The Compendium of Bheḷa 7.5
Bheḷasaṃhitā 7.5
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- Sanskrit
7.5.1
vasante vā śaradi vā kuṭajāny uddhared bhiṣak | śuciśśuddhaśśiraḥsnātaḥ puṣyeṇāśvayujena vā ||
In spring or in autumn, the physician should harvest kuṭajas, / pure, cleansed, with bathed head, under Puṣya or under Aśvina;
7.5.2
pratūṭhāni śucau deśe kuśarohiṣasaṃskṛte | kṛṣṇamṛtsnāprabhe vāpi tathā vā svarṇamṛttike ||
grown in a pure place graced with kuśa and rohiṣa grasses, / having the appearance of black soil, or with golden earth;
7.5.3
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.
7.5.4
kuṭajānāmathaiteṣāṃ muṣṭiṃ saṅgṛhya sannakham | kovidārakaṣāyeṇa rātrimekāṃ nidhāpayet ||
Taking a closed handful of these kuṭajas, / he should deposit [them] for one night with a decoction of kovidāra.
7.5.5
atha cotthāya pūrvāhṇe hastau prakṣālya mardayet | parisrutaṃ salavaṇaṃ madhuyuktaṃ pratāpya ca ||
Then, rising in the forenoon and washing his hands, he should rub [them]; / having strained, salted, and warmed [it] together with honey,
7.5.6
pāyayed āturaṃ snigdhaṃ chardayet tena sādhu saḥ | anenaiva ca kalpena kaṣāyaṃ kārayed bhiṣak ||
he should make the unctuated patient drink [it]; thereby he vomits properly. / And by this very procedure, the physician should prepare a decoction
7.5.7
kovidārasya bījaiś ca nīpasyavidulasya ca | gulūcyāśca suṣvyāś capaṭolapicumandayoḥ ||
with seeds of kovidāra, of nīpa and vidula, / and of guḍūcī, of suṣavī, and of paṭola and picumanda;
7.5.8
kṛtvāmadhūlikāyāś ca kaṣāyaṃ tena chardayet | eṣām eva phalānāntu muṣṭiṃ saṃgṛhya sannakham ||
and having made a decoction of madhūlikā, he should induce vomiting with that. / Taking a closed handful of these very fruits,
7.5.9
madhukasya kaṣāyeṇa taccūrṇaṃ parimardayet ||
he should rub that powder thoroughly with a decoction of madhuka.
7.5.10
gulikāḥ kārayet tena karkandhubadaropamāḥ | kovidārakaṣāyeṇa pūrvakaloena chardayet ||
He should make pills with it, resembling a karkandhu or badara; / with a decoction of kovidāra, he should induce vomiting by the previous procedure.
7.5.11
yathābalaṃ yathoddiṣṭaṃ chardayet tena sādhu saḥ | kṛtavedhanakalpo ' yamukto vamanavistare ||
According to strength and as prescribed, thereby he vomits properly. / This procedure for kṛtavedhana has been stated in the detailed account of emetics.
7.5.12
ya evaṃ samprajānāti sa rājñāṃ kartumarhati || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele kalpasthāne pañcamo ' dhyāyaḥ || || ṣaṣṭho ' dhyāyaḥ || athātaścaturaṅgulīyaṃ kalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ |
He who understands this thoroughly is worthy of treating kings. Thus said the venerable Ātreya. Thus the fifth chapter in the Kalpasthāna in Bheḷa. Sixth Chapter. Now we shall explain the procedure for caturaṅgula; thus said the venerable Ātreya.
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