The Compendium of Caraka 7.3: tṛtīyo 'adhyāyaḥ/
Carakasaṃhitā 7.3
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tṛtīyo 'adhyāyaḥ/
7.3.1
athāta ikṣvākukalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ//
Now we shall explain the formulation of ikṣvāku.
7.3.2
iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ//
Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya:
7.3.3
siddhaṃ vakṣyāmyathekṣvākukalpaṃ yeṣāṃ praśasyate/
I shall now speak of the proven formulation of ikṣvāku, [and] for whom it is praised.
7.3.3_1
&lambā 'atha kaṭukālābūstumbī piṇḍaphalā tathā//
Lambā, kaṭukālābū, tumbī, and piṇḍaphalā,
7.3.4
ikṣvākuḥ phalinī caiva procyate tasya kalpanā/
kāsaśvāsaviṣacchardijvarārte kaphakarṣite//
ikṣvāku, and phalinī: its preparations are stated [under these synonyms].
In one afflicted with cough, dyspnea, poison, vomiting, and fever, emaciated by kapha,
7.3.5
pratāmyati nare caiva vamanārthaṃ tadiṣyate/
apuṣpasya pravālānāṃ muṣṭiṃ prādeśasaṃmitam//
and in a person who is fainting, it is desired for emesis.
A span-long fistful of the shoots of one without flowers,
7.3.6
kṣīraprasthe śṛtaṃ dadyāt pittodrikte kaphajvare/
puṣpādiṣu ca catvāraḥ kṣīre jīmūtake yathā//
boiled in a prastha of milk, one should give in kapha-fever with increased pitta;
and in flowers and the rest, four [formulations] in milk, as in jīmūtaka.
7.3.7
yogā haritapāṇḍūnāṃ surāmaṇḍena pañcamaḥ/
phalasvarasabhāgaṃ ca triguṇakṣīrasādhitam//
Formulations [are made] of green-yellowish [fruits]; the fifth is with wine-scum.
And one part of fruit juice prepared with threefold milk
7.3.8
uraḥsthite kaphe dadyāt svarabhede ca pīnase/
jīrṇe madhyoddhṛte &kṣīraṃ prakṣipettadyadā dadhi//
one should give when kapha is located in the chest, and in hoarseness and chronic catarrh.
Into a mature [fruit] whose interior has been extracted, one should pour milk; when that becomes curds,
7.3.9
jātaṃ syāt sakaphe kāse śvāse vamyāṃ ca tat pibet/
ajākṣīreṇa bījāni &bhāvayet pāyayeta ca//
one should drink it in cough with kapha, in dyspnea, and in vomiting.
One should steep the seeds with goat's milk and have it drunk
7.3.10
viṣagulmodaragranthigaṇḍeṣu ślīpadeṣu ca/
mastunā vā phalānmadhyaṃ pāṇḍukuṣṭhaviṣārditaḥ//
in artificial poison, gulma, abdominal disease, glandular swellings, goitre, and elephantiasis.
Or, afflicted with jaundice, kuṣṭha, and poison, [one should drink] the pulp from the fruit with curd-whey;
7.3.11
tena takraṃ vipakvaṃ vā sakṣaudralavaṇaṃ pibet/
tumbyā phalarasaiḥ śuṣkaiḥ sapuṣpairavacūrṇitam//
or one should drink buttermilk cooked with it, along with honey and salt.
[A garland] dusted with the dried fruit juices of tumbī together with its flowers
7.3.12
chardayenmālyamāghrāya gandhasaṃpatsukhocitaḥ/
bhakṣayet phalamadhyaṃ vā guḍena palalena ca//
one should smell and vomit, if accustomed to comfort through the excellence of fragrance.
Or one should eat the fruit pulp with jaggery and sesame paste,
7.3.13
ikṣvākuphalatailaṃ vā siddhaṃ vā pūrvavadghṛtam/
pañcāśaddaśavṛddhāni phalādīnāṃ yathottaram//
or oil of the ikṣvāku fruit, or ghee prepared as before.
Fifty [seeds], increased successively by tens, from the fruit and the rest,
7.3.14
pibedvimṛdya bījāni kaṣāyeṣvāśataṃ pṛthak/
yaṣṭyāhvakovidārādyairmuṣṭimantarnakhaṃ pibet//
up to a hundred, one should drink after crushing the seeds separately in the decoctions.
One should drink an antarnakhamuṣṭi with yaṣṭyāhva and the kovidāra and other
7.3.15
kaṣāyaiḥ &kovidārādyairmātrāśca phalavat smṛtāḥ/
bilvamūlakaṣāyeṇa tumbībījāñjaliṃ pacet//
decoctions—the kovidāra and other [decoctions]; and the doses are considered like [those of] madana.
One should cook an añjali of tumbī seeds with a decoction of bilva root;
7.3.16
pūtasyāsya trayo &bhāgāścaturthaḥ phāṇitasya tu/
saghṛto bījabhāgaśca &piṣṭānardhāṃśikāṃstathā//
of this strained [decoction] there are three parts, and the fourth is of treacle,
and a part of seeds along with ghee, and likewise ground [seeds] in half-parts
7.3.17
mahājālinijīmūtakṛtavedhanavatsakān/
taṃ lehaṃ sādhayeddarvyā ghaṭṭayanmṛdunā 'agninā//
of mahājālinī, jīmūta, kṛtavedhana, and vatsaka.
Stirring with a ladle over a gentle fire, one should cook that electuary
7.3.18
yāvat syāttantumattoye patitaṃ tu na śīryate/
taṃ lihanmātrayā &lehaṃ pramathyāṃ ca pibedanu//
until it becomes thread-like and does not disperse when dropped in water.
One should lick that electuary in proper measure and drink a carminative decoction after it.
7.3.19
kalpa eṣo 'agnimanthādau catuṣke pṛthagucyate/
śaktubhirvā pibenmanthaṃ tumbīsvarasabhāvitaiḥ//
This procedure is stated separately for the group of four beginning with agnimantha.
Or one should drink a churned beverage made with roasted barley flour steeped in tumbī juice
7.3.20
kaphaje 'atha jvare kāse kaṇṭharogeṣvarocake/
gulme &mehe praseke ca kalkaṃ māṃsarasaiḥ pibet/
naraḥ sādhu vamatyevaṃ na ca daurbalyamaśnute//
in kapha-born fever, cough, throat diseases, anorexia,
gulma, urinary disorder, and excessive salivation; or one should drink the paste with meat broths:
thus a person vomits well and does not suffer weakness.
7.3.21
tatra ślokāḥ---
Here are the verses—
7.3.21_1
payasyaṣṭau surāmaṇḍa-mastu-takreṣu ca trayaḥ/
ghreyaṃ sapalalaṃ tailaṃ vardhamānāḥ phaleṣu ṣaṭ//
Eight in milk, and three in wine-scum, curd-whey, and buttermilk;
one to be smelled, with sesame paste, oil, and six increasing [doses] in fruits;
7.3.22
ghṛtamekaṃ kaṣāyeṣu navānye madhukādiṣu/
aṣṭau vartikriyā lehāḥ pañca &mantho rasastathā//
one ghee; nine others in decoctions of madhuka and the rest;
eight in pills; five electuaries; and likewise a churned drink and meat broth.
7.3.23
yogā &ikṣvākukalpe te catvāriṃśacca pañca ca/
uktā maharṣiṇā samyak prajānāṃ hitakāmyayā//
These forty-five formulations in the procedure of ikṣvāku
have been properly spoken by the great sage out of desire for the welfare of mankind.
7.3.23_1
ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte 'aprāpte dṛḍhabalasaṃpūrite kalpasthāne ikṣvākukalpo nāma tṛtīyo 'adhyāyaḥ//3//
Thus ends the third chapter, named 'The Procedure of Ikṣvāku', in the Section on Formulation in the treatise made by Agniveśa, redacted by Caraka, and completed by Dṛḍhabala when unavailable.
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