[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) › 6.20 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.20 Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.1) pañca kāsāḥsamuddiṣṭā vātapittakaphātmakāḥ | kṣatajaḥ kṣayajaśceti teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam || > Five coughs are declared, consisting of vāta, pitta, and kapha, / injury-born, and consumption-born; I shall state their characteristics: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.2) udāvartādabhīghātād vyāyāmāc cāpi karśanāt | saṃbhojanāddivāsvapnād drutapānātpralambanāt || > From upward wind, trauma, physical exercise, emaciation, / excessive eating, sleeping by day, rapid drinking, dangling down, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.3) karśitānāṃ ca rogebhyo doṣāsātmyakṛtātkṣayāt | tīkṣoṣṇagurusevābhir nṛṇāṃ kāsā bhavanti te || > and of those emaciated by diseases, from wasting caused by unwholesome doshas, / and from partaking of sharp, hot, and heavy \[substances\], these coughs arise in men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.4) teṣāṃ rūpāṇi vakṣyāmi cikitsāṃ ca pṛthagvidhām | mārutātkāsate śuṣkaṃ śūkapūrṇagalo yathā || > I shall state their symptoms and distinct modes of treatment: / From wind, one coughs dryly, as if his throat were filled with bristles; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.5) niṣṭhīvati ca śuṣkaṃ catatra mukte na kāsate | pratāmyetkāsamānasya hṛdayaṃcāvakṛṣyate || > and he spits dryly, and once that is expelled, he does not cough; / while coughing he faints, and his heart is dragged down; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.6) pārśve ca rujato ' tyarthaṃ śvāsena ca vikūjati | śaṅkhayor jāyate śūlaṃ tāluśoṣas tathaiva ca || > and both flanks ache exceedingly, and he groans with dyspnea; / pain arises in the temples, and likewise dryness of the palate; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.7) śyāve netre ca vīkṣyetesvaro varṇaś cabhidyate | viśeṣādriktakoṣṭhaś ca kāsate vātapīḍitaḥ || > and his eyes are seen to be dark; his voice and complexion break down; / and especially when his belly is empty, afflicted by vāta, he coughs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.8) amlarūkṣānnapānādivyāyāmoṣṇaniṣevaṇāt | kaṭukakṣārarūkṣānnatīkṣṇamadyaniṣevaṇāt || > From partaking of sour and unctuous food and drink, physical exercise, and heat, / from partaking of pungent, alkaline, and dry food, and sharp liquor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.9) sadāhaḥ sajvaraś caiva pittakāsaḥ pravartate | hāridraṃ kaṭukoṣṇaṃ ca pītaṃ ṣṭhīvaticāti saḥ || > pitta cough proceeds, accompanied by burning sensation and fever; / and he spits excessively turmeric-colored, pungent, hot, and yellow \[phlegm\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.10) mukhasya kaṭukatvaṃ ca tṛṣṇā cāsyopajāyate | hāridre cakṣuṣī cāsya lakṣyete pittakāsinaḥ || > bitterness of the mouth arises, and he gets thirst; / and the two eyes of the person coughing from pitta are observed to be turmeric-yellow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.11) abhiṣyandigurusnigdhaśītamedyānnasevinaḥ | divāsvapnaprasaktasya vegāṃś cāpi nirundhataḥ || > In one who partakes of channel-blocking, heavy, unctuous, cold, and fat-increasing food, / who is devoted to sleeping by day, and who checks urges, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.12) kaphaprasekobahalaḥ kāsastasyopajāyate | gurutvaṃ śiraso ' tyarthaṃ mādhuryaṃ vadanasya ca || > there arises a thick flow of kapha and cough; / extreme heaviness of the head, and sweetness of the mouth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.13) kaphāt styānaṃ ca hṛdayaṃ bhaktasyānabhinandanam | stambhaścaivāvipākaś ca kaphakāsasya lakṣaṇam || > the heart is stiffened by kapha, a lack of desire for food, / rigidity, and indigestion: this is the characteristic of kapha cough. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.14) vyāyāmādbhāraharaṇānnigrahādaśvadantinām | nihanyate yasya vakṣaḥ kṣatakāsaḥ sa ucyate || > One whose chest is struck from physical exercise, carrying loads, / or restraining horses and elephants, is said to have injury cough. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.15) saraktaṃ pūtipūyābhaṃ grathitaṃ doṣasañcayam | niṣṭhīvati sa kāsārto jvaryate cātisaryate || > Afflicted by cough, he spits an accumulation of doshas that is bloody, like foul pus, and knotted; / and he suffers fever and diarrhea; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.16) uro nirbhidyamānaṃ ca manyatepraśvasity api | sa tāmyetkāsamānaś ca tṛṣṇā śoṣo mukhasya ca || > and he feels his chest being torn apart, and he breathes hard; / and coughing, he swoons; thirst and dryness of the mouth \[occur\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.17) muhurāśūyate kaṇṭhaḥ svarabhedaś ca jāyate | saghoṣaṃ kāsate cāpi vikṛtaṃ bhinnavisvaram || > his throat swells up repeatedly, and hoarseness of voice arises; / and he coughs with a noise, abnormally, cracked, and out of tune; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.18) durgandhaṃ ca tathodgāraṃ kṣatakāse vimuñcati | sarveṣāṃ sannipātāc ca kṣayakāsaḥ pravartate || > and likewise in injury cough he emits foul-smelling eructation. / And from the combination of all \[three doshas\], consumption cough sets in: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.19) tasya jvaraḥ pārśvarujā hastapādaṃ ca dahyate | kāsamānaś ca niṣṭhīvet kaphapūrvaṃ sa śoṇitam || > He has fever, flank pain, and his hands and feet burn; / and coughing, he spits blood preceded by kapha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.20) kṣīyete balavarṇau ca gātraṃ ca parihīyate | na cāsya svadate bhojyaṃna bhuktaṃ ca vipacyate || > both strength and complexion waste away, and his body deteriorates; / food does not taste good to him, and what is eaten is not digested; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.21) atisāro jvaraśchardirmūrcchā cāsyopajāyate | kṣayakāsassamākhyātaḥ sa cāsādhyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || > diarrhea, fever, vomiting, and fainting arise in him; / this is declared as consumption cough, and it is proclaimed incurable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.22) kṣatakāsas tu yāpyaḥ syāt sādhyānāṃ sādhanaṃ śṛṇu | balavantaṃsnehitaṃ ca śodhanaissamupācaret || > Injury cough, however, may be manageable; hear the treatment for the curable ones: / One should treat one who is strong and unctuated with cleansing therapies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.23) śodhitaṃ bhojayeccainaṃ purāṇān śāliṣaṣṭikān | jāṅgalānāṃ ca māṃsāni niṣevenmṛgapakṣiṇām || > And when cleansed, one should feed him aged śāli and ṣaṣṭika rice, / and he should consume meats of wilderness deer and birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.24) audakānūpamāṃsāni gurūṇi ca vivarjayet | daśakalkopasiddhaṃ vā kalyaṇakamathāpi vā || > He should avoid aquatic and wetland meats, and heavy things. / Or else \[he should take ghee\] prepared with the ten pastes, or Kalyāṇaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.25) rasayanaṃ ca seveta sarpiḥ sarpirguḍāni ca | sarpirmodakayogaṃ vā rasāyanavidhiṃ tathā || > and he should partake of rasāyana ghee, ghee-jaggery preparations, / or the compound of ghee sweets, and likewise the rasāyana regimen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.26) yaduktaṃ śoṇite pūrvaṃ tatkāseṣv api yojayet | pippalyāmalakaṃ drākṣā tugākṣīryatha śarkarā || > Whatever was taught previously in \[the chapter on\] blood, that too one should employ in coughs: / Pippalī, āmalaka, grapes, bamboo manna, and sugar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.27) lājā ghṛtaṃ mākṣikaṃ ca lehaḥ kāsavināśanaḥ | pippalyāmalakaṃ rāsnā leho mākṣikasaṃyutaḥ || > parched grain, ghee, and honey: a linctus destroying cough. / Pippalī, āmalaka, and rāsnā: a linctus combined with honey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.28) harītakyāssapippalyāścūrṇaṃ mākṣikasaṃyutam | pralehaḥ syānmadhughṛtaṃ sakṣaudraṃ śarkarānvitam || > Powder of harītakī with pippalī, combined with honey; / there may be a lambative with honey and ghee, combined with honey and sugar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.29) tryūṣaṇaṃ triphalāṃ caiva padmakaṃ devadāru ca | rāsnāṃ balāṃ viḍaṅgāni sūkṣmacūrṇāni kārayet || > Three pungents, triphalā, padmaka, and devadāru, / rāsnā, balā, and viḍaṅga: one should make fine powders \[of these\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.30) cūrṇaṃ śarkarayā yuktaṃ lehayenmadhusarpiṣā | eṣa lehaḥ praṇudati pañca kāsān samutthitān || > One should cause him to lick the powder combined with sugar, along with honey and ghee: / this linctus dispels the five coughs that have arisen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.31) yavakṣāraṃ viḍaṅgāni hiṅgu bhārṅgī mahauṣadham | saindhavaṃ pippalī rāsnā tulyāny etāni cūrṇayet || > Yavakṣāra, viḍaṅga, asafoetida, bhārṅgī, ginger, / rock salt, pippalī, and rāsnā: one should powder equal parts of these. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.32) ghṛtamātrāyutaṃ cūrṇaṃ pibetkāsavināśanam | mandāgnitāṃ tamaśvāsaṃ hikkāṃ caivāpakarṣati || > He should drink the powder combined with an appropriate dose of ghee, destroying cough; / it pulls down weak digestion, darkness-dyspnea, and hiccup. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.33) samūlaphalaśākhāṃ tu kuṭṭayetkaṇṭakārikām | tāṃ pacetsaliladroṇe caturbhāgāvaśeṣitam || > One should crush kaṇṭakārī together with roots, fruit, and branches; / one should boil it in a droṇa of water until reduced to one-fourth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.34) kaṣāyaṃ taṃ parisrāvya punaragnāvadhiśrayet | ghṛtaṃ ca yuktyā dātavyaṃkalkāṃścemānpradāpayet || > Having strained that decoction, one should place it on the fire again; / and ghee should be added properly, and one should add these pastes: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.35) durālabhā chinnaruhā tryūṣaṇaṃ citrakaṃ tathā | rāsnā karkaṭakākhyā ca pippalīmūlam eva ca || > durālabhā, chinnaruhā, three pungents, citraka, / rāsnā, what is called karkaṭaka, and pippalī root: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.36) etānyardhapalīnāni tathā phāṇitaśarkarā | palāni viṃśatiṃ datvā taṃ lehaṃ sāndramuddharet || > half a pala of each of these, and having added twenty palas / of treacle and sugar, one should remove that thick linctus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.37) śīte dadyāt pippalīnāṃ cūrṇasya kuḍavaṃ mitam | tugākṣīryāś ca kuḍavaṃ madhunaḥ kuḍavaṃ tathā || > When cold, one should add a measured kuḍava of pippalī powder, / a kuḍava of tugākṣīrī, and likewise a kuḍava of honey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.38) taṃ lihyānmātrayā lehaṃ pañcakāsavināśanam | hṛdrogānatha hikkāṃ ca śvāsaṃ caivāpakarṣati || > One should lick that linctus in proper measure; it destroys the five kinds of cough, / and it removes heart diseases, hiccup, and dyspnea. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.39) siddhaṃmantraṃ yathā sarpo nātikrāmedudīritam | tathā lehamimaṃ kāso nātikrāmati dehinām || > Just as a snake cannot transgress an accomplished mantra that has been uttered, / even so cough cannot transgress this linctus in embodied beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.40) daśamūlīmapānārgaṃ śaṅkhapuṣpīṃśaṭhīṃ vacām | citrakaṃ cātmaguptāṃ ca pippalīmūlam eva ca || > Daśamūlī, apāmārga, śaṅkhapuṣpī, śaṭhī, vacā, / citraka, ātmaguptā, and pippalī root, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.41) balāṃ puṣkaramūlaṃ ca tathaiva gajapippalīm | dvipalīnān pṛthag dadyāt pratyagraṃ cābhayāśatam || > balā, puṣkaramūla, and likewise gajapippalī— / one should add two palas of each separately, and one hundred fresh abhayās, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.42) yavāḍhakaṃ sahaibhiś ca jalaṃ pañcāḍhakaṃ pacet | avatārya yavaissiddhair uddharet tu harītakīḥ || > and an āḍhaka of barley with these; one should boil them in five āḍhakas of water. / Taking it down once the barley is cooked, one should remove the harītakīs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.20.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20.43) bhedanaṃ tāsu kartavyaṃ tato vaṃśaśalākayā || |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. || ekaviṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ || |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. etadālepanaṃ kāryaṃ śaṅkhakasya vināśanam | etānyeva tu sarvāṇi kaṣāyam upadhārayet || > Then, a piercing should be made in them with a bamboo splint. \[…\] / Chapter Twenty-One. \[…\] / This paste should be applied; it destroys śaṅkhaka. / And one should consider a decoction made of all these same \[herbs\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.6.20.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Bower Manuscript](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.17.1) — Sanskrit - [Bheḍasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhedasamhita.64.p3) — Bheḍa, Sanskrit - [Gadanigraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.gadanigraha.24.69) — Soḍhala, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.20) · Pramāṇa