[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 Caraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › 6.8 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.8: aṣṭamo 'adhyāyaḥ/ Carakasaṃhitā 6.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### aṣṭamo 'adhyāyaḥ/ ### [6.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.1) athāto rājayakṣmacikitsitaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ// > Now we shall explain the treatment of rājayakṣmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.2) iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ// > Thus spoke the revered Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.3) divaukasāṃ kathayatāmṛṣibhirvai śrutā kathā/ kāmavyasanasaṃyuktā paurāṇī śaśinaṃ prati// > An ancient tale concerning the Moon, connected with the vice of lust, > was indeed heard by the sages as the celestials were narrating it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.4) rohiṇyāmatisaktasya śarīraṃ nānurakṣataḥ/ ājagāmālpatāmindordehaḥ snehaparikṣayāt// > Excessively attached to Rohiṇī, not guarding his body, > the body of the Moon came to emaciation due to depletion of unctuousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.5) duhitṝṇāmasaṃbhogāccheṣāṇāṃ ca prajāpateḥ/ krodho niḥśvāsarūpeṇa mūrtimān niḥsṛto mukhāt// > Because of lack of cohabitation with the remaining daughters of Prajāpati, > his wrath, in the form of a sigh, issued forth embodied from his mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.6) prajāpaterhi duhitṝraṣṭāviṃśatimaṃśumān/ bhāryārthaṃ pratijagrāha na ca sarvāsvavartata// > For the Ray-Possessing One accepted twenty-eight daughters of Prajāpati > for the purpose of marriage, yet did not conduct himself equally with all of them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.7) guruṇā tamavadhyātaṃ bhāryāsvasamavartinam/ rajaḥparītamabalaṃ yakṣmā śaśinamāviśat// > Disregarded by his father-in-law, not behaving equally among his wives, > overcome with rajas and weakened, yakṣmā entered the Moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.8) so 'abhibhūto+&atimahatā gurukrodhena niṣprabhaḥ/ devadevarṣisahito jagāma śaraṇaṃ gurum// > Overpowered by the immense anger of his father-in-law, deprived of splendour, > accompanied by gods and divine sages, he went for refuge to the elder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.9) atha candramasaḥ śuddhāṃ matiṃ buddhā prajāpatiḥ/ prasādaṃ kṛtavān somastato 'aśvibhyāṃ cikitsitaḥ// > Then, having perceived the pure mind of the Moon, Prajāpati > granted grace; Soma was thereafter treated by the two Aśvins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.10) sa vimuktagrahaścandro virarāja viśeṣataḥ/ &aujasā vardhito 'aśvibhyāṃ śuddhaṃ sattvamavāpa ca// > Released from the seizing affliction, the Moon shone with special splendour; > increased in vigour by the two Aśvins, he attained pure sattva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.11) krodho yakṣmā jvaro roga ekārtho duḥkhasaṃjñakaḥ/ yasmāt sa rājñaḥ prāgāsīdrājayakṣmā tato mataḥ// > Wrath, yakṣmā, fever, and disease are synonyms designating suffering; > because it initially affected the King \[Moon\], it is therefore considered rājayakṣmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.12) sa yakṣmā huṅkṛto 'aśvibhyāṃ mānuṣaṃ lokamāgataḥ/ labdhvā caturvidhaṃ hetuṃ samāviśati mānavān// > That yakṣmā, driven off by the two Aśvins, came to the world of mortals; > having found a fourfold cause, it enters human beings: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.13) ayathābalamārambhaṃ vegasaṃdhāraṇaṃ kṣayam/ yakṣmaṇaḥ kāraṇaṃ vidyāccaturthaṃ viṣamāśanam// > exertion disproportionate to strength, suppression of urges, depletion, > and irregular eating—one should know these as the fourfold cause of yakṣmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.14) yuddhādhyayanabhārādhvalaṅghanaplavanādibhiḥ/ patanairabhighātairvā sāhasairvā tathā 'aparaiḥ// > Through fighting, study, carrying loads, long journeys, leaping, swimming, and the like, > through falls, injuries, or other rash deeds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.15) ayathābalamārambhairjantorurasi vikṣate/ vāyuḥ prakupito doṣāvudīryobhau pradhāvati// > when a person's chest is injured by exertion disproportionate to strength, > vāyu, enraged, stirs up both \[other\] doṣas and courses forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.16) sa śiraḥsthaḥ śiraḥśūlaṃ karoti galamāśritaḥ/ kaṇṭhoddhvaṃsaṃ ca kāsaṃ ca svarabhedamarocakam// > Residing in the head, it causes headache; located in the throat, > it causes irritation of the throat, cough, hoarseness of voice, and anorexia; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.17) pārśvaśūlaṃ ca pārśvastho varcobhedaṃ gude sthitaḥ/ jṛmbhāṃ jvaraṃ ca sandhistha uraḥsthaścoraso rujam// > located in the flank, flank pain; situated in the rectum, diarrhoea; > situated in the joints, yawning and fever; and situated in the chest, chest pain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.18) &kṣaṇanādurasaḥ kāsāt kaphaṃ ṣṭhīvet saśoṇitam/ jarjareṇorasā kṛcchramuraḥśūlātipīṭitaḥ// > Due to injury to the chest, he spits phlegm mixed with blood from coughing; > with a shattered chest, he spits with difficulty, severely tormented by chest pain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.19) iti sāhasiko yakṣmā rūpairetaiḥ prapadyate/ ekādaśabhirātmajño &bhajettasmānna sāhasam// > Thus, yakṣmā born of rash exertion sets in with these eleven > manifestations; therefore, one who knows one's own self should not resort to rash exertion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.20) hrīmattvādvā ghṛṇitvādvā bhayādvā vegamāgatam/ vātamūtrapurīṣāṇāṃ nigṛhṇāti yadā naraḥ// > When a man, out of modesty, disgust, or fear, > suppresses an impelling urge that has arrived—of flatus, urine, or faeces— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.21) tadā vegapratīghātāt kaphapitte samīrayan/ ūrdhvaṃ tiryagadhaścaiva vikārān kurute 'anilaḥ// > then wind, stirring up phlegm and bile from the obstruction of urges, > causes disorders upwards, sideways, and downwards: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.22) pratiśyāyaṃ ca kāsaṃ ca svarabhedamarocakam/ pārśvaśūlaṃ śiraḥśūlaṃ jvaramaṃsāvamardanam// > coryza, cough, hoarseness of voice, anorexia, > flank pain, headache, fever, crushing pain in the shoulders, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.23) aṅgamardaṃ muhuśchardiṃ varcobhedaṃ trilakṣaṇam/ rūpāṇyekādaśaitāni yakṣmā yairucyate mahān// > body-aches, frequent vomiting, and diarrhoea of three varieties— > these are the eleven manifestations by which the great yakṣmā is designated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.24) īrṣyotkaṇṭhābhayatrāsakrodhaśokātikarśanāt/ ativyavāyānaśanācchrukramojaśca hīyate// > From envy, longing, fear, terror, anger, grief, extreme emaciation, > excessive sexual intercourse, and fasting, semen and ojas decline. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.25) tataḥ snehakṣayādvāyurvṛddho doṣāvudīrayan/ pratiśyāyaṃ jvaraṃ kāsamaṅgamardaṃ śirorujam// > Then, through the loss of unctuousness, vāyu increases and, stirring up the \[other\] two doṣas, > causes coryza, fever, cough, body-aches, headache, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.26) śvāsaṃ viḍbhedamaruciṃ pārśvaśūlaṃ svarakṣayam/ karoti cāṃsasaṃtāpam-&ekādaśagadānimān// > dyspnoea, diarrhoea, anorexia, flank pain, loss of voice, > and burning heat in the shoulders—these eleven diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.27) liṅgānyāvedayantyetānyekādaśa mahāgadam/ saṃprāptaṃ rājayakṣmāṇaṃ kṣayāt prāṇakṣayapradam// > These eleven symptoms announce that the great disease, > rājayakṣmā, has arrived through depletion, bringing about the depletion of life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.28) vividhānyannapānāni vaiṣamyeṇa samaśnataḥ/ janayantyāmayān ghorānviṣamānmārutādayaḥ// > For one who consumes various foods and drinks irregularly, > the wind and other \[doṣas\], becoming abnormal, produce dreadful disorders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.29) srotāṃsi rudhirādīnāṃ vaiṣamyādviṣamaṃ gatāḥ/ ruddhvā rogāya kalpante puṣyanti ca na dhātavaḥ// > Having become abnormal due to the irregularity, they obstruct the channels of blood > and other \[tissues\], leading to disease, and the dhātus do not receive nourishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.30) pratiśyāyaṃ prasekaṃ ca kāsaṃ chardimarocakam/ jvaramaṃsābhitāpaṃ ca chardanaṃ rudhirasya ca// > Coryza, excessive salivation, cough, vomiting, anorexia, > fever, burning heat in the shoulders, and vomiting of blood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.31) pārśvaśūlaṃ śiraḥśūlaṃ svarabhedamathāpi ca/ kaphapittānilakṛtaṃ liṅgaṃ vidyādyathākramam// > flank pain, headache, and also hoarseness of voice: > one should recognise these symptoms as caused by phlegm, bile, and wind respectively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.32) iti vyādhisamūhasya &rogarājasya hetujam/ rūpamekādaśavidhaṃ hetuścoktaścaturvidhaḥ// > Thus the elevenfold symptom complex of this assembly of diseases, > this king of diseases, born of its causes, has been stated, as well as its fourfold cause. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.33) pūrvarūpaṃ pratiśyāyo daurbalyaṃ doṣadarśanam/ adoṣeṣvapi bhāveṣu kāye bībhatsadarśanam// > The premonitory symptom is coryza, weakness, seeing defects > even in non-defective things, seeing one's own body as repulsive, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.34) ghṛṇitvamaśnataścāpi balamāṃsaparikṣayaḥ/ strīmadyamāṃsapriyatā priyatā cāvaguṇṭhane// > disgust while eating, depletion of strength and flesh, > fondness for women, alcohol, and meat, and a liking for wrapping oneself up, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.35) makṣikāghuṇakeśānāṃ tṛṇānāṃ patanāni ca/ prāyo 'annapāne keśānāṃ nakhānāṃ cābhivardhanam// > frequent falling of flies, wood-boring insects, hairs, and straw > into one's food and drink, and the overgrowth of hairs and nails, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.36) patatribhiḥ pataṅgaiśca śvāpadaiścābhidharṣaṇam/ svapne keśāsthirāśīnāṃ bhasmanaścādhirohaṇam// > being attacked by birds, flying insects, and predatory beasts; > in dreams, climbing upon heaps of hair, bones, and ashes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.37) jalāśayānāṃ śailānāṃ vanānāṃ jyotiṣāmapi/ śuṣyatāṃ kṣīyamāṇānāṃ patatāṃ yacca darśanam// > and seeing reservoirs of water, mountains, forests, and even celestial bodies > drying up, diminishing, or falling down— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.38) prāgrūpaṃ bahurūpasya tajjñeyaṃ rājayakṣmaṇaḥ/ rūpaṃ tvasya yathoddeśaṃ &nirdekṣyāmi sabheṣajam// > this should be known as the premonitory symptom of multiform rājayakṣmā. > Now I shall describe its manifestations in brief, along with its remedies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.39) yathāsvenoṣmaṇā pākaṃ śārīrā yānti dhātavaḥ/ srotasā ca yathāsvena dhātuḥ puṣyati dhātutaḥ// > The bodily dhātus undergo cooking each by its own internal heat, > and through each its own channel, dhātu nourishes dhātu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.40) srotasāṃ saṃnirodhācca raktādīnāṃ ca saṃkṣayāt/ dhātūṣmaṇāṃ cāpacayādrājayakṣmā pravartate// > Due to the obstruction of the channels, the depletion of blood and other \[dhātus\], > and the decline of the dhātu-heats, rājayakṣmā sets in. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.41) tasmin kāle pacatyagniryadannaṃ koṣṭhasaṃśritam/ malībhavati tat prāyaḥ kalpate kiṃcidojase// > At that time, whatever food located in the gut the digestive fire cooks > mostly turns into waste; only a little goes to form ojas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.42) tasmāt purīṣaṃ saṃrakṣyaṃ viśeṣādrājayakṣmiṇaḥ/ sarvadhātukṣayārtasya balaṃ tasya hi viḍbalam// > Therefore, the faeces must be protected, especially in a person suffering from rājayakṣmā; > for in one afflicted by the depletion of all dhātus, his strength is indeed the strength of faeces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.43) rasaḥ srotaḥsu ruddheṣu svasthānastho &vidahyate/ sa ūrdhvaṃ kāsavegena bahurūpaḥ pravatate// > When the channels are obstructed, the rasa staying in its own seat burns; > arising upward with the impulse of cough, it issues forth in many forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.44) jāyante vyādhayaścātaḥ ṣaḍekādaśa vā punaḥ/ yeṣāṃ saṃghātayogena rājayakṣmeti kathyate// > From this, either six or eleven diseases arise, > by whose combination it is called rājayakṣmā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.45) kāṃso 'asatāpo vaisvaryaṃ jvaraḥ pārśvaśirorujā/ chardanaṃ raktakaphayoḥ śvāsavarcogado 'aruciḥ// > cough, heat in the shoulders, alteration of voice, fever, flank pain and headache, > vomiting of blood and phlegm, dyspnoea, bowel disorder, and anorexia. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.46) rūpāṇyekādaśaitāni yakṣmaṇaḥ ṣaḍimāni vā/ kāso jvaraḥ pārśvaśūlaṃ svaravarcogado 'aruciḥ// > These are the eleven manifestations of yakṣmā, or these six: > cough, fever, flank pain, disorder of voice and bowel, and anorexia. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.47) sarvairardhaistribhirvā 'api liṅgairmāṃsabalakṣaye/ yukto varjyaścikitsyastu sarvarūpo 'apyato 'anyathā// > If accompanied by all, half, or even three symptoms when there is depletion of flesh and strength, > \[the patient\] is to be rejected; but otherwise, he is treatable, even if having all the symptoms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.48) ghrāṇamūle sthitaḥ śleṣmā rudhiraṃ pittameva vā/ mārutādhmātaśiraso mārutaṃ śyāyate prati// > Phlegm, blood, or bile residing at the root of the nose > congeals against the wind in one whose head is inflated by wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.49) pratiśyāyastato ghoro jāyate dehakarśanaḥ/ tasya rūpaṃ śiraḥśūlaṃ gauravaṃ ghrāṇaviplavaḥ// > From that, a severe coryza arises, emaciating the body. > Its manifestations are headache, heaviness, nasal discharge, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.50) jvaraḥ kāsaḥ kaphotkleśaḥ svarabhedo 'aruciḥ klamaḥ/ indriyāṇāmasāmarthyaṃ yakṣmā &cātaḥ prajāyate// > fever, cough, excitation of phlegm, hoarseness of voice, anorexia, exhaustion, > and debility of the sense organs; from this, yakṣmā is produced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.51) picchilaṃ bahalaṃ visraṃ haritaṃ śvetapītakam/ kāsamāno rasaṃ yakṣmī &niṣṭhīvati kaphānugam// > Slimy, thick, foul-smelling, green, or whitish-yellow— > coughing, the patient with yakṣmā spits up rasa accompanied by phlegm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.52) aṃsapārśvābhitāpaśca &saṃtāpaḥ karapādayoḥ/ jvaraḥ sarvāṅgagaśceti lakṣaṇaṃ rājayakṣmaṇaḥ// > Burning heat in the shoulders and flanks, heat in the hands and feet, > and fever extending over the whole body: this is the symptom complex of rājayakṣmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.53) vātātpittātkaphādraktāt kāsavegāt sapīnasāt/ svarabhedo bhavedvātādrūkṣaḥ kṣāmaścalaḥ svaraḥ// > Hoarseness of voice may arise from vāta, from pitta, from kapha, from blood, from the urge of coughing, or with chronic rhinitis; > from vāta the voice is rough, weak, and unsteady; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.54) tālukaṇṭhapariploṣaḥ pittādvaktumasūyate/ &kaphādbhedo vibaddhaśca svaraḥ &khurakhurāyate// > from pitta there is scorching of the palate and throat, and he hates to speak; > from kapha it is broken and obstructed, and the voice rattles; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.55) sanno raktavibaddhatvāt svaraḥ kṛcchrāt pravartate/ kāsātivegāt &kaṣaṇaḥ pīnasātkaphavātikaḥ// > from obstruction by blood, the voice is depressed and proceeds with difficulty; > from excessive coughing it is hoarse, and from chronic rhinitis it is of phlegm-wind nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.56) pārśvaśūlaṃ tvaniyataṃ saṃkocāyāmalakṣaṇam/ śiraḥśūlaṃ sasaṃtāpaṃ yakṣmiṇaḥ syātsagauravam// > Flank pain is irregular, characterised by constriction and extension; > headache in a person with yakṣmā is accompanied by burning heat and heaviness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.57) &abhisanne śarīre tu yakṣmiṇo viṣamāśanāt/ kaṇṭhātpravartate raktaṃ śleṣmā cotkliṣṭasaṃcitaḥ// > When the body of a yakṣmā patient is congested due to irregular eating, > blood and excited, accumulated phlegm issue forth from the throat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.58) raktaṃ vibaddhamārgatvānmāṃsādīnn-&ānupadyate/ āmāśayasthamutkliṣṭaṃ bahutvāt kaṇṭhameti ca// > Blood, because its pathways are obstructed, does not reach the flesh and other \[dhātus\]; > and remaining excited in the stomach, it comes up to the throat because of its abundance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.59) vātaśleṣmavibaddhatvādurasaḥ śvāsamṛcchati/ doṣairupahate cāgnau sapicchamatisāryate// > Because of obstruction of the chest by wind and phlegm, he falls into dyspnoea; > and when the digestive fire is impaired by the doṣas, he suffers from slimy diarrhoea. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.60) pṛthagdoṣaiḥ samastairvā jihvāhṛdayasaṃśritaiḥ/ jāyate 'arucirāhāre dviṣṭairarthaiśca mānasaiḥ// > Through the doṣas individually or combined residing in the tongue and heart, > and through repulsive mental objects, anorexia toward food arises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.61) kaṣāyatiktamadhurairvidyānmukharasaiḥ kramāt/ vātādyairaruciṃ jātāṃ mānasīṃ doṣadarśanāt// > One should know anorexia caused by vāta and the other \[doṣas\] respectively > by astringent, bitter, and sweet tastes in the mouth, and mental anorexia by seeing impurities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.62) arocakāt kāsavegāddoṣotkleśādbhayādapi/ chardiryā sā vikārāṇāmanyeṣāmapyupadravaḥ// > Vomiting, which occurs from anorexia, from the urge to cough, from excitation of the doṣas, or from fear, > is also a complication of the other disorders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.63) sarvastridoṣajo yakṣmā doṣāṇāṃ tu balābalam/ parīkṣyāvāsthikaṃ vaidyaḥ śoṣiṇaṃ samupācaret// > Yakṣmā is always born of the three doṣas; but having examined the relative strength > of the doṣas according to stage, the physician should treat the emaciated patient. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.64) pratiśyāye śiraḥśūle kāse śvāse svarakṣaye/ pārśvaśūle ca vividhāḥ kriyāḥ sādhāraṇīḥ śṛṇu// > In coryza, headache, cough, dyspnoea, loss of voice, > and flank pain, hear of the various general treatments: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.65) pīnase svedamabhyaṅgaṃ dhūmamālepanāni ca/ pariṣekāvagāhāṃśca &yāvakaṃ vāṭyameva ca// > In chronic rhinitis, one should administer sudation, unction, smoke, poultices, > affusion, immersion, barley groats, and vāṭya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.66) lavaṇāmlakaṭūṣṇāṃśca rasān snehopabṛṃhitān/ lāvatittiridakṣāṇāṃ vartakānāṃ ca kalpayet// > and meat broths that are salty, sour, pungent, and warm, enriched with unctuous substances, > prepared from common quail, black partridge, cock, and buttonquail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.67) sapippalīkaṃ sayavaṃ sakulatthaṃ sanāgaram/ dāḍimāmalakopetaṃ snigdhamājaṃ rasaṃ pibet// > One should drink unctuous goat meat broth prepared with pippalī, barley, horse gram, and dried ginger, > along with pomegranate and āmalaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.68) tena ṣaḍvinivartante vikārāḥ pīnasādayaḥ/ mūlakānāṃ kulatthānāṃ yūṣairvā &sūpakalpitaiḥ// > By this, the six disorders beginning with chronic rhinitis are overcome. > Or \[one should attend to him\] with well-prepared soups of radishes or horse gram, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.69) yavagodhūmaśālyannairyathāsātmyamupācaret/ pibetprasādaṃ vāruṇyā jalaṃ vā pāñcamūlikam// > with cooked foods of barley, wheat, and śāli rice according to habituation. > He should drink the clear supernatant of vāruṇī wine, or water boiled with the five roots, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.70) dhānyanāgarasiddhaṃ vā tāmalakyā 'athavā śṛtam/ parṇinībhiścatasṛbhistena cānnāni kalpayet// > or \[water\] prepared with coriander and dried ginger, or boiled with tāmalakī, > \[or\] with the four parṇinīs; and with that one should prepare cooked foods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.71) kṛśarotkārikāmāṣakulatthayavapāyasaiḥ/ saṃkarasvedavidhinā kaṇṭhaṃ pārśvamuraḥ śiraḥ// > Using kṛśarā, utkārikā, black gram, horse gram, and barley cooked with milk, > by the method of saṃkara sudation, on the throat, flanks, chest, and head, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.72) svedayet patrabhaṅgeṇa śiraśca pariṣecayet/ balāguḍūcīmadhukaśṛtairṛvā vāribhiḥ sukhaiḥ// > one should administer sudation; and with broken leaves one should affuse the head, > or with pleasantly warm waters boiled with balā, guḍūcī, and licorice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.73) bastamatsyaśirobhirvā nāḍīsvedaṃ prayojayet/ kaṇṭhe śirasi pārśve ca payobhirvā savātikaiḥ// > Or one should apply tube sudation using the heads of goats or fish, > on the throat, the head, and the flanks, or with milk boiled with vāta-\[pacifying herbs\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.74) audakānūpamāṃsāni salilaṃ pāñcamūlikam/ sasnehamāranālaṃ vā nāḍīsvede prayojayet// > The flesh of aquatic and wetland animals, water boiled with the five roots, > or fermented grain water with unctuous substances should be used in tube sudation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.75) jīvantyāḥ śatapuṣpāyā balāyā madhukasya ca/ vacāyā veśavārasya vidāryā mūlakasya ca// > Well-prepared warm poultices made of jīvantī, śatapuṣpā, balā, licorice, > vacā, minced-meat paste, vidārī, radish, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.76) audakānūpamāṃsānāmupanāhāḥ susaṃskṛtāḥ/ śasyante sacatuḥsnehāḥ śiraḥpārśvāṃsaśūlinām// > and the flesh of aquatic and wetland animals, containing the four unctuous substances, > are commended for those suffering from pain in the head, flanks, and shoulders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.77) śatapuṣpā samadhukaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ tagaracandane/ ālepanaṃ syāt saghṛtaṃ śiraḥpārśvaṃsaśūlanut// > Śatapuṣpā along with licorice, kuṣṭha, tagara, and sandalwood, > applied as a poultice with ghee, relieves pain in the head, flanks, and shoulders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.78) balā rāsnā tilāḥ sarpirmadhukaṃ nīlamutpalam/ palaṅkaṣā devadāru candanaṃ keśaraṃ ghṛtam// > Balā, rāsnā, sesame seeds, ghee, licorice, and blue water lily; > palaṅkaṣā, devadāru, sandalwood, saffron, and ghee; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.79) vīrā balā vidārī ca kṛṣṇagandhā punarnavā/ śatāvarī payasyā ca kattṛṇaṃ madhukaṃ ghṛtam// > vīrā, balā, vidārī, kṛṣṇagandhā, punarnavā, > śatāvarī, payasyā, kattṛṇa, licorice, and ghee — > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.80) catvāra ete ślokārdhaiḥ pradehāḥ parikīrtitāḥ/ śastāḥ saṃsṛṣṭakoṣāṇāṃ śiraḥpārśvāṃsaśūlinām// > these four warm poultices are taught in half-verses; > they are recommended for those with pain in the head, flanks, and shoulders, whose bowels have moved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.81) nāvanaṃ dhūmapānāni snehāścauttarabhaktikāḥ/ &tailānyabhyaṅgayogīni bastikarma tathā param// > Nasal administration, smoking regimens, unctuous drinks taken after meals, > oils suitable for inunction, and especially enema therapy \[are indicated\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.82) śṛṅgālābujalaukobhiḥ praduṣṭaṃ vyadhanena vā/ śiraḥpārśvāṃsaśūleṣu rudhiraṃ tasya nirharet// > With a horn, a gourd, or leeches, or by venesection, > one should draw out his vitiated blood in pain of the head, flanks, and shoulders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.83) pradehaḥ saghṛtaśceṣṭaḥ padmakośīracandanaiḥ/ dūrvāmadhukamañjiṣṭhākeśarairvā ghṛtāplutaiḥ// > A warm poultice with ghee made of padmaka, uśīra, and sandalwood is desirable, > or made of dūrvā, licorice, mañjiṣṭhā, and saffron steeped in ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.84) &prapauṇḍarīkanirguṇḍīpadmakeśaramutpalam/ kaśerukāḥ payasyā ca sasarpiṣkaṃ pralepanam// > Prapauṇḍarīka, nirguṇḍī, lotus stamen, blue water lily, > kaśeruka, and payasyā along with ghee form an external application. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.85) candanādyena tailena śatadhautena sarpiṣā/ abhyaṅgaḥ, payasā sekaḥ śastaśca madhukāmbunā// > Inunction with candanādya oil or hundred-times-washed ghee, > and affusion with milk or with licorice water is commended. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.86) māhendreṇa suśītena candanādiśṛtena vā/ pariṣekaḥ prayoktavya iti saṃśamanī kriyā// > Affusion should be applied with very cold rainwater or \[water\] boiled with sandalwood and the rest; > this is the pacifying treatment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.87) doṣādhikānāṃ vamanaṃ śasyate savirecanam/ snehasvedopapannānāṃ sasnehaṃ yanna karśanam// > For those with an excess of doṣas, emesis together with purgation is commended > after they have undergone unction and sudation, \[administered\] with unctuous substances so that it does not cause emaciation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.88) śoṣī muñcati gātrāṇi purīṣasraṃsanādapi/ abalāpekṣiṇīṃ mātrāṃ kiṃ punaryo viricyate// > An emaciated patient loses bodily strength even from the passing of stools; > how much more one who is purged, \[even\] with a dose adapted to weakness? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.89) yogān saṃśuddhakoṣṭhānāṃ kāse śvāse svarakṣaye/ śiraḥpārśvāṃsaśūleṣu siddhānetānprayojayet// > For those whose gut has been purified, in cough, dyspnoea, loss of voice, > and pains in the head, flanks, and shoulders, one should administer these proven formulations: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.90) &balāvidārigandhādyairvidāryā madhukena vā/ siddhaṃ salavaṇaṃ sarpirnasyaṃ syātsvaryamuttamam// > Ghee prepared with herbs of the balā group or vidārigandhā group, or with vidārī or licorice, > along with salt, makes an excellent errhine that improves the voice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.91) prapauṇḍarīkaṃ madhukaṃ pippalī bṛhatī balā/ &kṣīraṃ sarpiśca tatsiddhaṃ svaryaṃ syānnāvanaṃ param// > Prapauṇḍarīka, licorice, pippalī, bṛhatī, balā, > milk, and ghee: boiled together, that makes an excellent nasal administration that improves the voice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.92) śiraḥpārśvāṃsaśūlaghnaṃ kāsaśvāsanibarhaṇam/ prayujyamānaṃ bahuśo ghṛtaṃ cauttarabhaktikam// > cures pain of the head, flanks, and shoulders, and destroys cough and dyspnoea; > and ghee taken repeatedly after meals \[acts likewise\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.93) daśamūlena payasā siddhaṃ māṃsarasena ca/ balāgarbhaṃ ghṛtaṃ sadyo rogānetān prabādhate// > Ghee prepared with daśamūla, milk, and meat broth, > containing a paste of balā, quickly arrests these diseases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.94) bhaktasyopari madhye vā yathāgnyabhyavacāritam/ rāsnāghṛtaṃ vā sakṣīraṃ sakṣīraṃ vā balāghṛtam// > administered either after or in the middle of a meal according to digestive capacity; > or rāsnā-ghee with milk, or balā-ghee with milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.95) lehān kāsāpahān svaryāñ śvāsahikkā nibarhaṇān/ śiraḥpārśvāṃsaśūlaghnān snehāṃścātaḥ paraṃ śṛṇu// > Now hear further of electuaries that relieve cough, improve the voice, destroy dyspnoea and hiccup, > and of unctuous substances that cure pain of the head, flanks, and shoulders: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.96) ghṛtaṃ &kharjūramṛdvīkāśarkarākṣaudrasṃyutam/ sapippalīkaṃ vaisvaryakāsaśvāsajvarāpaham// > Ghee mixed with dates, raisins, sugar, and honey, > along with pippalī, cures hoarseness, cough, dyspnoea, and fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.97) daśamūlaśṛtāt kṣīrāt sarpiryadudiyānnavam/ sapippalīkaṃ sakṣaudraṃ tat paraṃ svarabodhanam// > Fresh ghee that arises from milk boiled with daśamūla, > with pippalī and honey, is supreme in restoring the voice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.98) śiraḥpārśvāṃsaśūlaghnaṃ kāsaśvāsajvarāpaham/ pañcabhiḥ pañcamūlairvā śṛtādyadudyādghṛtam// > cures pain in the head, flanks, and shoulders, and relieves cough, dyspnoea, and fever; > or ghee that arises from \[milk\] boiled with the five pañcamūlas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.99) pañcānāṃ pañcamūlānāṃ rase kṣīracaturguṇe/ siddhaṃ sarpirjayatyetadyakṣmaṇaḥ saptakaṃ balam// > Ghee prepared in a decoction of the five pañcamūlas with four parts milk > overcomes this sevenfold strength of yakṣmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.100) kharjūraṃ pippalī drākṣā pathyā śṛṅgī durālabhā/ triphalā pippalī mustaṃ śṛṅgāṭaguḍaśarkarāḥ// > Dates, pippalī, grapes, pathyā, śṛṅgī, durālabhā; > triphalā, pippalī, musta, śṛṅgāṭaka, jaggery, and sugar; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.101) vīrā śaṭī puṣkarākhyaṃ surasaḥ śarkarā guḍaḥ/ nāgaraṃ citrako lājāḥ pippalyāmalakaṃ guḍaḥ// > vīrā, śaṭī, puṣkara, holy basil, sugar, and jaggery; > dried ginger, citraka, puffed paddy, pippalī, āmalaka, and jaggery — > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.102) ślokārdhairvihitānetāṃllihyānnā madhusarpiṣā/ kāsaśvāsāpahānsvaryānpārśvaśūlāpahāṃstathā// > a man should lick these \[formulations\], prescribed by half-verses, with honey and ghee; > they relieve cough and dyspnoea, improve the voice, and likewise cure flank pain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.103) sitopalāṃ tugākṣīrīṃ pippalīṃ bahulāṃ tvacam/ antyādūrdhvaṃ dviguṇitaṃ lehayenmadhusarpiṣā// > Rock sugar, bamboo manna, pippalī, cardamom, and cinnamon, > each doubled from the last in reverse order, one should have him lick with honey and ghee, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.104) cūrṇitaṃ prāśayedvā &tacchvāsakāsakaphāturam/ suptajihvārocakinamalpāgniṃ pārśvaśūlinam// > or one should make him consume it as a powder, when afflicted with dyspnoea, cough, and phlegm, > with a numb tongue, loss of taste, weak digestive fire, and flank pain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.105) hastapādāṅgadāheṣu jvare rakte tathordhvage/ vāsāghṛtaṃ śatāvaryā siddhaṃ vā paramaṃ hitam// > In burning of the hands, feet, and limbs, in fever, and likewise in upward internal bleeding, > vāsā-ghee or \[ghee\] prepared with śatāvarī is exceedingly beneficial. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.106) durālabhāṃ śvadaṃṣṭrāṃ ca catasraḥ parṇinīrbalām/ bhāgānpalonmitān kṛtvā palaṃ parpaṭakasya ca// > Durālabhā, śvadaṃṣṭrā, the four parṇinīs, and balā, > taking one pala of each, and one pala of parpaṭaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.107) paceddaśaguṇe toye daśabhāgāvaśeṣite/ rase supūte dravyāṇāmeṣāṃ kalkān samāvapet// > one should boil in ten parts water; when reduced to one-tenth part, > into the well-strained decoction one should add pastes of these drugs: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.108) śaṭhyāḥ puṣkaramūlasya pippalītrāyamāṇayoḥ/ tāmalakyāḥ kirātānāṃ tiktasya kuṭajasya ca// > śaṭī, puṣkara root, pippalī, trāyamāṇā, > tāmalakī, kirātatikta, and indrayava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.109) phalānāṃ sārivāyāśca supiṣṭān karṣasaṃmitān/ tatastena ghṛtaprasthaṃ kṣīradviguṇitaṃ pacet// > and sārivā, well crushed, in the quantity of one karṣa \[each\]; > then with that, one should cook one prastha of ghee with twice as much milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.110) jvaraṃ dāhaṃ bhramaṃ kāsamaṃsapārśvaśirorujam/ tṛṣṇāṃ chardimatīsārametat sarpirvyapohati// > Fever, burning sensation, dizziness, cough, pain in the shoulders, flanks, and head, > thirst, vomiting, and diarrhoea: this ghee dispels them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.111) jīvantīṃ madhukaṃ drākṣāṃ phalāni kuṭajasya ca/ śaṭīṃ puṣkaramūlaṃ ca vyāghrīṃ gokṣurakaṃ balām// > Jīvantī, licorice, grapes, indrayava, > śaṭī, puṣkara root, vyāghrī, gokṣuraka, balā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.112) nīlotpalaṃ tāmalakīṃ trāyamāṇāṃ kurālabhām/ pippalīṃ ca samaṃ piṣṭvā ghṛtaṃ vaidyo vipācayet// > blue water lily, tāmalakī, trāyamāṇā, durālabhā, > and pippalī: grinding these in equal amounts, the physician should cook ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.113) etadvyādhisamūhasya rogeśasya samutthitam/ rūpamekādaśavidhaṃ sarpiragryaṃ vyapohati// > This foremost ghee dispels the elevenfold symptoms > arisen from the king of diseases, the collection of disorders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.114) balāṃ sthirāṃ pṛśnipaṇīṃ bṛhatīṃ snidigdhikām/ sādhayitvā rase tasminpayo gavyaṃ sanāgaram// > Having boiled balā, sthirā, pṛśniparṇī, bṛhatī, and kaṇṭakārī, > in that decoction \[one should boil\] cow's milk with dried ginger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.115) drākṣākharjūrasarpirbhiḥ pippalyā ca śṛtaṃ saha/ sakṣaudraṃ jvarakāsaghnaṃ svaryaṃ caitat prayojayet// > cooked together with grapes, dates, ghee, and pippalī; > and one should administer this with honey to relieve fever and cough, and to improve the voice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.116) ājasya payasaścaivaṃ prayogo jāṅgalā rasāḥ/ yūṣārthe caṇakā mudgā makuṣṭhāścopakalpitāḥ// > Likewise is the use of goat's milk and broths of arid-land animals; / and chickpeas, mung beans, and makuṣṭha beans are prepared for soup. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.117) jvarāṇāṃ śamanīyo yaḥ pūrvamuktaḥ kriyāvidhiḥ/ yakṣmiṇāṃ jṛvaradāheṣu sasarpiṣkaḥ praśasyate// > The pacifying treatment that was previously described for fevers / is commended, along with ghee, for the fevers and burning sensations of patients with yakṣmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.118) kaphapraseke balavāñ ślaiṣmikaśchardayennaraḥ/ payasā phalayuktena &mādhukena rasena vā // > A strong man dominated by phlegm, suffering from excessive salivation, should vomit / with milk mixed with madanaphala, or with its juice, or with licorice decoction, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.119) sarpiṣmatyā yavāgvā vā vamanīyopasiddhayā/ vānto 'annakāle laghvannamādadīta sadīpanam// > or with gruel containing ghee and prepared with emetic drugs. / Having vomited, he should take light food with digestive stimulants at mealtime. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.120) yavagodhūmamādhvīkasidhvariṣṭasurāsavān/ jāṅgalāni ca śūlyāni sevamānaḥ kaphaṃ jayet// > Using barley, wheat, mādhvīka, sidhu, ariṣṭa, surā, and āsava, / and roasted meats of arid-land animals, he will overcome kapha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.121) śleṣmaṇo 'atiprasekena vāyuḥ śleṣmāṇamasyati/ kaphaprasekaṃ taṃ vidvān snigdhoṣṇenaiva nirjayet// > Due to the excessive discharge of phlegm, vāyu drives out the phlegm; / the wise physician should overcome that excessive salivation only with unctuous and warm measures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.122) kriyā kaphapraseke yā vamyāṃ saiva praśasyate/ hṛdyāni cānnapānāni vātaghnāni laghūni ca// > Whatever treatment is used for excessive salivation is commended for vomiting as well, / along with agreeable, vāta-dispelling, and light food and drinks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.123) prāyeṇopahatāgnitvāt sapicchamatisāryate/ prāpnoti cāsyavairasyaṃ na cānnamabhinandati// > Generally, owing to an impaired digestive fire, slimy diarrhea occurs; / he develops an unpleasant taste in the mouth and has no relish for food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.124) tasyāgnidīpanān yogānatīsāranibarhaṇān/ vaktraśuddhikarān kuryādarucipratibādhakān// > For him, one should prepare formulations that stimulate the digestive fire, eliminate diarrhea, / cleanse the mouth, and check anorexia. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.125) sanāgarānindrayavān pāyayettaṇḍulāmbunā/ siddhāṃ yavāgūṃ jīrṇe ca cāṅgerītakradāḍimaiḥ// > He should make him drink indrayava together with dried ginger in rice water, / and when it is digested, gruel prepared with cāṅgerī, buttermilk, and pomegranates. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.126) pāṭhā bilvaṃ yamānī ca pātavyaṃ takrasaṃyutam/ durālabhā śṛṅgaveraṃ pāṭhā ca surayā saha// > Pāṭhā, bilva, and yamānī are to be drunk mixed with buttermilk; / durālabhā, fresh ginger, and pāṭhā with surā liquor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.127) jambvāmramadhyaṃ bilvaṃ ca sakapitthaṃ sanāgaram/ peyāmaṇḍena pātavyamatīsāranivṛttaye// > Pulp of jambū and mango, bilva, wood apple, and dried ginger / should be drunk with the scum of thin gruel to stop diarrhea. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.128) etāneva ca yogāṃstrīn pāṭhādīn kārayet khaḍān/ &sasūpyadhānyānsasnehān sāmlānsaṃgrahaṇān param// > And from these three formulations, beginning with pāṭhā, one should prepare khaḍa soups / with pulses, unctuous substances, and sours, which are supremely bowel-binding. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.129) vetasārjunajambūnāṃ mṛṇālīkṛṣṇagandhayoḥ/ śrīparṇyā madayantyāśca yūthikāyāśca pallavān// > Shoots of vetasa, arjuna, jambū, mṛṇālī, kṛṣṇagandhā, / śrīparṇī, madayantī, and yūthikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.130) mātuluṅgasya dhātakyā dāḍimasya ca kārayet/ snehāmlalavaṇopetān khaḍān sāṃgrāhikān param// > and of citron, dhātakī, and pomegranate, / he should make into khaḍa soups containing unctuous substances, sour, and salt, which are supremely bowel-binding. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.131) cāṅgeryāścukrikāyāśca dugdhikāyāśca kārayet/ khaḍāndadhisaropetān sasarpiṣkānsadāḍimān// > He should also prepare khaḍa soups of cāṅgerī, cukrikā, and dugdhikā, / mixed with curd cream, with ghee, and with pomegranate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.132) māṃsānāṃ laghupākānāṃ rasāḥ sāṃgrāhikairyutāḥ/ vyaṅjanārthaṃ praśasyante bhojyārthaṃ raktaśālayaḥ// > Broths of easily digestible meats combined with bowel-binding ingredients / are commended as side dishes, and red śāli rice as the staple food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.133) sthirādipañcamūlena pāne śastaṃ śṛtaṃ jalam/ takraṃ surā sacukrīkā dāḍimasyāthavā rasaḥ// > For drinking, water boiled with the lesser group of five roots is beneficial, / or buttermilk, surā with cukrikā, or pomegranate juice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.134) ityuktaṃ bhinnaśakṛtāṃ dīpanaṃ grāhi bheṣajam/ paraṃ mukhasya vairasyanāśanaṃ rocanaṃ &śṛṇu// > Thus has been stated the digestive-fire-stimulating, bowel-binding medicine for those with loose stool; / now hear the foremost appetizer that destroys bad taste in the mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.135) dvau kālau dantapavanaṃ bhakṣayenmukhadhāvanam/ tadvat prakṣālayedāsyaṃ dhārayet kavalagrahān// > Twice daily one should chew a tooth-cleaning stick and use a mouthwash; / likewise, one should rinse the mouth and hold mouth gargles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.136) pibeddhūmaṃ tato mṛṣṭamadyāddīpanapācanam/ bheṣajaṃ pānamannaṃ ca hitamiṣṭopakalpitam// > He should then inhale medicinal smoke, and eat cleanly prepared food and drink / with digestive-stimulant and carminative medicines, wholesome and prepared to his liking. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.137) tvaṅmustamelā dhānyāni mustamāmalakaṃ tvacam/ dārvītvaco yavānī ca tejohvā pippalī tathā// > Cinnamon, mustā, cardamom, and coriander; mustā, āmalaka, and cinnamon; / bark of dāruharidrā, yavānī, tejohvā, and pippalī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.138) yavānī tintiḍīkaṃ ca pañcaite mukhadhāvanāḥ/ ślokapādeṣvabhihitā rocanā mukhaśodhanāḥ// > yavānī and tintiḍīka: these five mouthwashes, / stated in the quarter-verses, are appetizers and oral cleansers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.139) guṭikāṃ dhārayedāsye cūrṇairvā śodhayenmukham/ eṣāmāloḍitānāṃ vā dhārayet kavalagrahān// > He should keep a pill in the mouth, or cleanse the mouth with powders, / or hold these as gargles after stirring them \[in water\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.140) surāmādhvīkasīdhūnāṃ tailasya madhusarpiṣoḥ/ kavalān dhārayediṣṭān kṣīrasyekṣurasasya ca// > He should hold agreeable gargles of surā, mādhvīka, and sīdhu liquors, / of oil, honey, and ghee, and of milk and sugarcane juice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.141) yavānīṃ tintiḍīkaṃ ca nāgaraṃ sāmlavetasam/ dāḍimaṃ badaraṃ cāmlaṃ kārṣikaṃ copakalpayet// > One should take yavānī, tintiḍīka, dried ginger, amlavetasa, / pomegranate, and sour jujube, one karṣa each; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.142) dhānyasauvarcalājājīvarāṅgaṃ cārdhakārṣikam/ pippalīnāṃ śataṃ caikaṃ dve śate maricasya ca// > coriander, sauvarcala salt, cumin, and cinnamon, half a karṣa each; / one hundred pippalī fruits, and two hundred black peppercorns; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.143) śarkarāyāśca catvāri palānyekatra cūrṇayet/ jihvāviśodhanaṃ hṛdyaṃ taccūrṇaṃ bhaktarocanam// > and four palas of sugar; one should powder them together. / That powder cleanses the tongue, is pleasing to the heart, and promotes relish for food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.144) hṛtplīhapārśvaśūlaghnaṃ vibandhānāhanāśanam/ kāsaśvāsaharaṃ grāhi grahaṇyarśovikāranut// iti yavānīṣāḍavam/ tālīśapatraṃ maricaṃ nāgaraṃ pippalī śubhā/ yathottaraṃ bhāgavṛddhyā tvagele cārdhabhāgike// > It relieves pain in the heart, spleen, and flanks, destroys constipation and abdominal distension, / alleviates cough and dyspnea, is bowel-binding, and cures disorders of the grahaṇī and piles. > Thus ends the Yavānīṣāḍava. > Tālīśapatra, black pepper, dried ginger, good pippalī, / increasing in parts in successive order, and cinnamon and cardamom, half a part each; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.146) pippalyaṣṭaguṇā cātra pradeyā sitaśarkarā/ kāsaśvāsāruciharaṃ taccūrṇaṃ dīpanaṃ param// > and eight times as much white sugar as pippalī is to be added here. / That powder relieves cough, dyspnea, and anorexia, and is a supreme digestive stimulant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.147) hṛtpāṇḍugrahaṇīdoṣaśoṣaplīhajvarāpaham/ vamyatīsāraśūlaghnaṃ mūḍhavātānulomanam// > It removes heart disease, anemia, grahaṇī disorders, consumption, spleen disorders, and fever; / it cures vomiting, diarrhea, and colic, and directs obstructed vāta downwards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.148) kalpayedguṭikāṃ caitaccūrṇaṃ paktvā sitopalām/ guṭikā hyagnisaṃyogāccūrṇāllaghutarāḥ smṛtāḥ// iti tālīśādyaṃ cūrṇaṃ guṭikāśca/ śuṣyatāṃ kṣīṇamāṃsānāṃ kalpitāni vidhānavit/ dadyānmāṃsādamāṃsāni bṛṃhaṇāni viśeṣataḥ// > Having cooked sugar candy, one may also prepare this powder into pills; / for pills, by contact with fire, are considered lighter than powders. > Thus ends the Tālīśādya powder and pills. > For those who are wasting and depleted of flesh, the skilled physician / should give prepared meats of carnivorous animals, especially as tonics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.150) śoṣiṇe bārhiṇaṃ dadyādbarhiśabdena cāparān/ gṛdhrānulūkāṃścāṣāṃśca vidhivat sūpakalpitān// > To an emaciated patient he should give peacock, and under the name of peacock other \[birds\]: / vultures, owls, and blue jays, properly prepared as a soup; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.151) kākāṃstittiriśabdena varmiśabdena coragān/ bhṛṣṭān matsyāntraśabdena dadyādgaṇḍūpadānapi// > crows under the name of partridge, and snakes under the name of varmi fish; / and he should also give fried earthworms under the name of fish entrails. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.152) lopākān sthūlanakulān biḍālāṃścopakalpitān/ śṛgālaśābvāṃśca bhiṣak śaśaśabdena dāpayet// > Foxes, large mongooses, and cats prepared \[as meat\], / and young jackals the physician should have given under the name of hare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.153) siṃhānṛkṣāṃstarakṣūraṃśca vyāghrānevaṃvidhāṃstathā/ māṃsādān mṛgaśabdena dadyānmāṃsābhivṛddhaye// > Lions, bears, hyenas, tigers, and such / carnivorous beasts he should give under the name of deer to increase flesh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.154) gajakhaṅgituraṅgāṇāṃ veśavārīkṛtaṃ bhiṣak/ dadyānmahiṣaśabdena māṃsaṃ māṃsābhivṛddhaye// > The flesh of elephants, rhinoceroses, and horses, made into spiced minced meat, / the physician should give under the name of buffalo to increase flesh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.155) māṃsenopacitāṅgānāṃ māṃsaṃ māṃsakaraṃ param/ tīkṣṇoṣṇalāghavācchastaṃ viśeṣānmṛgapakṣiṇām// > The flesh of animals whose bodies are plumped with flesh is supremely nourishing to flesh; / due to its sharpness, heat, and lightness, that of wild beasts and birds is especially commendable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.156) māṃsāni yānyanabhyāsādaniṣṭāani prayojayet/ teṣūpadhā, sukhaṃ bhoktuṃ tathā śakyāni tāni hi// > Whatever meats one must employ that are disliked due to lack of familiarity, / in their case subterfuge \[is used\], for in that way they can be eaten comfortably. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.157) jānañjugupsannaivādyājjagdhaṃ vā punarullikhet/ tasmācchadmopasiddhāni māṃsānyetāni dāpayet// > Knowing \[what it is\], he would feel revulsion and not eat it, or having eaten he would vomit it up; / therefore, one should give these meats prepared under disguise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.158) barhitittiridakṣāṇāṃ haṃsānāṃ śūkaroṣṭrayoḥ/ kharagomahiṣāṇāṃ ca māṃsaṃ māṃsakaraṃ param// > The flesh of peacock, partridge, and rooster; of swans, pig, and camel; / and of donkey, cow, and buffalo is supremely flesh-building. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.159) yoniraṣṭavidhā coktā māṃsānāmannapānike/ tāṃ parīkṣya bhiṣagvidvān dadyānmāṃsāni śoṣiṇe// > The eightfold origin of meats was explained in the section on food and drinks; / having examined that, the wise physician should give meats to an emaciated patient. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.160) prasahā bhūśayānūpavārijā vāricāriṇaḥ/ āhārārthaṃ pradātavyā mātrayā vātaśoṣiṇe// > Meats of birds of prey, burrowing animals, marsh animals, water-born creatures, and swimmers / should be given as food in appropriate measure to one emaciated by vāta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.161) pratudā viṣkirāścaiva dhanvajāśca mṛgadvijāḥ/ kaphapittaparītānāṃ prayojyāḥ śoṣarogiṇām// > Pec-hunting birds, scratcher birds, and arid-land animals and birds / are to be employed for consumptive patients stricken by kapha and pitta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.162) vidhivatsūpasiddhāni manojñāni mṛdūni ca/ rasavanti sugandhīni māṃsānyetāni bhakṣayet// > Properly prepared into soup, appetizing, soft, / juicy, and fragrant, he should eat these meats. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.163) māṃsamevāśnataḥ śoṣo mādhvīkaṃ pibato 'api ca/ niniyatānalpacittasya ciraṃ kāye na tiṣṭhati// > Eating only meat and drinking mādhvīka wine, / with a controlled and generous mind, consumption does not remain long in his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.164) vāruṇīmaṇḍanityasya bahirmārjanasevinaḥ/ avidhāritavegasya yakṣmā na labhate 'antaram// > For one who constantly drinks the clear supernatant of vāruṇī wine, resorts to external cleansings, / and does not suppress natural urges, yakṣmā finds no entry. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.165) prasannāṃ vāruṇīṃ sīdhumariṣṭānāsavānmadhu/ yathārhamanupānārthaṃ pibenmāṃsāni bhakṣayan// > While eating meats, he should drink clear vāruṇī, sīdhu, / ariṣṭas, āsavas, and honey wine as appropriate post-prandial drinks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.166) madyaṃ taikṣṇyauṣṇyavaiśadyasūkṣmatvāt srotasāṃ mukham/ pramathya vivṛṇotyāśu tanmokṣāt sapta dhātavaḥ// > Due to its sharpness, heat, clarity, and subtlety, liquor churns and opens / the openings of the channels quickly; from their unblocking, the seven tissues > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.167) puṣyanti dhātupoṣācca śīghraṃ śoṣaḥ praśāmyati/ māṃsādamāṃsasvarase siddhaṃ sarpiḥ prayojayet// > are nourished, and through the nourishment of the tissues, consumption quickly subsides. / One should administer ghee prepared with the fresh juice of carnivorous meat > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.168) sakṣaudraṃ, payasā siddhaṃ sarpirdaśaguṇena vā/ siddhaṃ madhurakairdravyairdaśamūlakaṣāyakaiḥ// > with honey; or ghee prepared with ten times the quantity of milk; / or prepared with sweet drugs and decoctions of the Daśamūla, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.169) kṣīramāṃsarasopetairdhṛtaṃ śoṣaharaṃ param/ pippalīpippalīmūlacavyacitrakanāgaraiḥ// > together with milk and meat soup—this ghee is supreme in destroying consumption. / With pippalī, pippalīmūla, cavya, citraka, and ginger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.170) sayāvaśūkaiḥ sakṣīraiḥ srotasāṃ śodhanaṃ ghṛtam/ rāsnābalāgokṣurakasthirāvarṣābhusādhitam// > with barley-ash and milk, ghee is a purifier of the channels. / Prepared with rāsnā, balā, gokṣuraka, sthirā, and varṣābhū, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.171) jīvantīpippalīgarbhaṃ sakṣīraṃ śoṣanudghṛtam/ yavāgvā vā pibenmātrāṃ lihyādvā madhunā saha// > containing a paste of jīvantī and pippalī, with milk, ghee dispels consumption. / He should drink a dose of it with barley gruel, or lick it with honey, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.172) siddhānāṃ sarpiṣāmeṣāmadyādannena vā saha/ śuṣyatāmeṣa nirdiṣṭo vidhirābhyavahārikaḥ// > or eat with food from these prepared ghees. / This dietary regimen is prescribed for those suffering from consumption. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.173) bahiḥsparśanamāśritya bakṣyate 'ataḥ paraṃ vidhiḥ/ snehakṣīrāmbukoṣṭheṣu svabhyaktamavagāhayet// > Hereafter, the regimen relying on external touch will be spoken. / After being well anointed, he should bathe in tubs of unctuous substances, milk, or water > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.174) srotovibandhamokṣārthaṃ balaṣuṣṭyarthameva ca/ uttīrṇaṃ miśrakaiḥ snehaiḥ punarāktaiḥ sukhaiḥ karaiḥ// > for the purpose of relieving channel obstruction, and indeed for strength and nourishment. / When he has emerged, with pleasant hands anointed again with mixed oils, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.175) mṛdgīyāt sukhamāsīnaṃ sukhaṃ cotsādayennaram/ jīvantīṃ śatavīryāṃ ca vikasāṃ sapunarnavām// > one should rub the comfortably seated man and pleasantly apply paste to him. / Jīvantī, śatavīryā, vikasā, along with punarnavā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.176) aśvagandhāmapāmārgaṃ tarkārīṃ madhukaṃ balām/ vidārīṃ sarṣapaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ taṇḍulānatasīphalam// > aśvagandhā, apāmārga, tarkārī, madhuka, balā, / vidārī, mustard seed, kuṣṭha, grains of rice, linseed fruit, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.177) māṣāṃstilāṃśca kiṇvaṃ ca sarvamekatra cūrṇayet/ yavacūrṇatriguṇitaṃ dadhnā yuktaṃ samākṣikam// > māṣa beans, sesame seeds, and yeast—one should powder all together in one mass; / tripled with barley flour, mixed with curd and honey, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.178) etadutsādanaṃ kāryaṃ puṣṭivarṇabalapradam/ gaurasarṣapakalkena kalkaiścāpi sugandhibhiḥ// > this paste application should be made, granting nourishment, complexion, and strength. / With paste of white mustard and fragrant pastes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.179) snāyādṛtusukhaistoyairjīvanīyauṣadhaiḥ śṛtaiḥ/ gandhaiḥ samālyairvāsobhirbhūṣaṇaiśca vibhūṣitaḥ// > he should bathe with waters comfortable for the season, boiled with revitalizing drugs. / Adorned with fragrances, garlands, fine garments, and ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.180) spṛśyān saṃspṛśya saṃpūjya devatāḥ sabhiṣagdvajāḥ/ iṣṭavarṇarasasparśagandhavat pānabhojanam// > touching auspicious things and worshipping deities together with physicians and twice-born, / drinks and foods possessing desired complexion, taste, touch, and aroma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.181) iṣṭamiṣṭairupahitaṃ &sukhamadyāt sukhapradam/ samātītāni dhānyāni kalpanīyāni śuṣyatām// > pleasing and served by loved ones, giving happiness, he should eat at ease. / Grains older than one year are to be prescribed for those with consumption, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.182) laghūnyahīnavīryāṇi svādūni gandhavanti ca/ yāni praharṣakārīṇi tāni pathyatamāni hi// > light, unimpoverished in potency, sweet, and fragrant; / indeed, those which cause delight are the most wholesome. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.183) yaccopadekṣyate &pathyaṃ kṣatakṣīṇacikitsite/ yakṣimaṇastat prayoktavyaṃ balamāṃsābhivṛddhaye// > And whatever wholesome \[regimen\] will be taught in the treatment of chest wound and wasting, / that should be applied for the yakṣmā patient for the increase of strength and flesh: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.184) abhyaṅgotsādanaiścaiva vāsobhirahataiḥ priyaiḥ/ yathartuvihitaiḥ snānairavagāhairvimārjanaiḥ// > By massage and paste applications, by new and pleasing garments, / by seasonal baths, tub-immersions, and cleansings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.185) bastibhiḥ kṣīrasarpirbhirmāṃsairmāṃsarasaudanaiḥ/ iṣṭairmadyairmanojñānāṃ gandhānāmupasevanaiḥ// > by enemas, milk, and ghee, by meats, meat soups, and cooked rice, / by favored wines, by resorting to delightful fragrances, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.186) suhṛdāṃ ramaṇīyānāṃ pramadānāṃ ca darśanaiḥ/ gītavāditraśabdaiśca priyaśrutibhireva ca// > by seeing delightful friends and lovely women, / by the sounds of songs and musical instruments, and indeed by hearing pleasant things, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.187) harṣaṇāśvāsanairnityaṃ gurūṇāṃ samupāsanaiḥ/ brahmacaryeṇa dānena tapasā devatārcanaiḥ// > by cheering and consoling, by constantly serving teachers, / by chastity, charity, austerity, and worshipping the deities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.188) satyenācārayogena maṅgalyairapyahiṃsayā/ vaidyaviprārcanāccaiva rogarājo nivartate// > by truth, adherence to good conduct, auspicious rites, and non-violence, / and through the worship of physicians and Brahmins, the king of diseases recedes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.189) yayā prayuktayā ceṣṭyā rājayakṣmā purā jitaḥ/ tāṃ vedavihitāmiṣṭim-&ārogyārthī prayojayet// > By performing which sacrifice rājayakṣmā was overcome of old, / that Vedic sacrifice the seeker of health should perform. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.190) tatra ślokau--- > Here are two verses: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.190\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.190_1) prāgutpattirnimittāni prāgrūpaṃ rūpasaṃgrahaḥ/ samāsād vyāsataścoktaṃ bheṣajaṃ rājayakṣmaṇaḥ// > The primeval origin, causes, premonitory symptoms, collection of symptoms, / the treatment of rājayakṣmā described in brief and in detail, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.191) nāmaheturasādhyatvaṃ sādhyatvaṃ kṛcchrasādhyatā/ > the reason for its name, incurability, curability, and difficulty of cure— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.191\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.191_1) ityuktaḥ saṃgrahaḥ kṛtsno rājayakṣmacikitsite// > thus the entire summary in the treatment of rājayakṣmā has been spoken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8.191\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.191_2) ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte cikitsāsthāne rājayakṣmacikitsitaṃ nāmāṣṭamo 'adhyāyaḥ//8// > Thus ends the eighth chapter, named The Treatment of Rājayakṣmā, in the section on therapeutics in the treatise composed by Agniveśa and redacted by Caraka. //8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.8.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.14.14) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit - [Vīrasiṃha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.karmavipaka.virasimha.4.p7.1) — Bhoja, Sanskrit - [Vīrasiṃhāvaloka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.karmavipaka.virasimhavaloka.3.p2.7) — Vīrasiṃha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8) · Pramāṇa