[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) › 7.4 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 7.4 Bheḷasaṃhitā 7.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.1) dhāmārgavānyuddhareta vasante vā śarady api | yadā prapuṣpitāni syuḥmadhugandhīni bhānti ca || > He should gather dhāmārgavas in spring or in autumn, / when they are flowering, honey-scented, and splendid, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.2) same bhūmipradeśe ' smin kuśarohiṣasaṃskṛte | kṛṣṇamṛtsnāprabhe vāpihyathavā svarṇamṛttike || > in an even tract of land graced with kuśa and rohiṣa grasses, / having the appearance of black soil, or with golden earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.3) vyātape na nadītīre śvabhravalmīkayos tathā | paripūrṇāni pakvāni tathā jātarasāni ca || > in full sunlight, not on a riverbank, nor in a pit or an anthill, / full-grown, ripe, and endowed with juice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.4) bhiṣaguddhṛtya matimān yavapalle nidhāpayet | vusapalle ' tha vā dhīraḥ saptarātraṃ nidhāpayet || > Having harvested \[them\], the wise physician should deposit \[them\] in a heap of barley; / or the prudent one should deposit \[them\] in a heap of chaff for seven nights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.5) subhāvitāni vijñāya mṛdubhūtāni śāstravit | jarjarīkṛtya dṛṣadi pātreṣvāsicya nirharet || > Knowing them to be well-processed and softened, the expert in the treatises, / having crushed \[them\] on a grindstone, pouring \[it\] into vessels, should extract \[it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.6) kovidārakaṣāyeṇa rātrimekāṃ nidhāpayet | atha cotthāya pūrvāhṇe hastau prakṣālya mardayet || > He should deposit \[it\] for one night with a decoction of kovidāra. / Then, rising in the forenoon and washing his hands, he should rub \[it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.7) parisrutaṃ salavaṇaṃ madhuyuktaṃ pratāpya ca | pāyayed āturaṃ snigdhaṃ chardayet tena sādhu saḥ || > Having strained, salted, and warmed \[it\] together with honey, / he should make the unctuated patient drink \[it\]; thereby he vomits properly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.8) dhāmārgavāṇāmeteṣāṃ muṣṭiṃ saṃgṛhyasannakham | jarjarīkṛtya dṛṣadi pātreṣv abhyavahārayet || > Taking a closed handful of these dhāmārgavas, / having crushed \[them\] on a grindstone, he should introduce \[them\] into vessels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.9) kovidārakaṣāyeṇa rātrimekāṃ nidhāpayet | pūrvoktenaiva kalpena vāmayet tu yathābalam || > He should deposit \[them\] for one night with a decoction of kovidāra; / and he should induce vomiting according to strength, by the very procedure stated before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.10) naladasya kaṣāyeṇa tālīsaśatapuṣpayoḥ | kuṣṭhasya mūrvāpāṭhāyāḥ pūrvakalpena chardayet || > With a decoction of nalada, of tālīsa and śatapuṣpā, / of kuṣṭha, mūrvā, and pāṭhā, he should induce vomiting by the previous procedure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.11) dhāmārgavāñjaliṃ pūrṇaṃ sūkṣmacūrṇāni kārayet | śyāmākaṣāye prakṣipyacaikarātraṃ yathāvidhi || > He should make fine powders of a full añjali of dhāmārgava; / throwing \[it\] into a decoction of śyāmā for one night according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.12) tathā phalakaṣāye ' sminnikṣvākukṛtavedhane | jīmūtake hastiparṇe kaṣāye paribhāvayet || > and in this decoction of fruit—in ikṣvāku, kṛtavedhana, / jīmūtaka, and hastiparṇī—he should infuse it with the decoctions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.13) tata uddhṛtya saṃśoṣya sūkṣmacūrṇāni kārayet | kṛsarāṃ tena saṃyuktāṃ nātyuṣṇāṃ pāyayennaram || > Then, having taken \[it\] out and dried \[it\], he should make fine powders. / He should make the man drink not too hot kṛsarā combined with that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.14) utpalaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ ca naladaṃ kumudaṃ tathā | tena cūrṇena saṃspṛśya ghrātumasmai pradāpayet || > Having touched blue water-lily, white lotus, nalada, and white water-lily / with that powder, he should give \[them\] to him to sniff. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.15) sirāhṛdayamāpnotiyāvattatkila miśrakam | tvaritaṃ tāni puṣpāṇi ghrātumasmai pradāpayet || > As soon as that mixture reaches the channels and heart, / he should quickly give those flowers to him to sniff. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.16) ghrātuṃ punaḥ punarmadhyaṃ cūrṇayitvā muhurmuhuḥ | anenaiva ca kalpena sukhaṃ vamati mānavaḥ || > Powdering the middle again and again, for sniffing repeatedly; / and by this very procedure, a man vomits easily. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.17) dhāmārgavāñjaliṃ pūrṇaṃ sūkṣmacūrṇāni kārayet | tridhā vibhajya matimān svanuguptaṃ nidhāpayet || > He should make fine powders of a full añjali of dhāmārgava; / dividing \[it\] into three parts, the wise man should deposit \[it\] well concealed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.18) atha bilvakaṣāyeṇadvau bhāgau ścyotayed bhiṣak | cyute kaṣāye vimale svanuguptaṃ nidhāpayet || > Then the physician should filter two parts with a decoction of bilva; / when filtered clear of decoction, he should deposit \[it\] well concealed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.19) bhāgaṃ tu gulikāḥ kāryāḥ kolakarkandhusammitāḥ | kovidārakaṣāyeṇa pūrvakalpena chardayet || > From the \[remaining\] part, pills equal in size to a kola or karkandhu should be made. / With a decoction of kovidāra, he should induce vomiting by the previous procedure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.20) karkandhūbadarāṇāṃ ca kolānāṃ vāpi sīdhunā | gulikāṃvinīya vidhivacchardayet tena sādhu saḥ || > Or, having dissolved the pill according to rule with sīdhu of karkandhu, badara, / or kola, thereby he vomits properly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.21) rohitasya ca matsyasya tathā karkaṭakasya ca | pakṣiṇāmaudakānāṃ ca rasena tu vametsukham || > With the broth of rohita fish, and also of crab, / and of aquatic birds, he vomits easily. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4.22) etena khalu kalpena cāmlaiś camadhusīdhubhiḥ | gulikāṃvinīya vidhivat pāyayet tāṃ yathābalam || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele caturtho ' dhyāyaḥ || || pañcamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athātaḥ kuṭajakalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > Indeed by this procedure, having dissolved the pill according to rule / with sour \[liquids\] and honey-sīdhus, he should administer it to drink according to strength. Thus said the venerable Ātreya. Thus the fourth chapter in Bheḷa. Fifth Chapter. Now we shall explain the procedure for kuṭaja; 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.7.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.4) · Pramāṇa