[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) › 6.27 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.27 Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.1) vraṇasya kāle sampaśyan tataḥ kuryād upakramam | bhedanaṃ pācanaṃ caiva stambhanaṃ śoṣaṇaṃ tathā || > Observing the proper time of the wound, one should then apply the treatment: / incision, ripening, arresting, and drying, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.2) srāvaṇaṃ ropaṇaṃ caiva vraṇe kuryād upakramam | uditā karṇamoṭaśca rāsnā mūlakaparṇikā || > draining, and healing—\[these\] interventions one should perform on a wound. / Uditā, karṇamoṭa, rāsnā, mūlakaparṇikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.3) śukanāsā sugandhā ca samaṅgā caiva kuṣṭhakam | kāleyakaṃ balā dantī pāṭhā śatapadī sthirā || > śukanāsā, sugandhā, samaṅgā, and kuṣṭha, / kāleyaka, balā, dantī, pāṭhā, śatapadī, sthirā— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.4) pīḍanīyaḥ praleyo ' yaṃ vraṇaśvayathunāśanaḥ | udumbaraḥ śirīṣaś ca madhukaṃ candanaṃ tilāḥ || > this compress-lambative destroys wound swelling. / Udumbara, śirīṣa, madhuka, sandalwood, sesame seeds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.5) indukāntaṃ samudrāntā tathaiva ca śatāvarī | nīlotpalaṃ padmakaṃ catvacā dve cāpi sāribe || > indukānta, samudrāntā, and likewise śatāvarī, / blue water lily, padmaka, bark, and the two sāribās— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.6) eṣa pralepo gāraṃ ca vraṇānāṃtu vināśayet | tilakalkassamadhukaḥ picumandasya kalkavān || > this plaster destroys the poison and depth of wounds. / Sesame paste with madhuka, and a paste of neem, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.7) pūrvābhyāṃ sarpiṣā yukto vraṇeṣu vraṇaropaṇaḥ | triphalā dhātakī lodhraṃ samaṅgā madhukaṃ balā || > combined with the preceding two and with ghee, is a wound-healer in wounds. / Triphalā, dhātakī, lodhra, samaṅgā, madhuka, balā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.8) dve bṛhatyau samudrāntā tathaiva ca śatāvarī | nīlotpalaṃ kaṭphalaṃ ca mālatī svarṇayūthikā || > the two bṛhatīs, samudrāntā, and likewise śatāvarī, / blue water lily, kaṭphala, jasmine, and yellow jasmine— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.9) eṣāṃ kalkaissamaissiddhaṃ tailaṃ syād vraṇaropaṇam | nimbvāmrāmalakīnāṃ ca pallavaṃ madhukaṃ balā || > 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— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.10) etaiśśakṛdrasesiddhaṃ tailaṃ vraṇanibarhaṇam | nyagrodhodumbarāśvatthaplakṣapāṭhāvarārjunāḥ || > an oil prepared with these in dung juice is a destroyer of wounds. / Nyagrodha, udumbara, aśvattha, plakṣa, pāṭhā, varā, arjuna, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.11) śamībadaryā eteṣāṃ kaṣāyā vraṇadhāvanāḥ | yavānnaṃ śālikā raktā mudgā nīvāraṣaṣṭikāḥ || > śamī, and badarī—decoctions of these are wound-washes. / Barley food, red śāli rice, mung beans, wild rice, and sixty-day rice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.12) jāṅgalāni ca māṃsāni vraṇitaśśīlayetsadā | amlaṃ dadhi ca śākaṃ ca māṃsaṃ cānūpavārijam || > 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 \[he should avoid\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.13) kṣīraṃ gurūṇi cānnāni vraṇitaḥ parivarjayet | etanupakramān kuryād vraṇe kāyacikitsakaḥ || > A wounded person should avoid milk and heavy foods. / The physician should perform these interventions on a wound. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.14) śalyakṛc cāpi kurvīta vraṇe śeṣānupakramān | chedyaṃ bhedyaṃ ca lekhyaṃ casīvyaṃ pracchanam eva ca || > And the surgeon should perform the remaining interventions on a wound: / excision, incision, scraping, suturing, and scarification, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.15) pācanaṃ yac ca tastulyaṃ bhaved anyac ca kiṃcana | dvādaśa vraṇadoṣāśca parīkṣā caiva ṣaḍvidhā || > suppuration, whatever is similar to that, and whatever else \[is needed\]. / The twelve wound defects, the sixfold examination, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.16) upakramāś ca ṣaṭtriṃśanniyatāḥ śalyahetuke | uddeśataḥ kriyāś caitāḥ kuryāt kāyacikitsakaḥ || > and the thirty-six interventions prescribed for surgical causes— / the physician should perform these procedures in brief outline. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.17) triphalā madhukaṃ lodhraṃ mañjiṣṭhā bilvaśuṇṭhikā | samaṅgā dhātakī lākṣā viryāsaḥ śālmalerapi || > Triphalā, madhuka, lodhra, mañjiṣṭhā, bilva-ginger, / samaṅgā, dhātakī, lākṣā, and also the exudate of the śālmali, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.18) pālāśasya ca niryāso niryāsaḥ kakubhasya ca | sūkṣmāny etāni cūrṇāni vraṇānāṃ ropaṇaṃ param || > the exudate of the palāśa, and the exudate of the kakubha: / these fine powders are the supreme healing \[agent\] of wounds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.19) gugguloḥ sallakīnāṃ ca sarjasya tiniśasya ca | niryāsā ropaṇāḥ poktāḥ samastāḥ pṛthageva vā || > The exudates of guggulu, sallakī, sarja, and tiniśa / are declared to be healing \[agents\], whether combined or taken separately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.27.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.27.20) vraṇe dhūmakramā ye ca pratyutpattau ca yā kriyā | etaccheṣaṃ śalyakṛtā kartavyaṃ dṛṣṭakarmaṇā || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhelesaptaviṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ || || aṣṭāviṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ ||athātaḥ pānātyayacikitsitaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.6.27.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bheḍasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhedasamhita.66.p20) — 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