The Compendium of Bheḷa 7.3
Bheḷasaṃhitā 7.3
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7.3.1
ikṣvākūṇyuddhareddhīmānvasante ' tha śarady api | yadā prayuṣpitānisyurmadhugandhīni vānti ca ||
The wise physician should gather ikṣvākūs in spring or in autumn, / when they are flowering, honey-scented, and fragrant.
7.3.2
teṣāṃ kriyāṃ pravakṣyāma ikṣvākūṇāṃ yathā vidhiḥ | ikṣvākubhiḥ payassiddhaṃ tenaivaṃ vāmayed bhiṣak ||
We shall declare the administration of these ikṣvākūs according to rule: / milk prepared with ikṣvākūs—with that the physician should thus make him vomit.
7.3.3
payasā dadhi kṛtvā vā pāyayet tu yathābalam | nirmathya vāmayeccainaṃ navanītena vānaram ||
Or having prepared curds from the milk, he should make him drink according to strength, / or having churned it, he should make the man vomit with the butter.
7.3.4
vihitā cekṣvākuṣveṣā samākhyātā kriyā mayā | vṛntānyārdrāṇi cādāyasthāpayetphāṇitodare ||
And this procedure regarding ikṣvākūs has been prescribed and declared by me: / taking fresh stalks, he should place them inside treacle;
7.3.5
ekarātrasthitānyatra hastau prakṣālya mardayet | parisrutaṃ salavaṇaṃ madhuyuktaṃ pratāpya ca ||
having washed his hands, he should crush them left there for one night. / Having strained it, salted it, mixed it with honey, and heated it,
7.3.6
pāyayed āturaṃ snigdhaṃ charayet tena sādhu saḥ | etenaiva cakalpena ikṣudarbhekṣuvārikaiḥ ||
he should make the unctuated patient drink it; by this he vomits thoroughly. / And by this very procedure, with ikṣudarbha and ikṣuvārika,
7.3.7
tathā poṭagalekṣośca kārayet tu rasāplutam | athavā kovidārasyapatraissammiśritāni tu ||
and also with poṭagala and ikṣu, he should make it saturated with juice. / Or, mixed with leaves of kovidāra,
7.3.8
ikṣvākūṇāṃ pallavāni svedayed gomayāgninā | tāni svinnāni coddhṛtya kṣodayitvāhyulūkhale ||
he should steam the sprouts of ikṣvākū with a cow-dung fire. / Taking out those steamed ones and crushing them in a mortar,
7.3.9
tataḥ phalakaṣāyeṇa svabhyāsicya samasya ca | ekarātraṃ kaṣāye ' smin svanuguptaṃ nidhāpayet ||
then pouring well-prepared fruit decoction over it and combining them, / he should keep it well-concealed in this decoction for one night.
7.3.10
pūrvakalpavidhānena vāmayet taṃ yathābalam | ikṣvākūṇāṃ prasṛtaṃ ca sūkṣmaṃ cūrṇāni kārayet ||
By the method of the previous recipe, he should make him vomit according to strength. / And one should make a prasṛta of ikṣvākūs into a fine powder;
7.3.11
kovidārakaṣāyeṇa gulikāḥ kārayed bhiṣak | etenaiva kaṣāyeṇa vinīya gulikāntu tām ||
the physician should prepare pills with a decoction of kovidāra. / Having dissolved that pill with this very decoction,
7.3.12
yathābalaṃ pāyayet tu chardayet tena sādhu saḥ | etena khalu kalpena kuśānāṃ tagarasya ca ||
he should make him drink according to strength; by this he vomits thoroughly. / Indeed by this procedure, with [a decoction of] kuśa and tagara,
7.3.13
etaikasya kaṣāyeṇa susnigdhaṃ vāmayed bhiṣak | yathābalaṃ yathoddiṣṭaṃ chardayet tena sādhu saḥ ||
the physician should make the well-unctuated [patient] vomit with a decoction of each individually; / as specified according to strength, he vomits thoroughly with it.
7.3.14
ikṣvākubhiḥpayassiddhaṃ pāyayet tu yathābalam | ikṣvākūṇāmayaṃ kalpo vamanārthāya kīrtitaḥ ||
He should make him drink milk prepared with ikṣvākūs according to strength. / This procedure with ikṣvākūs has been proclaimed for the purpose of emesis;
7.3.15
mṛdurabhyāsatassiddhaḥ prayojyo deśakālataḥ || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele kalpasthāne tṛtīyo ' dhyāyaḥ || || caturtho ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto dhāmārgavakalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ |
mild, proven by practice, it is to be employed according to place and time. Thus said the venerable Ātreya. Thus the third chapter in the Kalpasthāna in Bheḷa. Fourth Chapter. Now we shall explain the procedure for dhāmārgava; thus said the venerable Ātreya.
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