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# The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.6

Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.1)

|pittaṃ bhṛśaṃ dehe prakupyati | tatpraduṣṭaṃ dūṣayati raktamāṃsamatholbaṇam ||

> \[…\] bile becomes excessively vitiated in the body; / severely corrupted, it corrupts blood and muscle tissue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.2)

tatra kuṣṭhāni jāyante dehe bahuvidhāni tu | teṣāṃ rūpāṇi vakṣyāmi cikitsāṃ ca yathākramam ||

> Then diverse kinds of skin diseases arise in the body; / I shall explain their signs and treatment in proper sequence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.3)

doṣāṇāṃ sañcitānāṃ tutvaṅmāṃsācchāsracāriṇām | pradūṣaṇaṃ hi sarveṣāṃ kuṣṭham ity abhidhīyate ||

> Indeed, the corruption of skin, flesh, lymph, and blood / by the accumulated humors moving through them is termed kuṣṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.4)

viruddhamāhārayato+apyajīrṇādhyaśanena ca | chardimūtrapurīṣāṇāṃ vegānāṃ ca vidhāraṇāt ||

> In one who consumes incompatible food, and through eating during indigestion or overeating, / and from suppressing the urges of vomiting, urine, and feces;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.5)

grāmyānūpaudakaṃ māṃsaṃ śākaṃ haritakāni ca | madyamamlamathātyarthaṃ sevitvā yaḥ pibetpayaḥ ||

> in one who, having excessively consumed meat of domestic, marshy, or aquatic animals, / leafy vegetables, fresh herbs, wine, or sour food, drinks milk;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.6)

bhuktvā vāpy uṣṇamāhāraṃ madhu māṃsaṃ ca sevate | madyaṃ madhu ca yaḥ pītvāt yuṣṇamannaṃ ca sevate ||

> or who, having eaten hot food, consumes honey and meat; / or who, having drunk wine and honey, consumes hot food;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.7)

vidagdhabhukto yaś cāpi grāmyadharma niṣevate | uṣṇātapāmyāṃ sahasāyaś cāpy apsu nimajjati ||

> And who engages in sexual intercourse when his food is incompletely digested, / and who, afflicted by heat and sunshine, suddenly plunges into water:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.8)

tasyoṣmā sanniruddhas tuprakopayati mārutam | udīrayati vāyus tu dūṣito doṣasaṃcayān ||

> his suppressed bodily heat provokes wind, / and the deranged wind sets the accumulations of doshas in motion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.9)

doṣāśśirāḥ prapannāste rudhiraṃ dūṣayantyati | raktamāṃsaniruddhās tu vātapittakaphāstrayaḥ ||

> Those doshas, having entered the vessels, vitiate the blood; / and blocked by the blood and flesh, the three \[doshas\]—wind, bile, and phlegm—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.10)

janayanty āśu kuṣṭhāni nṛṇāmaṣṭādaśaiva tu | nidāneṣv api nirdiṣṭaṃ nidānaṃ sāptakuṣṭhikam ||

> rapidly generate the eighteen skin diseases in human beings. / In the \[treatises on\] etiology as well, the etiology of the sevenfold skin diseases has been taught.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.11)

aṣṭādaśa tu kuṣṭhāni teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam | yatkuṣṭhamaruṇābhāsaṃ śyāmaṃ rūkṣaṃ savedanam ||

> Now I shall state the symptoms of those eighteen skin diseases. / The skin disease that has a reddish-brown appearance, is dusky, dry, painful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.12)

pipīlikākīrṇamiva karkaśaṃ cāpi vātikam | kṣipramuttiṣṭhate yas tu dūṣyate paridahyate ||

> feels as if covered with ants, and is rough, is caused by wind. / That which rises quickly, is corrupt, burns intensely,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.13)

tāmraṃ śyāvaprakupitaṃ sajvaraṃ cāpi paittikam | samutpanneṣu vā teṣu stimitaṃ bahulaṃ guru ||

> is coppery, dusky, enraged, and accompanied by fever, is caused by bile. / Or when they have arisen, that which is motionless, thick, heavy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.14)

pāṇḍu snigdhaṃ ca guru ca yatkuṣṭhaṃ śleṣmasambhavam | sphuṭitaṃsrāvabahulaṃ dāharāgarujānvitam ||

> pale, unctuous, and heavy, is a skin disease originating from phlegm. / That which is cracked, produces abundant discharge, is attended with burning, redness, and pain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.15)

tvagromanakhamāṃsaiś ca dīryadbhis sānnipātikam | prādurbhaviṣyatāṃ caiva pūrvarūpāṇi me śṛṇu ||

> and causes the skin, body hair, nails, and flesh to split, is caused by all three doshas. / Hear from me also the premonitory symptoms of those about to manifest:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.16)

tāni saṃlakṣya medhāvī cikitsitamupācaret | ūṣmāyaṇaṃ parītāpaḥ svedo raukṣyaṃ vivarṇatā ||

> having observed them, an intelligent \[physician\] should apply treatment. / A sensation of heat, intense burning, sweating, dryness, discoloration,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.17)

suptatvaṃ romaharṣaś ca gātrāṇāṃ gauravaṃ klamaḥ | rāgaḥ pipāsā daurbalyaṃ davathuḥ piṭakādayaḥ ||

> numbness, horripilation, heaviness of the limbs, exhaustion, / redness, thirst, debility, burning pain, eruptions, and so forth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.18)

tataḥ kuṣṭhāni jāyante teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam | svedanaṃ kākaṇābhāsaṃ samuptannaṃ savedanam ||

> From these the skin diseases arise; I will declare their symptoms. / That which sweats, resembles a guñjā berry, appears with pain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.19)

sphuṭitaṃ nīlaparyantaṃ kākaṇaṃ kuṣṭhamucyate | udumbaranibhairyat tu maṇḍalairbahubhiścitam ||

> is cracked, and has blue borders is called kākaṇa skin disease. / That which is covered with many circular patches resembling udumbara fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.20)

nirāsrāvaiḥ sravadbhir vā vidyādaudumbaraṃ tu tat | maṇḍalairbandhujīvābhair utsannaiś ca vidāhibhiḥ ||

> either without discharge or discharging, one should know as audumbara. / That which has circular patches resembling bandhujīva flowers, elevated and burning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.21)

vidyānmaṇḍalakuṣṭhaṃ tadvedanācoṣaṇānvitam | rśyajihvopamaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ ṛśyajihvaṃ vibhāvayet ||

> accompanied by pain and sucking pain, one should know as maṇḍala skin disease. / A skin disease resembling the tongue of a blackbuck, one should recognize as ṛśyajihva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.22)

puṇḍarīkadalābhāsaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ tu tadviduḥ | alābupuṣpasadṛśaṃ sidhmaṃ kuṣṭhamudāhṛtam ||

> That which resembles a white lotus petal they know as puṇḍarīka. / The skin disease resembling a bottle-gourd flower is declared to be sidhma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.23)

kapālakuṣṭhaṃ kṛṣṇantu maṇḍalaiḥ paruṣaṃ tathā | carmakuṣṭhaṃ tu bahulaṃ hasticarmanibhaṃ kharam ||

> Kapāla skin disease is black, rough, and marked with circular patches. / Carmakuṣṭha is thick, resembles elephant-hide, and is coarse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.24)

sasphoṭakāsasantāpā pāmākaṇḍūrujānvitā | dṛḍhaṃ punaḥ prasravati kaṇḍūrodhānvitaṃ ca yat ||

> Pāmā has blisters, burning heat, itching, and pain. / That which discharges copiously, is accompanied by itching and obstruction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.25)

vartate ca samutpannaṃ kiṭibaṃ tatprakīrtitam | śyāvā raktā samutpannā praklinnā srāviṇī tathā ||

> and, once arisen, persists, is proclaimed to be kiṭiba. / That which arises dusky and red, is excessively moist and discharging,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.26)

māṃsenopacitā yuktā vijñeyā sā vicarcikā | pariśuṣkāṇi rūkṣāṇi kaṇḍūrāṇi ghanāni ca ||

> and is endowed with an accumulation of flesh, is to be known as vicarcikā. / The circular patches that are completely dry, rough, itchy, thick,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.27)

maṇḍalānyunnatāgrāṇi dudrukuṣṭhaṃ hi tatsmṛtam | aruḍbhiścīyamānaṃ tu nīlalohitakaiḥ kharaiḥ ||

> and have raised edges, are remembered as dadru skin disease. / That which is covered with wounds that are dark blue and reddish, coarse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.28)

bahubhiś casravadbhiś ca śatāruṣkantu tadviduḥ | śāliśūkapratīkāśairlomabhiḥ śuklalohitam ||

> numerous, and discharging, they know as śatāruṣka. / That which has body hairs resembling the awn of rice, is white and red,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.29)

anyonyairmaṇḍalairviddhaṃśvitraṃ tadupapādayet | mīnamūṣikakīṭānāṃ viṣavegena dūṣitam ||

> and pierced by reciprocal circular patches, one should identify as śvitra. / That which is vitiated by the vehemence of poison from fish, mice, or insects,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.30)

sakaṇḍūrāgapiṭakaṃ viṣajaṃ śyāmam eva vā | pāṇipādatalāṅguṣṭhapārṣṇideśeṣu jāyate ||

> has itching, redness, and eruptions, or is dusky, is poison-born. / That which appears on the palms, the soles, the big toes, and the heels,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.31)

sphuṭitaṃ vedanādāhayuktaṃ vaipādikaṃ smṛtam | udumbarasavarṇaṃ tu samutpannaṃ savedanam ||

> is cracked, and is attended with pain and burning, is remembered as vaipādika. / That which has the color of an udumbara fruit, appears with pain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.32)

picchārāgavivarṇaṃ ca kuṣṭhaṃ sthūlāruruvyate | visarpaissaṃparikrāntaṃ vikūṇaṃ saparisravam ||

> slimy discharge, redness, and discoloration, is called sthūlāru skin disease. / That which is surrounded by erysipelas, contracted, and accompanied by running discharge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.33)

tad ekakuṣṭham ity uktam ekaṃ vīsarpasambhavam | etānyaṣṭādaśoktānikuṣṭhānīha svalakṣaṇaiḥ ||

> that is called ekakuṣṭha, which arises singly from erysipelas. / These eighteen skin diseases have been stated here according to their own characteristics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.34)

nava teṣāmasādhyāni cikitsyāni tathaiva ca | puṇḍarīkamatha śvitraṃ ṛṣyajihvaṃsakākaṇam ||

> Nine of them are incurable, and just so \[nine\] are treatable: / puṇḍarīka, then śvitra, ṛṣyajihva along with kākaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.35)

udumbaraśatāruṣkaṃ carmakuṣṭhaṃ ca yatsmṛtam | ekakuṣṭhaṃ tu yatproktaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ vaipādikaṃ ca yat ||

> udumbara, śatāruṣka, and that remembered as carmakuṣṭha, / that which is called ekakuṣṭha, and the skin disease that is vaipādika—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.36)

etāni nava kuṣṭhāni na sidhyanti kadācana | sidhmaṃ vicarcikā pāmā dadruś ca kiṭikāni ca ||

> these nine skin diseases are never cured. / Sidhma, vicarcikā, pāmā, dadru, and kiṭibha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.37)

kapālakuṣṭhaṃ sthūlārurmaṇḍalaṃ viṣajaṃ ca yat | etāni nava sādhyāni kuṣṭhānyāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ ||

> kapāla skin disease, sthūlāru, maṇḍala, and that which is poison-born— / these nine the wise declare to be curable skin diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.38)

karmajāni nava hyeṣāṃ doṣajāninavaiva tu | karmajāni na sidhyanti sidhyanti hītarāṇi tu ||

> For nine of them are born of karma, and just nine are born of doshas. / Those born of karma are not cured, but the others are indeed cured.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.39)

ātmavānmucyate tebhyaḥ kuśalenasvanuṣṭhitaḥ | raktodbhavāni kuṣṭhāni sannipātodbhavāni ca ||

> A self-controlled person is freed from them when properly treated by a skilled \[physician\]. / Skin diseases arise from blood and arise from all three doshas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.40)

tasmāt teṣāṃ prathamataḥ sirākarma vidhīyate | kuṣṭhasyātyalpato nyāyyaṃ bahuśaḥpracchanaṃ smṛtam ||

> therefore, bloodletting is prescribed for them at the very outset. / For a very minor skin disease, repeated scarification is considered proper;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.41)

jalūkālābuśṛṅgair vā śoṇitaṃ tasya smṛtam | śṛṇu raktavikārāṃs tu pṛthagdhātusamāśritān ||

> or \[extraction\] of its blood with leeches, a bottle-gourd, or a horn is prescribed. / Hear now the disorders of blood residing separately in each tissue:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.42)

saphenamaruṇaṃ rūkṣaṃ vātikaṃ śoṇitaṃ tanu | nīlapītāsitaṃ taptaṃ raktaṃ pittānvitaṃ smṛtam ||

> blood affected by wind is frothy, reddish-brown, dry, and thin; / blood accompanied by bile is remembered as dark blue, yellow, or black, and hot;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.43)

vijjalaṃ pāṇḍuraṃ snigdhaṃ tantumacca kaphātmakam | sarveṣāṃ darśane vidyācchoṇitaṃ sānnipātikam ||

> that consisting of phlegm is slimy, pale, unctuous, and stringy; / upon the appearance of all \[these characteristics\], one should know blood to be caused by all three doshas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.44)

indragopakasaṅkāśamaduṣṭaṃ raktamucyate | narasya muktaraktasya pratibhuktavatas tathā ||

> Blood resembling a cochineal insect is declared to be unvitiated. / For a man whose blood has been let and who has eaten a meal,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.45)

siddhairghṛtaiḥ snehitasya kuryāt saṃśodhanaṃ tataḥ | vamanaṃ recanaṃ caiva tathā śīrṣavirecanam || āsthāpanaṃ ca kurvīta na cainamanuvāsayet ||

> and who has been unctuated with prepared ghees, one should then perform purification: / emesis, purgation, and likewise head evacuation; / one should administer non-unctuous enemas, and should not give him an unctuous enema.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.46)

śālīna saṣṭaṣṭikāṃś caiva jāṅgalāṃś ca mṛgadvijān | yavānnavikṛtīś caiva kuṣṭhī nityaṃ samācaret ||

> A patient with skin disease should always consume śāli rice, ṣaṣṭika rice, / meat of wild animals and birds, and preparations of barley food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.47)

grāmyānūpaudakaṃ māṃsamikṣustilaghṛtaṃ surā | dadhi dugdhaṃ divāsvapnaḥ phalānyamlāni miathunam ||

> Meat of domestic, marshy, or aquatic animals, sugarcane, sesame, ghee, wine, / curd, milk, daytime sleeping, sour fruits, sexual intercourse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.48)

mūlakaṃ piṣṭavikṛtirvasā haritakāni ca | kaphaṃ pittaṃ ca raktaṃ ca sarvametatprakopayet ||

> radish, pastry preparations, muscle fat, and fresh herbs: / all this provokes phlegm, bile, and blood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.49)

evaṃvidhāni cānnānihyabhiṣyandakarāṇi ca | ajīrṇādhyaśanaṃ caiva kuṣṭhī nityaṃ vivarjayet ||

> Foods of such kinds, channel-blocking foods, / and eating during indigestion or overeating, a patient with skin disease must always avoid.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.50)

dhānvantaraṃ pibetsarpiḥ svehanārhteṣu kuṣṭhitaḥ | mahadvaipañcagavyaṃ vā tailaṃ śairīṣam eva vā ||

> For purposes of unctuation, a patient with skin disease should drink Dhānvantara ghee, / or Mahāpañcagavya, or oil of śirīṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.51)

pippalīvardhamānaṃ vā mākṣikeṇa samācaret | ariṣṭamabhayāriṣṭaṃ gaṇḍīrāriṣṭam eva vā ||

> Or he should take the graduated pippalī regimen with honey, / or an ariṣṭa, abhayāriṣṭa, or gaṇḍīrāriṣṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.52)

muṣṭiṃ khadirasārasya kuṭṭitaṃpratibhojayet | tryahaṃśṛtaṃ pibettac ca snāyādudvartayet tataḥ ||

> One should administer a crushed fistful of the heartwood of khadira with food, / and having boiled it for three days, he should drink it, bathe \[in it\], and apply it as an unction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.53)

tena siddhaṃ cabhuñjīta pānīyārthaṃ ca kārayet | pakṣaṃ māsamṛtuṃ vāpi ṣaṇmāsānevamācaret ||

> He should eat food prepared with it and use it as drinking water; / he should proceed thus for a fortnight, a month, a season, or even six months.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.54)

prasadya khadiro hanti kuṣṭhāni sugurūṇy api | saṃvṛddho lokaparyāye yugāntāgnirnagāniva ||

> Khadira, when purified, destroys even very severe skin diseases, / just as the fire at the end of an eon, fully flared up in the cycle of the world, \[destroys\] the mountains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.55)

pañcābhayās tu savyoṣāḥ saguḍā vāpi cūrṇitāḥ | lihyāt pathyāśanaḥkuṣṭhaśāntirvā nacirādbhavet ||

> Or powdered: five abhayās along with the three pungents, or together with jaggery; / one adhering to a wholesome diet should lick \[it\], and relief from skin disease will occur before long.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.56)

gomūtreṇa haridrāṃ tu rasāñjanamathāpi vā | prayogeṇa pibetkuṣṭhī tathā rogātpramucyate ||

> Or a person suffering from skin disease should drink haridrā or rasāñjana with cow's urine / as a course of treatment; he is thereby freed from the disease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.57)

drākṣā haridrā mañjiṣṭhā triphalā devadāru ca | nāgaraṃ pañcamūlyau dve mustā madhurasā tathā ||

> Drākṣā, haridrā, mañjiṣṭhā, triphalā, and devadāru, / nāgara, the two groups of five roots, mustā, and madhurasā,  
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### [6.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.58)

saptaparṇo hy apāmārgaḥ picumandāṭarūṣakau | viḍaṅgaṃ citrakaṃ dantī pippalyo maricāni ca ||

> saptaparṇa, apāmārga, picumanda, āṭarūṣaka, / viḍaṅga, citraka, dantī, pippalī, and marica—  
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### [6.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.59)

teṣāṃ tu samabhāgānāṃ kuṣṭhī cūrṇapalaṃ pibet | māsaṃ gomūtrasaṃyuktaṃ tathā kuṣṭhātpramucyate ||

> taking equal parts of these, a person suffering from skin disease should drink a pala of the powder / mixed with cow's urine for a month; he is thereby freed from skin disease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.60)

uṣṭrīkṣīraṃ pibejjīrṇe kṣīravṛttirbhaven naraḥ | jātakrimīṇi kuṣṭhāni cyutaromanakhāny api ||

> When it is digested, the man should drink camel's milk and live on a milk diet; / skin diseases that have produced worms, whose hair and nails have fallen off,  
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### [6.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.61)

api vā śīrṇamāṃsāni kṣīramauṣṭraṃvināśayet | etās tv ābhyantarāḥ proktāḥ kriyāḥ kuṣṭhanibarhaṇāḥ ||

> or even whose flesh is decomposed, camel's milk destroys. / These have been declared as the internal treatments that eradicate skin diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.62)

bāhyāṃ kriyāṃ pravakṣyāmi vistareṇa nibodha me | ālepanāni kurvīta muktaraktasya dehinaḥ ||

> I shall declare the external treatment in detail; hear it from me: / For a person whose blood has been let, one should apply pastes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.63)

vighṛṣya śastraiḥ patrair vā gomayair api vā punaḥ | tataḥ kuṣṭhāni lepyāni pralepaiḥ kuṣṭhanāśanaiḥ ||

> having rubbed \[the lesions\] with surgical instruments, or with leaves, or again with cow-dung; / then the skin lesions are to be smeared with pastes that destroy skin disease:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.64)

svarjakākuṣṭhatuthāni viḍaṅgamaricāni ca | manaḥśilā ca lodhraṃ ca lepaḥ kuṣṭhavināśanaḥ ||

> Svarjikā, kuṣṭha, tuttha, viḍaṅga, marica, / manaḥśilā, and lodhra: \[this\] paste destroys skin disease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.65)

avalgujaphalaṃ dantīṃ śyonākaṃ gajapippalīm | citrakau sarṣapau dvau tu haridre dve vipeṣayet ||

> One should grind fruit of avalguja, dantī, śyonāka, gajapippalī, / the two citrakas, the two mustards, and the two haridrās;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.66)

mātuluṅgarasainaitatsamāloḍya nikhānayet | saptarātrātparaṃ caiva kuṣṭhānāṃ lepanaṃ param ||

> having stirred this with citron juice, one should bury it \[in the ground\]; / after seven nights, it is the supreme paste for skin diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.67)

dadruṃ kapālakuṣṭāni kiṭikāni vicarcikām | sthūlāruṣkāṇi viṣajaṃ sidhmāni ca niyacchati ||

> It subdues dadru, kapālakuṣṭha, kiṭibha, vicarcikā, / sthūlāruṣkā, \[eruptions\] born of poison, and sidhma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.68)

karavīrolāṅgalikī dantī hiṃsrāśukānanā | citrakārkastrikaṭukaṃ triphalā kaṭurohiṇī ||

> Karavīra, lāṅgalikī, dantī, hiṃsrā, śukānanā, / citraka, arka, the three pungents, triphalā, kaṭurohiṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.69)

kośātakī bhadramustā bṛhatī sarṣapā vacā | karañjabījaṃ sudhā ca svarṇakṣīrī nidigdhikā ||

> kośātakī, bhadramustā, bṛhatī, mustard, vacā, / seed of karañja, sudhā, svarṇakṣīrī, nidigdhikā,  
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### [6.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.6.70)

picumandaś ca jātyāhvaḥ pīlutilvakapallavam | saudhāmalakabījāni karṇikārohyavalgujaḥ || Bhṣ6.6.? | |bhallātakam | || saptamo ' dhyāyaḥ ||

> picumanda, what is named jāti, pīlu, shoots of tilvaka, / seeds of sudhā and āmalaka, karṇikāra, avalguja, / \[…\] bhallātaka. // Chapter Seven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.6.6.1) — English, machine translation

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