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# The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.28

Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.1)

sarve lavaṇavarjyās tu rasā madye pratiṣṭhitāḥ | tīkṣṇaṃ coṣṇaṃ tathāsūkṣmamāśukāri vyavāyi ca ||

> All tastes except salt are present in liquor. / It is sharp, hot, penetrating, quick-acting, and diffusive,  
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### [6.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.2)

dīpanīyaṃ ca hṛdyaṃ ca sarvabhūtahitaṃ laghu | cintāśorkaklamaharaṃ ratiprītivivardhanam ||

> appetizing, beneficial to the heart, beneficial to all living beings, and light. / It dispels worry, sorrow, and fatigue, and increases pleasure and delight.  
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### [6.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.3)

harṣasthāne harṣakaraṃ bhayasthāne bhayāpaham | rativihārajananaṃ dyutiśauryakaraṃparam ||

> It produces joy when there is cause for joy, and dispels fear when there is cause for fear. / It produces erotic pleasure and recreation, and brings supreme luster and valor.  
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### [6.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.4)

śarīrāvayavān sarvānanugacchatyaṇūnapi | taikṣṇyān mohayate cittam auṣṇyāt pittakaraṃ ca tat ||

> It reaches all limbs of the body, even the minute ones. / Through its sharpness it confuses the mind, and through its heat it produces pitta.  
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### [6.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.5)

hṛdyaṃvaiśadyabhāvāc ca raukṣyānmārutakopanam | śleṣmaghnaṃ tīkṣṇabhāvac ca harṣaṇād vṛṣyamucyate ||

> It is beneficial to the heart through its non-viscid quality, and provokes vāta through its dryness. / It destroys kapha through its sharpness, and because it brings exhilaration it is called an aphrodisiac.  
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### [6.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.6)

madyāvacāraṇāttasya kupitau pittamārutau | śoṣayetāṃ rasavahāḥ sirāḥkloma ca tālu ca ||

> From the intake of liquor, his aggravated pitta and vāta / dry up the chyle-carrying vessels, the kloman, and the palate.  
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### [6.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.7)

tṛṣāparītasso ' tyarthaṃ pānamevābhinandati | pītaṃ pītaṃ śoṣayato dehe tasyāgnimārutau ||

> Overcome by thirst, he greatly delights only in drink. / As it is drunk again and again, the internal fire and vāta in his body dry it up.  
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### [6.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.8)

gacchatyāśu jarāṃ dehe sikatāyāmivodakam | tasmād ahorātram api pibataḥ pānasevinaḥ ||

> It quickly undergoes digestion in the body, like water in sand. / Therefore, even though he drinks day and night, indulging in drink,  
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### [6.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.9)

tṛṣṇā nopaśamaṃ yāti pānaṃ jīryati cāśu ca | bhrāmitasya tu madyena pittaṃ vāyuś ca dehinaḥ ||

> his thirst is not pacified, and the drink digests rapidly. / For the person made to wander by liquor, pitta and vāyu,  
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### [6.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.10)

vihīne cittamanasi buddhiṃ pīḍayatastataḥ | sa roditi praharati visṛjatyati dhāvati ||

> when intellect and mind are impaired, thereupon torment the intellect. / He weeps, strikes out, loses control, and runs about excessively.  
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### [6.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.11)

patatyutpatate hantibahvabaddhaṃ ca bhāṣate | gacchatyagamyāmanyāṃ ca kāryākārye na budhyate ||

> He falls down, jumps up, slaughters, and babbles much disconnected speech. / He approaches an forbidden woman or another, and does not understand what should and should not be done.  
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### [6.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.12)

tathā śvabhre ca patatiśete ca mṛtaśāyikām | nagnoviśedvicaitanyaṃ vicareddhi vicetanaḥ ||

> Likewise, he falls into a pit, and lies down as if dead. / Naked, he may enter into unconsciousness, or he wanders about bereft of consciousness.  
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### [6.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.13)

īdṛśo ' pi bhavenmattaḥ pānenonmathitendriyaḥ | pramāṇena pibenmadyaṃ nātiseveta paṇḍitaḥ ||

> Such may become the intoxicated person whose sense faculties are agitated by drink. / A wise man should drink liquor in measured quantity and not indulge in excess.  
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### [6.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.14)

yuktyā tu sevyamānaṃ tatpānaṃ cāmṛtamucyate | pānaṃ tadbhojane ' tyarthaṃ rucimantaṃ karoti ca ||

> Used with proper method, that drink is declared to be ambrosia; / and that drink creates abundant relish for food,  
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### [6.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.15)

harṣaṃ janayate strīṣutajjarogaṃ cikitsakaḥ | pānenaiva praśamayennānyattasya cikitsitam ||

> and produces joy with women. The physician / should pacify disease born of it with drink alone; there is no other treatment for it.  
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### [6.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.16)

tasmānmadyaṃ niṣeveta śubhrāṇi vacanāni ca | bhajellaghūni cānnāni jāṅgalānna mṛgadvijān ||

> Therefore, one should indulge in liquor and bright words; / one should enjoy light foods and arid-zone game animals and birds.  
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### [6.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.17)

snānaṃ sugandhaiḥ snānīyaiḥ kṛtvātvaganulepanam | śabdān manojñān śṛṇvaṃś ca manojñaissaha bandhubhiḥ ||

> Bathing with fragrant bath-preparations, applying unguents to the skin, / listening to pleasing sounds together with agreeable friends,  
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### [6.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.18)

gṛhe ' tyantasukhe hyetat kuryāt prasthottarottaram | kāntāssumadhyavayasaḥ tanumadhyāśśucismitāḥ ||

> in an exceedingly comfortable house, one should do this with increasing measures. / Beautiful women of middle age, slender-waisted, with bright smiles,  
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### [6.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.19)

candrapādānmanohṛṣṭāścitramālyāmbarasrajaḥ | caturāḥ kṣaumavasanāmuktāmaṇivibhūṣitāḥ ||

> delighting the heart like rays of the moon, adorned with variegated garlands and garments, / clever, clad in linen, adorned with pearls and jewels,  
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### [6.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.20)

raktacandanadigdhāṅgā manojñā maṇimekhalāḥ | tāḥ samāliṅgya śayaneśayītāpratimāḥ striyaḥ ||

> their limbs anointed with red sandalwood, charming, wearing jeweled girdles— / embracing those peerless women, he should lie on the bed.  
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### [6.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.21)

yoṣito vai pradhānā vai śītasparśāḥ svabhāvataḥ | nṛṇāṃ svabhāvataś caiva nāryo harṣavivardhanāḥ ||

> Women indeed are paramount, cool of touch by nature; / and by nature women increase the joy of men.  
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### [6.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.22)

somo hi śiśirodhāturhṛdi harṣāt pravardhate | tasmād ālāpasaṃlāpaissaṃvāhanavinodanaiḥ ||

> For Soma, the cool element in the heart, increases from joy; / therefore, with conversation, casual talk, massage, and amusements,  
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### [6.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.23)

nārīṃ praharṣajananīṃ sevetāśu madātyaye | gītatūryasvanās tatrasuhṛdaś ca madotkaṭāḥ ||

> one should quickly resort to a woman who produces delight in intoxication. / There, sounds of song and instruments, and friends flushed with intoxication,  
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### [6.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.24)

priyānuvarti gāyanto harṣaṃ kuryurmadātyaye | nirdoṣāṇi ca madyāni yuktāni śiśirairjalaiḥ ||

> singing in tune with what is pleasing, should produce joy in intoxication. / And wholesome liquors, combined with cool water,  
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### [6.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.25)

tāni tāni śubhairmāsaiḥ sopadaṃśāni pāyayet | pānakāni ca mukhyāni ṣāḍavāṃstarpaṇāni ca ||

> together with auspicious meats, should be given to drink with side-dishes, / as well as superior syrup beverages, ṣāḍavas, and refreshing drinks.  
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### [6.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.26)

tavakṣīrīṃ sacukrīṃ ca sevetāsau madātyaye | takraṃdrākṣārasassīdhustaittirīko rasomadhu ||

> He should take bamboo manna and sorrel in intoxication. / Buttermilk, grape juice, sīdhu, francolin partridge broth, honey,  
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### [6.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.27)

āranālaṃ ca śukraṃ ca koladāḍimayo rasau | lājāḥ santarpaṇāś caiva sūkṣmāś ca yavatarpaṇāḥ ||

> āranāla vinegar, fermented gruel, broths of jujube and pomegranate, / roasted paddy drinks, and fine barley refreshing drinks,  
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### [6.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.28)

sauvarcalamajājyaś ca saindhavaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā | śiśireṇa jalenaitattarpaṇaṃ pānavatpibet ||

> sauvarcala salt, cumin, and rock salt— / one should drink this refreshing drink like liquor, with cool water.  
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### [6.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.29)

mātuluṅgopadaṃśaṃ ca hanyāt pānātyayaṃ nṛṇām | lākṣārasastaittirīko dāḍimasyaraso madhu ||

> And a side-dish of citron destroys alcoholism in men. / Lac juice, francolin partridge broth, pomegranate juice, honey,  
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### [6.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.30)

pūrvakalpena pātavyaṃ sampanne pānavibhrame | karkandhubadarāṇāṃ ca prasthaṃ kuryāt sukuṭṭitam ||

> should be drunk according to the previous recipe when drunkenness has developed. / One should well pound a prastha of karkandhu and badara fruits,  
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### [6.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.31)

dviprasthe gālayaṃstoye saptakṛtvaḥ punaḥ punaḥ | mṛṇmaye tatra vai bhāṇḍe svanuguptaṃ nidhāpayet ||

> straining them again and again seven times in two prasthas of water. / Then one should place it well concealed in an earthen vessel,  
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### [6.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.32)

dve ca dadyād guḍapale śarkarāyāḥ palaṃ tathā | sūkṣmaṃ ca maricātkarṣaṃ caturthaṃ kesarasya ca ||

> and add two palas of jaggery, a pala of sugar, / a fine karṣa of black pepper, a fourth \[of a karṣa\] of saffron,  
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### [6.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.33)

tvakpatradharaṇe dve ca sūkṣmailākarṣam eva ca | amṛṇālārdhakarṣaṃ ca sūkṣmacūrṇāni kārayet ||

> two dharaṇas of cinnamon bark and leaves, a karṣa of fine cardamom, / and half a karṣa of fragrant roots; one should make fine powders \[of these\].  
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### [6.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.34)

jātīvāsanayopetaṃ pānakaṃ pānavibhrame | nāśayatyāśu pānena chinnābhrāṇīva mārutaḥ ||

> This syrup drink, endowed with the scent of jasmine, in drunkenness / quickly destroys \[the disorder\] with drinking, just as wind \[destroys\] scattered clouds.  
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### [6.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.35)

etacchardiṃ tṛṣāṃ dāhamatisāraṃ pravāhikām | aruciṃ mūtrakṛcchraṃ ca hanyāt pānātyayaṃ nṛṇām ||

> It destroys vomiting, thirst, burning sensation, diarrhea, dysentery, / anorexia, dysuria, and alcoholism in men.  
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### [6.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.36)

kāśmaryaṃ dāḍimaṃ drākṣāṃ madhukaṃ saparūṣakam | kuṭajāni ca saṃkṣudya prakṣipettajjalāḍhake ||

> Kāśmarya, pomegranate, grape, madhuka with parūṣaka, / and kuṭaja seeds—having crushed these, one should throw them into an āḍhaka of water.  
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### [6.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.37)

sūkṣmailāmadhukaṃ lodhraṃ mañjiṣṭhā pippalī tathā | etāni sūkṣmacūrṇāni dadyānmānaṃ ca yuktitaḥ ||

> Fine cardamom, madhuka, lodhra, mañjiṣṭhā, and pippalī— / one should add fine powders of these in appropriate measure.  
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### [6.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.38)

kesaraṃ cātra dātavyaṃ puṣpaṃ nīlotpalasya ca | etatpānātyaye deyaṃ tṛṣācchardinivāraṇam ||

> And saffron should be given here, and the flower of blue water-lily. / This should be given in alcoholism to ward off thirst and vomiting.  
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### [6.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.39)

dve guḍūcī pale dve ca balā dvipalam eva ca | lāmajjakamṛṇālābhyāṃ dve pale madhukotpalam ||

> Two palas of guḍūcī, two of balā, / two palas of lāmajjaka and lotus stalk, madhuka, and utpala—  
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### [6.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.40)

etānyāpothyadeyāni nave bhāṇḍe jalāḍhake | guḍasya ca palānyaṣṭau dadyānnīlotpalaṃ tathā ||

> having crushed these, they should be placed in an āḍhaka of water in a new vessel; / and one should add eight palas of jaggery, as well as blue water-lily.  
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### [6.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.41)

etatpānātyaye deyaṃ pānakaṃ kesarairyutam | jvaradāhatṛṣāśvāsacchardihikkāśca nāśayet ||

> This syrup beverage combined with saffron should be given in alcoholism; / it relieves fever, burning sensation, thirst, dyspnea, vomiting, and hiccups.  
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### [6.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.42)

yadi saṃśamanairetairna śāmyetpānavibhramaḥ | pāyayet taṃ trivṛccūrṇaṃ yuktyā madyena saṃyutam ||

> If drunkenness does not subside with these pacifying measures, / one should administer trivṛt powder combined appropriately with liquor.  
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### [6.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.43)

pibedvirecanaṃ cūrṇaṃ mahātarpaṇam eva vā | pūrvoktānmodakāṃś cāpi bhakṣayitvā pibetsurām ||

> He should drink a purgative powder or a great refreshing drink, / or, having eaten the previously described modakas, he should drink surā.  
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### [6.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.44)

vamanīyaṃ yadā vidyāt tadainaṃ vāmayed bhiṣak | vamanairmadyasaṃyuktaiścūrṇaiḥ pācanakair api ||

> When the physician knows him to be fit for emesis, he should then cause him to vomit / with emetics combined with liquor or with digestive powders.  
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### [6.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.45)

yavakṣāraiś ca saṃsargīṃ tasya kuryāc cikitsakaḥ | na hi peyāḥ praśasyante manuṣyāṇāṃ madātyaye ||

> And the physician should administer a regimen with barley alkali to him; / for thin gruels are not praised for men suffering from intoxication.  
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### [6.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.46)

madātyaye na śasyanteyavāgvo doṣanāśanāḥ | jāṣyāt pānasya pītasya vegaṃ janayate punaḥ ||

> In intoxication, gruels that destroy doṣas are not recommended; / due to sluggishness, they generate once again the surge of the ingested drink.  
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### [6.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.47)

tanmadyaśeṣaṃ saṃvṛddhaṃ kurvād ghorānupadravān | tasmāt pānātyaye ' pathyāḥ snehāḥ peyā yavāgvapi ||

> That remaining liquor, aggravated, would cause dreadful complications; / therefore, unctuous substances, thin gruels, and thick gruel are unwholesome in alcoholism.  
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### [6.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.48)

sūkṣmāṇi dehasrotāṃsi madyaṃ samanudhāvati | tiṣṭhatyavayavaiś cānyasrotassu viṣameṣv api ||

> Liquor runs along the subtle channels of the body; / and it remains with its components even in the irregular channels.  
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### [6.28.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.49)

viṣvagdhṛtāṃs tu koṣṭhasthān kopayatyānilādikān | dhātavaste kharībhūtā vivṛddhāḥ pānadūṣitāḥ ||

> It violently agitates the vāta and other doṣas situated all around in the gut; / those tissues, become rough, aggravated, and corrupted by drink,  
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### [6.28.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.50)

pānena saha saṃsṛṣṭā janayanty āmayān bahūn | vyavāyi madyamuddiṣṭaṃ viśeṣeṇa manīṣibhiḥ ||

> mingled with the drink, produce many diseases. / Liquor is described by the wise as especially pervasive.  
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### [6.28.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.51)

ye tu sūkṣmādiviṣayāmadyādīnanuyānti vai | na hi tānviṣayānanyo rasaśśakto vidhāritum ||

> The subtle and other spheres that follow after liquor and the like— / no other taste is able to hold back those spheres.  
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### [6.28.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.52)

tasmāt pānātyayārtānāṃ madyamevauṣadhaṃ param | svā hiyoniś ca tatpānaṃ pralīnaṃ koṣṭhamāśritam ||

> Therefore, liquor itself is the supreme medicine for those afflicted with alcoholism; / indeed, its own origin is that drink, dissolved and residing in the gut.  
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### [6.28.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.53)

vaśībhūtaṃprayatnena mahāsrotaḥ prapadyate | ārtasya madyasaṃyuktāny auṣadhāny api sarvaśaḥ ||

> Brought under control with effort, it enters the great channel; / medicines combined with liquor in every way \[are given\] to the afflicted person.  
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### [6.28.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.54)

madyātyaye prakurvīta kriyāḥ śītāś ca sarvaśaḥ | ataś ca madyasaṃyuktāstarpaṇāḥ khalu dehinaḥ ||

> In intoxication, one should employ cold measures in every way; / and therefore refreshing drinks combined with liquor should indeed be given to the embodied person  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.55)

deyāś cātiviriktāya srotasāṃ śodhanāya ca | auṣṇyāt taikṣṇyādvikāsitvād vyavāyitvāc ca raukṣyataḥ ||

> who has been excessively purged, and for the purification of the channels. / Because of heat, sharpness, expanding action, pervasiveness, and dryness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.56)

tulyaṃ hi rasavīryābhyāṃ viṣaṃ madyaṃ ca kīrtitam | tasmāt tattatkriyāssarvā viṣavatsamupācaret ||

> liquor is declared equal to poison in taste and potency; / therefore, one should treat all its respective procedures like poison.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.57)

kledanaṃ tīkṣṇamuṣṇaṃ ca vidāhyañjananāvanam | tasmād uṣṇodakaṃ svedaṃ dhūmaṃ pānaṃ ca sarpiṣaḥ ||

> Moistening, sharp, hot, burning collyrium and nasal medication; / therefore, hot water, fomentation, smoke, and drinking ghee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.58)

jvālānalaṃ tu sarveṣāṃ yavāgūśca vivarjayet | dadhi dugdhaṃ ca śākaṃ ca grāmyānūpaudakāni ca ||

> blazing fire, and gruels must be avoided in all \[cases\]; / curds, milk, leafy vegetables, domestic, marshland, and aquatic animals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.59)

tilapiṣṭakṛtaṃ caiva pānarogī vivarjayet | śālīn saṣaṣṭikān mudgān jāṅgalānmṛgapakṣiṇaḥ ||

> and preparations made of sesame paste should be avoided by the alcoholic patient. / Śāli rice, ṣaṣṭika rice, mung beans, wild quadrupeds and birds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.60)

pānātyaye praśaṃsanti bhojaneṣu cikitsakāḥ | sameṣu dhātukopeṣuvivikteṣu ca me śṛṇu ||

> physicians praise as foods in alcoholism. / When the aggravation of the tissues is equal and when distinct, hear from me:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.61)

atimātraṃ yadā pānaṃ pītaṃ kopayate ' nilam | saṃdṛśya vātikaṃ rūpaṃ tasyakuryāc cikitsitam ||

> When excessive drink, having been consumed, aggravates vāta, / having observed the vātika symptoms, one should perform his treatment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.62)

sauvarcalavyoṣayutaṃ madyaṃ mākṣikasaṃyutam | cukraṃdāḍimasaṃyuktaṃ vātapānātyaye hitam ||

> Liquor combined with black salt and three pungents, mixed with honey, / \[or\] vinegar combined with pomegranate, is wholesome in vāta-alcoholism.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.63)

toyaṃ madyaṃ ca śuktaṃ ca dadhi tvamlaṃ ca kāñjikam | samākṣikastarpaṇo ' yaṃ vātapānātyaye hitaḥ ||

> Water, liquor, sour gruel, sour curds, and kāñjika— / this refreshing drink, with honey, is wholesome in vāta-alcoholism.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.64)

abhyaṅgo mardanaṃ snānaṃ pānānyardhodakāni ca | vyaktāmlavyoṣasaṃyuktānrasān vrīhīṃś caśīlayet ||

> Massage, rubbing, bath, and drinks mixed with half water; / he should habituate himself to vrīhi rice and broths combined with distinct sourness and three pungents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.65)

chāgalaṃ taittiraṃ krauñcaṃ kaukkuṭaṃbārhiṇaṃ tathā | vātapānātyayārtānāṃ bhojanārthaṃ hitaṃ nṛṇām ||

> Goat, partridge, demoiselle crane, chicken, and peacock \[meat\] / are wholesome for food for men afflicted with vāta-alcoholism.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.66)

āmramāmrātakaṃ bhavyaṃ kapitthaṃ karamardakam | pūrvakalpena pātavyaṃ pānakaṃ vātarogiṇām ||

> Mango, hog plum, bhavya, wood apple, and karamardaka— / a syrup beverage of these should be drunk according to the previous recipe by vāta patients.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.67)

cavyaṃ sauvarcalaṃ hiṅgu mātuluṅgamahauṣadham | tathājamodacūrṇaṃca madyena saha pāyayet ||

> Cavya, black salt, asafetida, citron, and dried ginger, / as well as powder of ajamodā, one should cause him to drink with liquor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.68)

pānātyaye pittakṛte pānakaṃ śarkarāyutam | pibenmākṣikasaṃyuktamardhatoyapariplutam ||

> In alcoholism caused by pitta, a syrup beverage mixed with sugar, / combined with honey and flooded with half-water, should be drunk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.69)

kecitpānaṃ tu garhanti pittapānātyaye nṛṇām | tanmadyānna hi cecchakyaṃ vinācānyaiścikitsitum ||

> Some condemn drink for men in pitta-alcoholism; / yet without that liquor, it is not possible to treat \[them\] with others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.70)

saṃyuktaṃ taddhi pittaghnairmadyamevāpi sevyate | vidāryāmalakānāṃca rasairikṣurasena vā ||

> For liquor itself, combined with pitta-dispelling substances, is to be used, / or with the juices of vidārī and āmalaka, or with sugarcane juice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.71)

madhūkamadhukāśmaryakharjūraṃ nīlamutpalam | pānakaṃ madyasaṃyuktaṃ pūrvakalpena sādhayet ||

> Madhūka, madhuka, kāśmarya, dates, and blue water-lily— / one should prepare a syrup beverage combined with liquor according to the previous recipe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.72)

ārdrakṣaumaparicchannā muktāmaṇivibhūṣitāḥ | śyāmāścandanadigdhāṅgāḥ svapyādāśliṣya yoṣitaḥ ||

> Clothed in wet linen, adorned with pearls and jewels, / youthful women with limbs smeared with sandalwood—embracing them he should sleep.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.73)

madyaṃ kharjūrakalkena pibed ikṣurasena vā | pakvaṃ pīlurasaṃ vāpi vārtākīrasam eva vā ||

> He should drink liquor with date paste or with sugarcane juice, / or ripe pīlu juice, or eggplant juice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.74)

raso drākṣāvidārībhyāṃ madyamikṣuraso madhu | pittapānātyayārtānāmetatpānaṃ hitaṃ nṛṇām ||

> Juice of grapes and vidārī, liquor, sugarcane juice, honey— / this drink is wholesome for men afflicted with pitta-alcoholism.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.75)

dṛtiṃ himāmbusampūrṇāṃ gandhamālyasamucchritām | svapyāt pariṣvajya gṛhe pittapānātyayārditaḥ ||

> Afflicted with pitta-alcoholism, he should sleep in his house embracing / a water skin filled with icy water and adorned with fragrant garlands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.76)

sarāṃsi vanarājiś ca nalinī phullapaṅkajā | bhavetpaṅkajapatraiś ca śayanaṃ candanokṣitam ||

> Lakes, forest groves, a lotus pond with blooming lotuses, / and a bed made with lotus leaves and sprinkled with sandalwood should be \[provided\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.77)

upagūhya mṛṇālāni kalhārakusumāni ca | śayītajalasaṃsṛṣṭavyajanair upavījitaḥ ||

> Embracing lotus stalks and white water-lily blossoms, / he should sleep, fanned by fans moistened with water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.78)

pānātyaye pittakṛteśastrāśaniviṣopame | jāṅgalairghṛtasaṃyuktairbhojayed raktaśālikān ||

> In alcoholism caused by pitta, which is like a weapon, lightning, or poison, / one should feed him red śāli rice with wild meat broths combined with ghee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.79)

mudgayūṣeṇa vā śītaṃ bhojanmṛdulaudanam | triphalāyāḥ kaṣāyaṃ vā pibenmadyena saṃyutam ||

> or cold, soft cooked rice with mung bean soup; / or he should drink a decoction of triphalā combined with liquor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.80)

kṣaudreṇa rasamikṣorvā trivṛtkalkena vā punaḥ | triphalātvaṅmadhūkāni padmakaṃ padmakesaram ||

> or sugarcane juice with honey, or again with trivṛt paste. / Triphalā bark, madhūka, padmaka, lotus filaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.81)

nīlotpalaṃ mṛṇālāni naladaṃ candanaṃ balām | siddhaṃ kaṣāyaṃ śītaṃ taiḥ śarkarāmadhusaṃyutam ||

> blue water-lily, lotus stalks, nalada, sandalwood, and balā— / a cold decoction prepared with these, combined with sugar and honey,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.82)

kiṃcinmadyena saṃyuktaṃ pittapānātyaye hitam | drākṣā pīlūni pakvāni kharjūrāṇi parūṣakam ||

> mixed with a little liquor, is wholesome in pitta-alcoholism. / Grapes, ripe pīlu fruits, dates, parūṣaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.83)

bhavyaṃ panasamajjā ca majjātālaphalasya ca | āpothya tāni sarvāṇi palāṃśāni jalāḍhake ||

> bhavya, jackfruit pulp, and pulp of palmyra fruit— / having crushed all these, one pala each, in an āḍhaka of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.84)

caturbhāgāvaśeṣaṃ tu nave kumbhe samāvapet | datvāsitāpalānyaṣṭau palaṃnīlotpalasya tu ||

> one should pour it, reduced to a fourth part, into a new pot, / having added eight palas of sugar and one pala of blue water-lily.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.85)

tatpibetpānakaṃ yuktyā pittapānātyayārditaḥ | ślaiṣmike pānaroge ca madyena vamanaṃ hitam ||

> Afflicted with pitta-alcoholism, he should drink that syrup beverage properly. / And in alcoholic disease of phlegm, vomiting with liquor is wholesome.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.86)

paṭolaṃ picumandaṃ ca madanasya ca pallavam | guḍūcī cāṭarūṣaś ca triphalā pāribhadrakaḥ ||

> Paṭola, picumanda, sprouts of madana, / guḍūcī, āṭarūṣa, triphalā, and pāribhadraka—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.87)

kaṣāyaṃ pāyayed etaṃ śītaṃ mākṣikasaṃyutam | nityaṃ seveta tiktāni kaṣāyakaṭukāni ca ||

> One should have him drink this decoction cold, mixed with honey. / He should constantly consume bitters, astringents, and pungents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.88)

jāṅgalāni ca māṃāni seveta mṛgapakṣiṇām | pibetkuṭannaṭācūrṇaṃ triphalārasasaṃyutam ||

> and consume the meat of wild deer and birds. / He should drink kuṭannaṭa powder mixed with the juice of triphalā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.89)

dīpanīyāṃś ca seveta yogān pānena nity aśaḥ | vikāre śleṣmaṇi hitaṃ madyaṃ bhūyiṣṭham eva hi ||

> and constantly consume digestive-stimulant formulations along with drink; / for liquor is indeed mostly beneficial in a disorder of phlegm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.90)

tasmāt pānātyaye madyaṃślaiṣmike paricakṣmahe | eṣā vimānataḥ proktā śleṣmapānātyaye kriyā ||

> Therefore we prescribe liquor in phlegm-induced alcoholism. / This treatment in phlegm-induced alcoholism has been declared according to measure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.91)

sarvataḥ sannipāte tu sadā kuryāc cikitsitam | ahāni sapta cāṣṭau vā nṛṇāṃ pānātyaye smṛtam ||

> In sannipāta, however, one should always treat in every way. / Seven or eight days are traditionally considered \[the duration\] in alcoholism for men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.92)

pānaṃ hi bhajate jīrṇamata ūrdhvaṃ vimārgataḥ | anena kālayogena yo rogo na nivartate ||

> for beyond this, chronic drinking takes an aberrant pathway. / The disease which does not subside within this course of time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.93)

kṛtvānupūrvyā pānasya kuryāt tasya cikitsitam | hikkāśvāsādayo rogā ye ca sarve samutthitāḥ ||

> one should treat following the order of \[excessive\] drinking. / Whatever diseases have arisen, such as hiccup, dyspnea, and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.94)

teṣāṃ cikitsitaṃ kuryād yathā sve sve cikitsite | iti pānātyayārtānāṃ vistareṇa cikitsitam ||

> one should administer treatment for them according to each of their own treatments. / Thus has the treatment for those afflicted with alcoholism been described in detail,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.28.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.28.95)

prajāhitam idaṃ proktaṃ śiṣyāṇāmarthasiddhaye || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bheleaṣṭāviṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ || iti bhelasaṃhitāyāṃ cikitsāsthānaṃ samāptam || || kalpasthānam || || prathamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athātomadanakalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāma it ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ |

> declared for the benefit of living beings, for the accomplishment of the students' aims. Thus said the venerable Ātreya. Thus the twenty-eighth chapter in Bheḷa. Thus ends the Cikitsāsthāna in the Bheḷasaṃhitā. Kalpasthāna. First Chapter. Now we shall explain the procedure for madana; thus said the venerable Ātreya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.6.28.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Gadanigraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.gadanigraha.30.50) — Soḍhala, Sanskrit

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