The Compendium of Caraka 1.3

English (machine translation) 1.3

Language: English

1.3.1

Now we shall expound the chapter on āragvadha.

1.3.3

Āragvadha, eḍagaja, karañja, vāsā, guḍūcī, madana, the two turmerics,
śryāhva, surāhva, khadira, dhava, neem, viḍaṅga, bark of karavīra,

1.3.4

Birch bark knot, garlic, śirīṣa, lomaśa, guggulu, kṛṣṇagandhā,
phañijjhaka, vatsaka, saptaparṇa, pīlu, kuṣṭha, jasmine sprouts,

1.3.5

Vacā, hareṇu, trivṛt, nikumbha, bhallātaka, red ochre, collyrium,
realgar, orpiment, soot, cardamom, kāśīsa, lodhra, arjuna, mustā, and sarja—

1.3.6

These [six groups of drugs] arranged in half-verses, soaked in ox bile and then ground again,
prepared excellently and combined with mustard oil, should be used by the physician as powdered pastes.

1.3.7

Intractable dermatoses, fresh leucoderma, alopecia, kiṭibha, ringworm,
fistula-in-ano, piles, cervical adenitis, and scabies—applied, they swiftly destroy [these] in humans.

1.3.8

Kuṣṭha, the two turmerics, surasā, paṭola, neem, aśvagandhā, suradāru, śigru,
together with mustard, tumburu, coriander, nutgrass, and caṇḍā—one should make equal powders of these.

1.3.9

With these ground in buttermilk, one should first endeavor to rub down the body that has been anointed with oil;
by that, one's itching, eruptions, hives, dermatoses, and swellings subside.

1.3.10

Kuṣṭha, zinc ore, kaṭaṅkaṭerī, green vitriol, kampillaka, mustā, lodhra,
saugandhika, resin of sarja, viḍaṅga, realgar, orpiment, and bark of karavīra—

1.3.11

One should apply these made into powders for dusting over a body anointed with oil;
ringworm accompanied by itching, kiṭibha, scabies, and vicarcikā thus find alleviation.

1.3.12

Realgar, orpiment, black pepper, oil, and the milky juice of arka make a paste that removes dermatoses;
blue vitriol, viḍaṅga, black pepper, kuṣṭha, lodhra, and realgar likewise.

1.3.13

Rasāñjana along with seeds of prapunāḍa combined with the juice of wood apple is a paste;
and seeds of karañja, eḍagaja, and kuṣṭha ground with cow's urine is an excellent paste.

1.3.14

Both types of turmeric, seeds of kuṭaja, seeds of karañja, tender sprouts of sumanas,
and the bark of hayamāraka along with its pith: one should prepare a paste combined with alkali of sesame.

1.3.15

Realgar, bark from kuṭaja with kuṣṭha, salomaśa, eḍagaja, karañja,
a birch-tree knot, and karavīra root: these powders should be cooked with sour barley water,

1.3.16

And also with the ash-water of palāśa in the measure of one āḍhaka, boiled down to one karṣa;
they declare this paste, adhering to the ladle, to be supreme for destroying dermatoses.

Having ground the leaves of caturaṅgula with buttermilk, and also the leaves of kākamācī,
and with leaves of aśvahan, one should rub the dermatoses of a person whose limbs have been anointed with oil.

1.3.18

Kola, kulattha, suradāru, rāsnā, māṣa, linseed, oil-bearing fruits, kuṣṭha,
vacā, śatāhvā, barley powder, sour [liquids], and hot [substances] make a paste for those afflicted with wind.

1.3.19

A warm paste of the meat of marsh animals and fish prepared as vesavāra alleviates wind;
a paste prepared with the four unctuous substances, mixed with the ten roots and fragrant medicinal plants, removes wind.

1.3.20

Warm barley powder combined with buttermilk and alkali destroys pain in the belly;
they commend kuṣṭha, śatāhvā, vacā, and barley powder along with oil and sour [liquids] in wind.

1.3.21

Both varieties of śatāhvā, madhuka, madhūka, balā, priyāla, and kaśeruka,
ghee, vidārī, and sugar candy: one should make a paste [with these] when wind is accompanied by blood.

1.3.22

Rāsnā, guḍūcī, madhuka, the two balās, along with jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, and milk,
and prepared ghee combined with beeswax: [this] paste dispels the suffering of wind-blood.

1.3.23

In wind accompanied by blood, a paste of wheat flour and goat's milk with ghee [is applied];
nata and utpala combined with sandalwood and kuṣṭha along with ghee is a paste for headache.

1.3.24

Prapauṇḍarīka, suradāru, kuṣṭha, yaṣṭyāhva, cardamom, and blue and white water-lilies,
as well as agallochum, erakā, padmaka, and coraka with ghee, is a paste for headache.

1.3.25

Rāsnā, both turmerics, nalada, both śatāhvās, devadāru, sugar candy,
and jīvantī root, with ghee and oil, is a lukewarm application for pains in the flank.

1.3.26

Algae, lotus, blue water-lily, vetra, tuṅga, prapauṇḍarīka, lotus root, lodhra,
priyaṅgu, kāleyaka, and sandalwood, with ghee, is a soothing cooling paste.

1.3.27

White dūrvā, vetasa, padmaka, yaṣṭyāhva, aindrī, water-lily, dūrvā,
root of yavāsa, and of kuśa and kāśa, along with water and erakā, is a soothing cooling [paste].

1.3.28

Śaileya, cardamom, agallochum, along with kuṣṭha, caṇḍā, nata, cinnamon, suradāru, and rāsnā
in a paste quickly destroys cold; and śirīṣa with sindhuvāra [destroys] poison.

1.3.29

Friction with śirīṣa, lāmajjaka, hema, and lodhra eliminates skin disorders and excessive sweating;
a paste of cinnamon leaves, bālaka, lodhra, abhayā, and sandalwood destroys body odor.

1.3.30

Here is a summary verse:
Here the son of Atri, revered by great sages, spoke thirty-two most successful
powders and pastes that destroy various diseases, in [the chapter on] āragvadha, for the benefit of the world.

1.3.30_1

Thus ends the third chapter, named Āragvadhīya, in the Section on Verses in the treatise composed by Agniveśa and redacted by Caraka. //3

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Carakasaṃhitā — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit