[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) › 8.4 # The Compendium of Caraka 8.4: caturtho 'adhyāyaḥ/ Carakasaṃhitā 8.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### caturtho 'adhyāyaḥ/ ### [8.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.1) athātaḥ &snehavyāpatsiddhiṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ// > Now we shall explain the success \[in treating\] complications of unctuous enemas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.2) iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ// > Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.3) snehabastīnnibodhemān vātapittakaphāpahān/ mithyāpraṇihitānāṃ ca vyāpadaḥ sacikitsitāḥ// > Learn of these unctuous enemas that eliminate vāta, pitta, and kapha, > and the complications of improper administrations along with their treatments: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.4) daśamūlaṃ balāṃ rāsnāmaśvagandhāṃ punarnavām/ guḍūcyeraṇḍabhūtīkabhārgīvṛṣakarohiṣam// > Daśamūla, balā, rāsnā, aśvagandhā, punarnavā, > guḍūcī, eraṇḍa, bhūtīka, bhārgī, vṛṣaka, rohiṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.5) śatāvarīṃ sahacaraṃ kākanāsāṃ &palāṃśikam/ yavamāṣātasīkolakulatthān prasṛtonmitān// > śatāvarī, sahacara, and kākanāsā, in portions of a pala; > barley, māṣa, linseed, kola, and horse gram, measured in prasṛtas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.6) caturdroṇe 'ambhasaḥ paktvā droṇaśeṣeṇa tena ca/ tailāḍhakaṃ &samakṣīraṃ jīvanīyaiḥ palonmitaiḥ// > having boiled in four droṇas of water, with that \[decoction\] remaining at one droṇa, > an āḍhaka of oil, an equal amount of milk, with the vitalising drugs measured in palas— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.7) anuvāsanametaddhi sarvavātavikāranut/ ānūpānāṃ vasā tadvajjīvanīyopasādhitā// > this unctuous enema removes all vāta disorders; > likewise the fat of marshland animals prepared with vitalising drugs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.8) śatāhvāyavabilvāmlaiḥ siddhaṃ tailaṃ samīraṇe/ saindhavenāgnitaptena taptaṃ cānilanudghṛtam// > Oil prepared with śatāhvā, barley, bilva, and sours, in \[diseases of\] wind; > and ghee heated with fire-heated rock salt dispels wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.9) jībantīṃ madanaṃ medāṃ śrāvaṇīṃ madhukaṃ balām/ śatāhvarṣabhakau kṛṣṇāṃ kākanāsāṃ śatāvarīm// > Jīvantī, madana, medā, śrāvaṇī, madhuka, balā, > śatāhvā, ṛṣabhaka, kṛṣṇā, kākanāsā, śatāvarī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.10) svaguptāṃ kṣīrakākolīṃ karkaṭākhyāṃ śaṭīṃ vacām/ piṣṭvā tailaṃ ghṛtaṃ kṣīre sādhayettaccaturguṇe// > svaguptā, kṣīrakākolī, karkaṭākhyā, śaṭī, and vacā, > having ground, one should prepare oil and ghee in four times their quantity of milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.11) bṛhaṇaṃ vātapittaghnaṃ balaśukrāgnivardhanam/ &mūtraretorajodoṣān harettadanuvāsanam// > This unctuous enema is nourishing, dispels vāta and pitta, increases strength, semen, and digestive fire, > and removes disorders of urine, semen, and menses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.12) lābhataścandanādyaiśca piṣṭaiḥ kṣīracaturguṇam/ &tailapādaṃ ghṛtaṃ siddhaṃ pittaghnamanuvāsanam// > According to availability, with candana and other \[drugs\] ground into paste, in four times as much milk, > ghee with a fourth part of oil prepared \[as an unctuous enema\] dispels pitta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.13) saindhavaṃ madanaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ śatāhvāṃ niculaṃ &vacām/ hrīveraṃ madhukaṃ bhārgīṃ devadāru sakaṭphalam// > Saindhava salt, madana, kuṣṭha, śatāhvā, nicula, vacā, > hrīvera, madhuka, bhārgī, devadāru with kaṭphala, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.14) nāgaraṃ puṣkaraṃ medāṃ cavikāṃ citrakaṃ śaṭīm/ viḍaṅgātiviṣe śyāmāṃ hareṇuṃ nīlinīṃ sthirām// > nāgara, puṣkara, medā, cavikā, citraka, śaṭī, > viḍaṅga, ativiṣā, śyāmā, hareṇu, nīlinī, sthirā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.15) bilvājamode kṛṣṇāṃ ca dantīṃ rāsnāṃ ca peṣayet/ sādhyameraṇḍajaṃ tailaṃ tailaṃ vā kapharoganut// > bilva, ajamodā, kṛṣṇā, dantī, and rāsnā one should grind; > \[with these\] castor oil or \[sesame\] oil should be prepared to dispel kapha diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.16) bradhnodāvartagulmārśaḥplīhamehāḍhyamārutān/ ānāhamaśmarīṃ caiva hanyāttadanuvāsanāt// > Hernia, udāvarta, gulma, hemorrhoids, spleen disease, urinary anomalies, vāta affecting the thighs, > abdominal distension, and gravel—it would destroy them all by means of unctuous enema. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.17) madanairvā 'amlasaṃyuktairbilvādyena gaṇena vā/ tailaṃ kaphaharairvā 'api kaphaghnaṃ kalpayedbhiṣak// > Or with madana mixed with sours, or with the bilvādi group, > or with kapha-dispelling \[drugs\], the physician should formulate oil that eliminates kapha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.18) viḍaṅgairaṇḍarajanīpaṭolatriphalāmṛtāḥ/ jātīpravālanirguṇḍīdaśamūlākhuparṇikāḥ// > Viḍaṅga, eraṇḍa, rajanī, paṭola, triphalā, amṛtā, > jātī sprouts, nirguṇḍī, daśamūla, ākhuparṇikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.19) nimbapāṭhāsahacaraśampākakaravīrakāḥ/ eṣāṃ kvāthena vipacettailamebhiśca kalkitaiḥ// > nimba, pāṭhā, sahacara, śampāka, and karavīraka: > with a decoction of these one should thoroughly boil oil, along with these ground as paste: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.20) phalabilvatrivṛtkṛṣṇārāsnābhūnimbadārubhiḥ/ saptaparṇavacośīradārvīkuṣṭhakaliṅgakaiḥ// > Phala, bilva, trivṛt, kṛṣṇā, rāsnā, bhūnimba, dāru, > saptaparṇa, vacā, uśīra, dārvī, kuṣṭha, kaliṅgaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.21) &latāgaurīśatāhvāgniśaṭīcorakapauṣkaraiḥ/ tat kuṣṭhāni krimīn mehānarśāṃsi grahaṇīgadam// > latā, gaurī, śatāhvā, agni, śaṭī, coraka, and pauṣkara. > That \[oil\] quickly drives away dermatoses, worms, urinary anomalies, hemorrhoids, grahaṇī disease, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.22) klībatāṃ viṣamāgnitvaṃ malaṃ doṣatrayaṃ tathā/ prayuktaṃ praṇudatyāśu pānābhyaṅgānuvāsanaiḥ// > impotence, irregular digestive fire, malas, and the three doṣas, > when administered through drinks, massages, and unctuous enemas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.23) vyādhivyāyāmakarmādhvakṣīṇābalanirojasām/ kṣīṇaśukrasya cātīva snehabastirbalapradaḥ// > For those emaciated, weak, and devoid of ojas due to disease, physical exercise, work, and traveling on foot, > and for one whose semen is diminished, the fat enema is exceedingly strength-giving. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.24) pādajaṅghorupṛṣṭhāṃsakaṭīnāṃ sthiratāṃ parām/ janayedaprajānāṃ ca prajāṃ strīṇāṃ tathā nṛṇām// > It brings about supreme stability of the feet, calves, thighs, back, shoulders, and hips, > and produces offspring for childless women and men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.25) vātapittakaphātyannapurīṣairāvṛtasya ca/ abhukte ca praṇītasya snehabasteḥ ṣaḍāpadaḥ// > There are six complications of an unctuous enema that has been obstructed > by vāta, pitta, kapha, excessive food, or feces, and when administered on an empty stomach. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.26) śīto 'alpo vā 'adhike vate pitte 'atyuṣṇaḥ kaphe mṛduḥ/ atibhukte gururvarcaḥsaṃcaye 'alpabalastathā// > \[If\] cold or scanty when vāta is dominant, too hot in pitta, mild in kapha, > heavy after excessive eating, or weak in force when there is an accumulation of feces, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.27) dattastairāvṛtaḥ sneho na &yātyabhibhavādapi/ abhukte 'anāvṛtatvācca yātyūrdhvaṃ tasya lakṣaṇam// > the administered fat, obstructed by these, does not discharge because of being overcome; > and when administered on an empty stomach, because of being unobstructed, it goes upward. Its signs are \[now described\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.28) &aṅgamardajvarādhmānaśītastambhorupīḍanaiḥ/ pārśvarugveṣṭanairvidyāt snehaṃ vātāvṛtaṃ bhiṣak// > By body-aches, fever, distension, coldness, stiffness, pain in the thighs, > flank pain, and twisting sensations, the physician should recognize the fat as obstructed by vāta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.29) snigdhāmlalavaṇoṣṇaistaṃ &rāsnāpītadrutailikaiḥ/ sauvīrakasurākolakulatthayavasādhitaiḥ// > That \[fat obstructed by vāta\] one should thoroughly expel by means of unctuous, sour, salty, and hot non-unctuous enemas > prepared with rāsnā, pītadru, oils, sauvīraka, surā, kola, kulattha, and barley, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.30) nirūhairnirharet samyak samūtraiḥ pāñcamūlikaiḥ/ tābhyāmeva ca tailābhyāṃ sāyaṃ bhukte 'anuvāsayet// > along with urine and the pañcamūla; > and in the evening, after meals, one should administer an unctuous enema with those very two oils. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.31) dāharāgatṛṣāmohatamakajvaradūṣaṇaiḥ/ vidyāt pittāvṛtaṃ svādutiktaistaṃ bastibhirharet// > By burning sensation, redness, thirst, fainting, feeling of entering darkness, fever, and corruption, > one should know it to be obstructed by pitta; one should remove it with sweet and bitter enemas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.32) tandrāśītajvarālasyaprasekarucigauravaiḥ/ saṃmūrcchāglānibhirvidyācchleṣmaṇā snehamāvṛtam// > By drowsiness, fever with chills, laziness, excessive salivation, anorexia, heaviness, > fainting, and exhaustion, one should recognize the fat as obstructed by kapha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.33) &kaṣāyakaṭutīkṣṇoṣṇaiḥ surāmūtropasādhitaiḥ/ phalatailayutaiḥ sāmlairbastibhistaṃ vinirharet// > With astringent, pungent, sharp, and hot enemas prepared with surā and urine, > combined with madana fruit and oil, and accompanied by sour \[substances\], one should expel it completely. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.34) &chardimūrcchāruciglāniśūlanidrāṅgamardanaiḥ/ āmaliṅgaiḥ sadāhaistaṃ vidyādatyaśanāvṛtam// > By vomiting, fainting, anorexia, exhaustion, colic, sleepiness, body-aches, > and signs of āma along with burning sensation, one should know it to be obstructed by overeating. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.35) kaṭūnāṃ lavaṇānāṃ ca kvāthaiścūrṇaiśca pācanam/ vireko mṛduratrāmavihitā ca kriyā hitā// > Digestives with decoctions and powders of pungents and salts, > mild purgation, and the measures prescribed for āma are beneficial in this case. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.36) viṇmūtrānilasaṅgārtigurutvādhmānahṛdgrahaiḥ/ snehaṃ viḍāvṛtaṃ jñātvā snehasvedaiḥ savartibhiḥ// > Knowing the fat to be obstructed by feces through retention of feces, urine, and flatus, pain, heaviness, distension, and cardiac distress, > one should expel it completely with oleation, fomentation, and suppositories, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.37) śyāmābilvādisiddhaiśca nirūhaiḥ sānuvāsanaiḥ/ nirharedvidhinā samyagudāvartahareṇa ca// > with non-unctuous enemas along with unctuous enemas prepared with śyāmā, bilva, and the like, > and according to the rule that removes udāvarta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.38) abhukte śūnyapāyau vā vegāt sneho 'atipīḍitaḥ/ dhāvatyūrdhvaṃ tataḥ kaṇṭhādūrdhvebhyaḥ khebhya etyapi// > \[Administered\] on an empty stomach or when the rectum is empty, the fat, pressed out with force, > rushes upward, and then from the throat it even comes out through the upper orifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.39) mūtraśyāmātrivṛtsiddho yavakolakulatthavān/ tatsiddhataila iṣṭo 'atra nirūhaḥ sānuvāsanaḥ// > Prepared with urine, śyāmā, and trivṛt, containing barley, kola, and kulattha, > a non-unctuous enema along with an unctuous enema prepared with oil boiled with those is desirable in this case. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.40) kaṇṭhādāgacchataḥ stambhakaṇṭhagrahavirecanaiḥ/ chardighnībhiḥ kriyābhiśca tasya kāryaṃ nivartanam// > When it comes out from the throat, its turning back is to be effected > by measures causing stiffness, holding of the throat, purgatives, and anti-emetics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.41) yasya nopadravaṃ kuryāt snehabastiraniḥsṛtaḥ/ sarvo 'alpo vā++āvṛto raukṣyādupekṣyaḥ sa vijānatā// > If the unctuous enema that has not come out causes no complication, > whether wholly or partly retained due to dryness, it should be neglected by the wise physician. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.42) yuktasnehaṃ dravoṣṇaṃ ca laghupathyopasevanam/ bhuktavān mātrayā bhojyamanuvāsyastryahātryahāt// > He who has eaten a moderate amount of food that is accompanied by unctuousness, liquid, warm, light, and wholesome, > should receive an unctuous enema every three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.43) dhānyanāgarasiddhaṃ hi toyaṃ dadyādvicakṣaṇaḥ/ vyuṣitāya niśāṃ kalyamuṣṇaṃ vā kevalaṃ jalam// > The prudent \[physician\] should give water prepared with coriander and ginger, > or just warm water alone, to one who has spent the night, in the early morning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.44) snehājīrṇaṃ jarayati śleṣmāṇaṃ tadbhinatti ca/ mārutasyānulomyaṃ ca kuryāduṣṇodakaṃ nṛṇām// > Warm water digests indigestion caused by unctuous substances, breaks down kapha, > and restores the natural downward movement of vāta in men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.45) vamane ca vireke ca nirūhe sānuvāsane/ tasmāduṣṇodakaṃ deyaṃ vātaśleṣmopaśāntaye// > In emesis, in purgation, and in non-unctuous enema along with unctuous enema, > therefore, warm water should be given for the pacification of vāta and kapha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.46) rūkṣanisyastu &dīptāgnirvyāyāmī mārutāmayī/ vaṅkṣaṇaśroṇyudāvṛttavātāścārhā dine dine// > However, one whose constitution is dry, whose digestive fire is blazing, who exercises, who suffers from vāta diseases, > and those whose vāta has moved upward to the groin and pelvis, are suitable \[for an unctuous enema\] day after day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.47) eṣāṃ cāśu jarāṃ sneho yātyambu sikatāsviva/ ato 'anyeṣāṃ tryahāt prāyaḥ snehaṃ pacati pāvakaḥ// > For them, the fat quickly undergoes digestion, like water in sand; > whereas for others, the digestive fire digests the fat usually after three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.48) na tvāmaṃ praṇayet snehaṃ sa hyabhiṣyandayedgudam/ sāvaśeṣaṃ ca kurvīta vāyuḥ śeṣe hi tiṣṭhati// > One should not, however, administer unheated fat, for it would cause discharge in the rectum; > and one should leave a residue \[in the bag\], for vāta resides in the remainder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.49) na caiva gudakaṇṭhābhyāṃ dadyāt snehamanantaram/ &ubhayasmāt samaṃ gacchan vātamagniṃ ca dūṣayet// > And one should not give fat through both the rectum and throat without an interval; > moving simultaneously from both \[ends\], it would impair vāta and the digestive fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.50) snehabastiṃ nirūhaṃ vā naikamevātiśīlayet/ utkleśāgnivadhau snehāgnirūhāt pavanādbhayam// > One should not resort excessively to just a single \[type of enema\], either unctuous enema or non-unctuous enema; > from unctuous enema comes nausea and destruction of digestive fire, and from non-unctuous enema comes danger from vāta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.51) tasmānnirūḍhaḥ &saṃsnehyo nirūhyaścānuvāsitaḥ/ snehaśodhanayuktyaivaṃ bastikarma tridoṣanut// > Therefore, one who has had a non-unctuous enema should be oleated, and one who has had an unctuous enema should receive a non-unctuous enema; > thus, by the proper combination of oleation and purification, enema therapy dispels the three doṣas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.52) karmavyāyāmabhārādhvayā(pā)nastrīkarṣiteṣu ca/ durbale &vātabhahne ca mātrābastiḥ sadā mataḥ// > In those emaciated by labor, exercise, carrying loads, travel on foot, riding in vehicles, and women, > and in the weak and those afflicted with vāta, a mātrābasti is always approved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.53) yatheṣṭāhāraceṣṭasya sarvakālaṃ niratyayaḥ/ hrasvāyāḥ snehamātrāyā mātrābastiḥ samo bhavet// > For one who eats and acts as he pleases, it is free of complications at all times; > the mātrābasti is equal to a small dose of unctuous substance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.54) balyaṃ sukhopacaryaṃ ca sukhaṃ sṛṣṭapurīṣakṛt/ snehamātrāvidhānaṃ hi bṛṃhaṇaṃ vātaroganut// > It is strengthening, easy to undergo, causes easy elimination of feces, > and the administration of a moderate dose of fat is nourishing and dispels vāta diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.55) tatra ślokau--- > Here are two verses: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.55\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.55_1) vātādīnāṃ śamāyoktāḥ pravarāḥ snehabastayaḥ/ teṣāṃ cājñaprayuktānāṃ vyāpadaḥ sacikitsitāḥ// > The superior unctuous enemas have been described for the pacification of vāta and the others, > and their complications when administered by the ignorant, together with treatments; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.56) prāgbhojyaṃ snehabasteryad dhruvaṃ ye 'arhāstryāhācca ye/ snehabastividhiścokto mātrābastividhistathā// > the food to be eaten before an unctuous enema, those who are definitely eligible \[daily\], and those who are eligible every three days; > and the procedure for unctuous enema has been explained, as well as the procedure for mātrābasti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.4.56\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.4.56_1) ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte 'aprāpte dṛḍhabalasaṃpūrite siddhisthāne snehavyāpatsiddhirnāma caturtho 'adhyāyaḥ//4// > Thus, in the Siddhisthāna of the treatise composed by Agniveśa, redacted by Caraka, and supplemented by Dṛḍhabala when unavailable, the fourth chapter entitled 'Success \[in Treating\] Complications of Unctuous Enemas' \[is concluded\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.8.4.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.43_4) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Cikitsāsārasaṅgraha (Vaṅgasena)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.vangasena.93.64-2) — Vaṅgasena, Sanskrit --- Source: 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