[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) › 8.7 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 8.7 Bheḷasaṃhitā 8.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.1) phalamātraṃ nirūheṣu śreṣṭham āhur manīṣiṇaḥ | teṣāṃ tu madanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ pravadanti cikitsakāḥ || > Wise men state that fruit alone is best among non-unctuous enemas; / among them, physicians declare madana fruit to be the best. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.2) jīmūtakaṃ praśaṃsanti keciddhāmārgavaṃ tathā | kṛtavedhanam ity eke kuṭajaṃ prāhurapyatha || > Some praise jīmūtaka, and likewise dhāmārgava; / some say kṛtavedha, and others mention kuṭaja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.3) garhitā ssarva evaite vādāḥ pratyekaśaḥ smṛtāḥ | bheṣajānāṃ casaṅghāto nirūheṣu praśasyate || > All these doctrines, when considered individually, are censured; / a combination of medicines is praised in non-unctuous enemas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.4) vātapittakaphagnāṃstu nirūhāṃś cānupūrvaśaḥ | vyākhyāsyāmo yathānyāyaṃsannipātahitāś ca ye || > We shall explain in proper order non-unctuous enemas destroying vāta, pitta, and kapha, / according to rule, and those beneficial in sannipāta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.5) dvai pañcamūlyau kolāninaladaśśuṣkamūlakam | dvipalīnāni sarvāṇi jaladroṇe vipācayet || > The two pañcamūlīs, jujube fruits, spikenard, and dry radish, / two palas of each, one should boil in a droṇa of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.6) aṣṭabhāgāvaśeṣaṃ tu kaṣāyamavatārayet | kalkapeṣyāṇi cemāni bheṣajāni samāvapet || > One should take down the decoction when reduced to an eighth part; / and one should add these medicines ground into a paste: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.7) nikuñcikāṃ kharapuṣpāṃ pippalīṃ saindhavaṃ vacām | trapusorvārubījāni śatapuṣpāṃ yavānikām || > nikuñcikā, kharapuṣpā, long pepper, rock salt, sweet flag, / seeds of cucumber and urvāru, dill, and carom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.8) kuṣṭhaṃ ca tagaraṃ caiva yaṣṭīmadhukam eva ca | sakṣīrassakaṣāyaś ca sagomūtraśca kīrtitaḥ || > costus, tagara, and liquorice; / it is stated to be combined with milk, with decoction, and with cow urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.9) satailaś ca nirūhaḥ syādvātarogavināśanaḥ | paṭolapatramūlaṃ ca picumandaṃ śatāvarīm || > A non-unctuous enema with oil will destroy vāta diseases. / Trichosanthes leaves and roots, neem, and asparagus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.10) trāyamāṇāṃ balāṃ rāsnāṃ bṛhatīṃ kaṇṭakārikām | guḍūcīṃtriphalāṃ śyāmāṃ sāribāṃ vaṃśakatvacam || > trāyamāṇā, balā, rāsnā, bṛhatī, kaṇṭakārī, / guḍūcī, triphalā, śyāmā, sāribā, and the bark of bamboo— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.11) dvipalīnān pṛthagbhāgān pūrvakalpena sādhayet | madhukaṃ vaṃśakaphalaṃ śatapuṣpāṃ durālabhām || > each in portions of two palas, one should prepare according to the former method. / Liquorice, the fruit of bamboo, dill, durālabhā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.12) mahāsahāmaṃśumatīṃ kalkaṃ kuryāt pṛthak pṛthak | kṣīreṇātha kaṣāyeṇa ghṛtena madhunā tathā || > mahāsahā, and aṃśumatī, one should make into a paste separately. / Then with milk, decoction, ghee, and honey, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.13) kalpamiśraḥ sumathito nirūhaḥ pittanāśanaḥ | daśamūlī karañjau dvau dantī citrakam eva ca || > mixed according to procedure and thoroughly churned, a non-unctuous enema destroys pitta. / Daśamūlī, the two kinds of karañja, croton root, and citraka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.14) ekāṣṭhīlā turaṅgī ca triphalā devadāru ca | pūtikaṃ rauhiṣaṃ śyāmā mūrvā rājatṛṇāni ca || > ekāṣṭhīlā, aśvagandhā, triphalā, and deodar, / pūtika, rauhiṣa, convolvulus, mūrvā, and rājatṛṇa— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.15) pṛthak pañcapalānetān sādhayetsarvakalpavit | adhobhāgordhvabhāgdravyaissādhayetsādhu yojitaiḥ || > the knower of all procedures should boil these, five palas each, / and should boil them well combined with downward-purging and upward-purging substances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.16) mūtratailayutaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ nirūhaḥ śleṣmanāśanaḥ | aśvagandhāṃ balāṃ rāsnāṃ śvadaṃṣṭrāṃ sapunarnavām || > Combined with urine and oil, this excellent non-unctuous enema destroys śleṣman. / Aśvagandhā, balā, rāsnā, śvadaṃṣṭrā, together with punarnavā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.17) paṭolapañcamūlyau ca bhārṅgīṃ śyāmāṃ śatāvarīm | guḍūcīṃ triphalāṃ śigruṃ karṇikāyāḥ phalāni ca || > Trichosanthes, the two pañcamūlīs, bhārṅgī, convolvulus, asparagus, / guḍūcī, triphalā, horse-radish tree, and fruits of the karṇikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.18) uśīraṃ rajanīpatraṃ pūtikaṃ kattṛṇāni ca | pṛthak pañcapalānetān khaṇḍaśaśchedayed bhiṣak || > uśīra, turmeric leaves, pūtika, and kattṛṇa: / each of these five palas, the physician should cut into pieces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.19) jaladroṇe vipaktavyamaṣṭabhāgāvaśeṣitam | madhukaṃ śatapuṣpāṃ ca saindhavaṃ sarṣapān guḍam || > It should be boiled in a droṇa of water until one-eighth part remains. / Liquorice, dill, rock salt, mustard seeds, jaggery, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.20) hapuṣāmajamodāṃ ca madanasya phalāni ca | vacāmaśokabījāni pippalīkuṣṭham eva ca || > hapuṣā, ajamodā, and fruits of madana, / sweet flag, seeds of aśoka, long pepper, and costus: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.21) etāni kalkapeṣyāṇi bheṣajāni pṛthak pṛthak | kṣīratailasamāyukto ghṛtamūtrasamanvitaḥ || > these medicines are to be ground into a paste separately. / Combined with milk and oil, accompanied by ghee and urine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.22) khajena mathitaḥ pūtaḥ sa nirūhaḥ praśasyate | ekena yadi vā dvābhyāṃ tribhir vātipramāṇataḥ || > churned with a churning stick and filtered, that non-unctuous enema is praised / with one, two, or three \[measures\], or according to excessive measure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.23) kiṃcinnyūnātiriktaṃ vā jñātvā vyādhibalābalam | kuryāt , viṃśativarṣāṇāṃ tatra prasthapramāṇataḥ || > or slightly less or more, having discerned the strength or weakness of the disease. / One should administer it: for those of twenty years, according to the measure of a prastha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.24) atha dvādaśavarṣāṇāmardhaprasthaṃ prayojayet | kaṣāyakuḍavaṃ cātra ṣaḍvarṣāṇāṃ prayojayet || > then for those of twelve years, one should administer half a prastha; / and here for those of six years, one should administer a kuḍava of decoction, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.25) yuktaṃ lavaṇatailabhyāṃ kṣīreṇa madhunā tathā | kaṣāyavastiṃ kurvīta svehād dviprasṛtaṃ bhiṣak || > combined with salt and oil, as well as with milk and honey. / The physician should make the decoction enema with two handfuls of unctuous substance; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.26) prasṛtaṃ madhyame kuryāt prasṛtārdhaṃ kanīyasi | nātiśītaṃ na vātyuṣṇaṃ kaṣāyam upakalpayet || > in a moderate \[patient\] he should make it a handful, and half a handful in a smaller one. / One should prepare the decoction neither too cold nor too hot: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.27) vāyuḥ kupyati śītatvād atyuṣṇaṃ tu gudaṃ dahet | atisāndrātigrathito doṣeṇa sahi mūrchati || > vāyu is aggravated by coldness, whereas \[if\] too hot, it burns the rectum. / When overly dense and excessively coagulated, it stupefies along with the doṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.28) madapravego bhavativyāpaccāsyopajāyate | athavāpi tanuryasya kaṣāyoyojito bhavet || > a rush of intoxication occurs, and a complication arises for him. / Or if the decoction administered to him is thin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.29) so ' lpaṃ harati doṣaṃ ca na ca saṃśodhayed gudam | parikartaṃ ca śūlaṃ ca janayec ca pravāhikām || > it carries off little doṣa and does not cleanse the rectum, / and it produces cutting pain, colic, and tenesmus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.30) atyarthamadhurodatto vidagdhaḥ stambhaved anām | grahaṇīṃ raktamarśāṃsi pāṇḍurogaṃ bhagandaram || > Given excessively sweet, \[when\] scorched it obstructs the belly; / \[it produces\] sprue syndrome, bleeding piles, anaemia, and fistula-in-ano. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.31) atitīkṣṇas tu duryuktaḥ kṣipraṃ pratinivartate | na nirharati doṣāṃś ca jvaraṃ mūrchāṃ karoti ca || > Excessively sharp, however, poorly administered, it quickly returns; / it does not remove the doṣas, and produces fever and fainting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.32) jvaritaṃ dahyamānaṃ ca mūrchamānaṃ ca mānavam | śītairmadhurasaṃyuktairyojayetkṣīravastibhiḥ || > A person who is feverish, suffering a burning sensation, and fainting / one should treat with milk enemas that are cold and combined with sweet \[drugs\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.33) yasyātha lavaṇaḥ koṣṭhe nirūhaḥ paittikīṃrujām | janayet tatrapeṣyaṃ syānmadhureṇa nirūhaṇam || > If a saline non-unctuous enema in his belly produces / a paittika ailment, in that case an evacuating enema should be prepared with sweet \[drugs\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.34) nirūho madhuro yasya śleṣmāṇaṃ parikopayet | kaṭukaiś ca kaṣāyais taṃ nirūhedyasya mārutaḥ || > If a sweet non-unctuous enema aggravates śleṣman, / one should evacuate him with pungent and astringent \[drugs\]. If vāta > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.35) prakupyedadhikaṃ tatra mārutaghnaṃ nirūhaṇam | tasmāllavaṇayuktāni dravyāṇi madhurāṇi ca || > is excessively aggravated, in that case the evacuating enema should be destructive of vāta. / Therefore, salt-accompanied substances and sweet ones > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.36) bhiṣagdadyānna śītānitathoṣṇāni vivecayet | pitte śīto nirūhaḥ syāduṣṇas tu kaphavātayoḥ || > the physician should give, not cold; likewise he should discriminate hot ones: / in pitta the non-unctuous enema should be cold, but in kapha and vāta, hot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.37) praśleṣmaṇi pravāte vāpyuṣṇamāsthāpanaṃ bhavet | madanasya phalaṃ piṣṭvātailenācchena sādhayet || > When śleṣman or vāta is predominant, the non-unctuous enema should be hot. / Having ground the fruit of madana, one should boil it with clear oil; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.38) tannirūhe praṇaṃsanti phalatailaṃ cikitsakāḥ | gomūtrayuktametat tu phalatailanirūhaṇam || > physicians praise that fruit oil in a non-unctuous enema. / And this non-unctuous enema of fruit oil, combined with cow urine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.39) nirūhaṃ lavaṇaṃ kuryāc chreṣṭhamānāhabhedanam | bilvairaṇḍaphalaṃ vāpi paced dviprasthasammitam || > one should make a saline non-unctuous enema, excellent for breaking up abdominal distension with constipation. / Or one should boil wood-apple and castor fruit measuring two prasthas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.40) amlaṃ salavaṇaṃ sādhyamaṣṭabhāgāvaśeṣitam | kaṣāye tatra pīlūni kalkapeṣyāṇi yojayet || > sour and with salt, it should be boiled until one-eighth part remains. / In that decoction, one should mix pīlu \[fruits\] to be ground into a paste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.41) phalatailayuto vastirdeya ānāhabhedanaḥ | eṣa sarvānudāvartānśophagulmān bhinatty api || > Combined with fruit oil, an enema that breaks up abdominal distension with constipation is to be given. / This also breaks up all upward movements of vāyu, swellings, and abdominal lumps; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.42) athaiva vastirādhmānamudāvartaṃ vināśayet | oṣṭhajihvaṃ pṛṣṭhaccūrṇaṃ(?) bṛhatīṃ kaṇṭakārikām || > moreover, this enema destroys flatulence and upward movement of vāyu. / \[...\], bṛhatī, kaṇṭakārī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.43) candanaṃ padmakaṃ caivavṛntaṃ puṣpaṃ caśālmaleḥ | khaṇḍitānāṃ yavānāntu kuḍavaṃ tatra yojayet || > sandalwood, padmaka, and the stalk and flower of the silk-cotton tree: / one should add thereto a kuḍava of crushed barley grains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.44) tadaikadhyaṃ pacet sarvaṃ jale cāṣṭaguṇe bhiṣak | ghṛtena madhunā caivapicchāṃ saṃyojya śaktitaḥ || > The physician should boil all that together in eight times as much water; / adding ghee, honey, and mucilage according to ability, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.45) nirvāhikāyāṃ śaṃsanti picchāvastim imaṃ budhāḥ | atas tu ṣoḍaśī caiva pale dveca punarnave || > the wise praise this slimy enema in case of dysentery. / After that, sixteenths, and two palas of punarnavā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.46) kaṭāhake pañcamūlīṃ yavaiḥ saha vipācayet | upodakāyāḥ kṣuṇṇāyāḥ svarasaṃ ca supīḍitam || > one should boil the pañcamūlī along with barley in a cauldron. / And the well-pressed fresh juice of crushed upodakā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.47) yuktaṃ tena kaṣāyeṇa ghṛtena saha yojayet | mākṣikeṇa ca saṃyukto vastis tu yavamūrcchitaḥ || > combined with that decoction, one should mix along with ghee; / and combined with honey, the enema thick with barley, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.48) picchāvastir iti khyātaḥ śūle nirvāhikāsu ca | taruṇaṃ śiṃśupāpatraṃ karbudārasya pallavam || > known as the slimy enema, \[is used\] in colic and in dysentery. / Tender leaf of śiṃśupā, sprout of karbudāra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.49) kṣuṇṇaissahayavaissiddhaiḥ saṃpiṣṭo ghṛtasaṃyutaḥ | mākṣikakṣīrasaṃyuktaḥ savastir yavamūrcchitaḥ || > ground together with prepared, crushed barley, combined with ghee, / and joined with honey and milk, that enema thick with barley, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7.50) nirvāhikāṃ vātaśūlaṃ kṣatakṣīṇasya nāśayet | ete nirūhā vyākhyātāḥ sarvarogavināśanāḥ | vyākuleṣuvikārais tu tān bhiṣak saṃprayojayet || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele saptamo ' dhyāyaḥ || | |aṣṭamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto daśavyāpadāmāsthāpanānuvāsanasiddhiṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > destroys dysentery and vāta-colic in one weakened by chest-injury. / These non-unctuous enemas have been explained as destroying all diseases; / in disorders that are complicated, the physician should administer them. / Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya. / Thus the seventh chapter in Bheḷa. / / Eighth Chapter / / Now we shall explain the successful management of the ten complications of non-unctuous and unctuous enemas, thus spoke the venerable Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.8.7.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.7) · Pramāṇa