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The Compendium of Caraka 8.12.16

Carakasaṃhitā 8.12.16

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Sanskrit

8.12.16

yāpanāśca bastayaḥ sarvaphālaṃ deyāḥ tānupadekṣyāmaḥ---mustośīrabalāragvadharāsnāmañjiṣṭhākaṭurohiṇītrāyamāṇāpunarnavābibhītakaguḍūcīsthirādipañcamūlāni palikāni khaṇḍaśaḥ kḷptānyaṣṭau ca madanaphalāni prakṣālya jalāḍhake parikvāthya pādaśeṣo rasaḥ kṣīradviprasthasaṃyuktaḥ punaḥ śṛtaḥ kṣīrāvaśeṣaḥ pādajāṅgalarasastulyamadhughṛtaḥ śatakusumāmadhukakuṭajaphalarasāñjanapriyaṅgukalkīkṛtaḥ sasaindhavaḥ sukhoṣṇo bastiḥ śukramāṃsabalajananaḥ kṣatakṣīṇakāsagulmaśūlaviṣamajvarabradhna(vardhma)kuṇḍalodāvartakukṣiśūlamūtrakṛcchrāsṛgrajovisarpapravāhikāśirorujājānūrujaṅghābastigrahāśmaryunmādārśaḥpramehādhmānavātaraktapittaśleṣmavyādhiharaḥ sadyo balajanano rasāyanaśceti

And yāpana enemas may be given at all seasons; we shall explain them:—Mustā, uśīra, balā, āragvadha, rāsnā, mañjiṣṭhā, kaṭurohiṇī, trāyamāṇā, punarnavā, bibhītaka, guḍūcī, and the sthirādi pañcamūla, one pala each, cut into pieces, and eight madanaphala fruits washed and boiled in an āḍhaka of water down to one quarter remaining; this decoction, combined with two prasthas of milk, boiled again down to the milk remaining, with one quarter part of wild animal meat broth, equal amounts of honey and clarified butter, made into a paste with śatakusumā, madhuka, kuṭaja seeds, rasāñjana, and priyaṅgu, with saindhava salt, [administered] comfortably warm as an enema, produces semen, flesh, and strength, and cures chest wounds, wasting, cough, abdominal lump, colic, irregular fever, inguinal hernia, rectal prolapse, upward movement of wind, belly ache, dysuria, menorrhagia, erysipelas, dysentery, headache, stiffness of knees, thighs, calves, and bladder, urinary calculi, insanity, haemorrhoids, urinary disorders, flatulence, vātarakta, and diseases of pitta and phlegm; it immediately produces strength and is a rasāyana.

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