The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.27

Observing the proper time of the wound, one should then apply the treatment: / incision, ripening, arresting, and drying,

draining, and healing—[these] interventions one should perform on a wound. / Uditā, karṇamoṭa, rāsnā, mūlakaparṇikā,

śukanāsā, sugandhā, samaṅgā, and kuṣṭha, / kāleyaka, balā, dantī, pāṭhā, śatapadī, sthirā—

this compress-lambative destroys wound swelling. / Udumbara, śirīṣa, madhuka, sandalwood, sesame seeds,

indukānta, samudrāntā, and likewise śatāvarī, / blue water lily, padmaka, bark, and the two sāribās—

this plaster destroys the poison and depth of wounds. / Sesame paste with madhuka, and a paste of neem,

combined with the preceding two and with ghee, is a wound-healer in wounds. / Triphalā, dhātakī, lodhra, samaṅgā, madhuka, balā,

the two bṛhatīs, samudrāntā, and likewise śatāvarī, / blue water lily, kaṭphala, jasmine, and yellow jasmine—

an oil prepared with equal parts of the pastes of these would be a wound-healer. / And the young shoots of neem, mango, and āmalakī, with madhuka and balā—

an oil prepared with these in dung juice is a destroyer of wounds. / Nyagrodha, udumbara, aśvattha, plakṣa, pāṭhā, varā, arjuna,

śamī, and badarī—decoctions of these are wound-washes. / Barley food, red śāli rice, mung beans, wild rice, and sixty-day rice,

and meat from arid zones—a wounded person should always partake of these. / Sour things, yogurt, leafy vegetables, and meat of marshy and aquatic animals [he should avoid].

A wounded person should avoid milk and heavy foods. / The physician should perform these interventions on a wound.

And the surgeon should perform the remaining interventions on a wound: / excision, incision, scraping, suturing, and scarification,

suppuration, whatever is similar to that, and whatever else [is needed]. / The twelve wound defects, the sixfold examination,

and the thirty-six interventions prescribed for surgical causes— / the physician should perform these procedures in brief outline.

Triphalā, madhuka, lodhra, mañjiṣṭhā, bilva-ginger, / samaṅgā, dhātakī, lākṣā, and also the exudate of the śālmali,

the exudate of the palāśa, and the exudate of the kakubha: / these fine powders are the supreme healing [agent] of wounds.

The exudates of guggulu, sallakī, sarja, and tiniśa / are declared to be healing [agents], whether combined or taken separately.

Whatever fumigation regimens for a wound and whatever procedures for sudden complications [exist], / this remainder should be performed by a surgeon who has seen the practice. / Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya. / Thus the twenty-seventh chapter in Bheḷa. / Twenty-eighth chapter. / Now we shall expound the treatment of alcoholism; thus spoke the venerable Ātreya.