these are\] the complications in upward wind; hear their treatment: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.12) susnigdhamenamabhyajya tailena lavaṇena ca | saṃkareprastare svededroṇyāṃ vā svedayet tataḥ || > Anointing him thoroughly unctuously with oil and salt, / one should then sweat him with mixed fomentation, bed fomentation, or in a tub. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.13) tato ' sya gudamabhyajya nirūhaṃ sampradāpayet | ekaṃ dvau vā bhiṣak kṛtvā yāvadvāsādhu manyate || > Then, having anointed his anus, one should administer a non-unctuous enema; / the physician having given one or two, or as many as he considers adequate, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.14) surirūḍhaṃ ca taṃ jñātvā sukhāmbupariṣecitam | uṣṇodakānupānaṃ ca bhojyenmṛdumodanam || > and knowing him to have been well-evacuated by enema, sprinkled with comfortably warm water, / with hot water as an after-drink, he should feed him soft boiled rice > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.15) snuhāyāḥ patraśākena trivṛcchākena vā punaḥ | tābhyāṃ yūṣeṇa bhuñjīta yaccānyadbhedanaṃ param || > with a leafy vegetable dish of snuhī, or with a vegetable dish of trivṛt, / or eat with a soup of the two, or whatever other supreme purgative; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18.16) nityaṃ bhinnapurīṣais taṃ bhojanīyair upācaret | evaṃ tasya purīṣaṃ hivāyurbhūyo na śoṣayet || |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. | |ekonaviṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ || |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. > one should continually manage him with foods that loosen the feces; / for thus the wind will not dry out his stool again. / \[…\] / Nineteenth chapter. / \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.6.18.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.18) · Pramāṇa