The Compendium of Caraka 7.5: pañcamo 'adhyāyaḥ/
Carakasaṃhitā 7.5
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pañcamo 'adhyāyaḥ/
7.5.1
athāto vatsakakalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ//
Now we shall expound the procedure of vatsaka.
7.5.2
iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ//
Thus declared the venerable Ātreya.
7.5.3
atha vatsakanāmāni bhedaṃ strīpuṃsayostathā/
kalpaṃ cāsya &pravakṣyāmi vistareṇa yathātatham//
Now the names of vatsaka, and the distinction between female and male,
and its procedure, I shall declare in detail as it truly is.
7.5.4
vatsakaḥ kuṭajaḥ śakro vṛkṣako girimallikā/
bījānīndrayavāstasya tathocyante kaliṅgakāḥ//
Vatsaka, kuṭaja, śakra, vṛkṣaka, girimallikā;
its seeds are indrayava, and likewise called kaliṅgaka.
7.5.5
bṛhatphalaḥ &śvetapuṣpaḥ snigdhapatraḥ pumān bhavet/
śyāmā cāruṇapuṣpā strī &phalavṛntaistathā 'aṇubhiḥ//
Having large fruits, white flowers, and unctuous leaves is the male;
and the female is darkish, with reddish flowers and small fruit stalks.
7.5.6
raktapittakaphaghnastu sukumāreṣvanatyayaḥ/
hṛdrogajvaravātāsṛgvīsarpādiṣu śasyate//
It destroys blood-pitta and kapha, causes no complications in delicate people,
and is commended in heart disease, fever, gout, erysipelas, and the like.
7.5.7
kāle phalāni saṃgṛhya tayoḥ śuṣkāṇi &nikṣipet/
teṣāmantarnakhaṃ muṣṭiṃ jarjarīkṛtya &bhāvayet//
Having gathered the fruits of both at the proper time, one should store them dry.
Having crushed an antarnakhamuṣṭi of them, one should steep them
7.5.8
madhukasya kaṣāyeṇa kovidārādibhistathā/
niśi sthitaṃ vimṛdyaitallavaṇakṣaudrasaṃyutam//
with a decoction of madhuka and likewise with kovidāra and the others;
having stood overnight, rubbed, and mixed with salt and honey,
7.5.9
pibettadvamanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ pittaśleṣmanibarhaṇam/
aṣṭāhaṃ payasā++ārkeṇa teṣāṃ cūrṇāni bhāvayet//
one should drink that: an excellent emetic destroying pitta and kapha.
For eight days one should steep their powders with milk of arka;
7.5.10
&jīvakasya kaṣāyeṇa tataḥ pāṇitalaṃ pibet/
phalajīmūtakekṣvākujīvantīnāṃ pṛthak tathā//
then one should drink a pāṇitala with a decoction of jīvaka.
Likewise separately with [decoctions] of madana fruit, jīmūtaka, ikṣvāku, and jīvantī,
7.5.11
sarṣapāṇāṃ madhūkānāṃ lavaṇasyāthavā 'ambunā/
kṛśareṇāthavā yuktaṃ vidadhyādvamanaṃ bhiṣak//
or with water of mustard seeds, madhūka, or salt,
or combined with spiced rice-and-lentil mash, the physician should administer emesis.
7.5.12
tatra ślokaḥ---
Here is a verse:
7.5.12_1
kaṣāyairnava cūrṇaiśca pañcoktāḥ salilaistrayaḥ/
ekaśca kṛśarāyāṃ syādyogāste 'aṣṭādaśa &smṛtāḥ//
Nine with decoctions, five with powders, three with liquids are spoken of, / and one would be in spiced rice-and-lentil mash; those eighteen formulations are recorded.
7.5.12_2
ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte 'aprāpte dṛḍhabalasaṃpūrite kalpasthāne vatsakakalpo nāma pañcamo 'adhyāyaḥ//5//
Thus, in the treatise composed by Agniveśa, redacted by Caraka, and, being incomplete, completed by Dṛḍhabala, in the Section on Formulation, the fifth chapter, titled "The Formulation of Vatsaka." //5
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