The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.9
Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.9
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6.9.1
uktaṃ rūpaṃsamutthānamapasmārasya kṛtsnaśaḥ | nidāneṣu, cikitsāṃ tu vistareṇa nibodha me ||
The symptom and origin of epilepsy have been stated entirely / in the [Section on] Pathology; but understand from me its treatment in detail.
6.9.2
gajāśvayānātpatanādabhighātāt bhramād api | iṣṭadravyavināśāc ca cittaṃ vibhramamṛcchati ||
From falling from an elephant or horse carriage, from injury, from dizziness too, / and from the loss of desired possessions, the mind falls into derangement.
6.9.3
tasyacitte paribhrānte hṛdayaṃ pariśuṣyati | ruṇaddhi vāyurūṣmāṇaṃnāḍīṃ prāpya jalāvahām ||
When his mind is agitated, the heart withers away; / wind, reaching the water-bearing channel, blocks the bodily heat.
6.9.4
bhṛśaṃ tṛṣṇāparītaḥ sa mohaṃ gacchatyapasmaran | apasmaratyapasmārī phenaṃ muñcati vepate ||
Overcome by excessive thirst, he falls into stupor, losing consciousness; / the epileptic loses consciousness, discharges foam, and trembles.
6.9.5
seveta tailaṃ śairīṣaṃ ghṛtaṃ kalyāṇakaṃ tathā | mahāpaiśācikaṃ vāpi mahākṣāraṃ ca dādhikam ||
He should use siris oil, and likewise Kalyāṇaka ghee, / or Mahāpaiśācika, and Mahākṣāra and curd-ghee,
6.9.6
śaṇabījāni kaiḍaryaṃ |.. |.. cāpalūnakam | rūpasthā ca vayasthā capūtanā keśamāriṇī ||
hemp seeds, kaiḍarya, […] / rūpasthā, vayasthā, pūtanā, and keśamāriṇī.
6.9.7
triphalā tryūṣaṇaṃ mustā laśunaṃ pāpacelikā | etāni samabhāgāni vasātailaghṛtāni ca ||
Triphalā, the three pungents, mustā, garlic, pāpacelikā— / equal parts of these, and muscle fat, oil, and ghee,
6.9.8
ūrṇakaṃ catathaikadhyaṃ paced gomūtrasaṃyutam | yadā prajvalitaṃ śāntamathainamavatārayet ||
and wool-ash cooked together with cow's urine: / when ignited and then extinguished, one should take it off [the fire].
6.9.9
biḍālapadamātraṃ tukṣārasyāsya sukhāmbunā | pibed apasmāraharam unmādasya ca nāśanam | arśāṃsi gulmānmehāṃś caplīhānamudarāmayam || || daśamo ' dhyāyaḥ ||
In a dose of just a biḍālapadaka, one should drink this alkali with warm water; / it removes epilepsy and destroys insanity, / hemorrhoids, phantom tumors, urinary diseases, enlarged spleen, and abdominal diseases. // Chapter Ten
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