The Compendium of Caraka 8.5

English (machine translation) 8.5

Language: English

8.5.1

Now we shall explain the success [in treating] complications of the pipe and enema [bag].

8.5.3

Now hear about the pipes and enema [bags] that are to be avoided in treatments,
and the complications of a pipe administered by the ignorant, together with their treatments.

8.5.4

Short, long, thin, thick, worn out, loosely bound, / having a hole on the side, and crooked: one should avoid these eight pipes.

8.5.5

Failing to reach, going too far, agitating, scraping, injuring, leaking, / pain in the rectum, and a deviated path are their faults respectively.

8.5.6

Uneven, fleshy, torn, thick, netted, airy, / unctuous, and moist: one should avoid these eight enema [bags] in treatments.

8.5.7

Irregularity of flow, foul smell, leaking, difficulty to hold, oozing, / frothiness, slipping off, and inability to hold would occur from defects of the enema [bag].

8.5.8

Introducing with air, too fast, thrust upward, crooked, jerking, shaking, / inserted too far outside, too slow, and with excessive force are faults of the administrator.

8.5.9

If bound without expelling the air, or if administered entirely to the end, / vāyu, entering and provoked, causes colic and piercing pain.

8.5.10

There, massage, fomentation to the rectum, and vāta-destroying foods [are indicated]. / When [the pipe is] introduced quickly, withdrawn [quickly], or suddenly jerked up,

8.5.11

there would be pain in the hips, rectum, and shanks, stiffness in the bladder, and pain in the thighs; / there, vāta-destroying diet, fats, fomentations, and enemas [are indicated].

8.5.12

When [the pipe is] inserted crookedly, covered by a fold, or closed, the liquid does not pass; / one should withdraw that pipe straight, clean it, and insert it again.

8.5.13

When the pressing is released midway, the air obstructed in the rectum, / becoming strong, would produce pain in the chest and head, and exhaustion of the thighs.

8.5.14

There, an enema with bilva and others, phala, śyāmā and others, along with urine, is [prescribed]. / There would be burning, distress, and swelling when the rectum is injured by shaking [the pipe].

8.5.15

Astringent, sweet, and cooling irrigations along with enemas are [indicated] there. / By a pipe inserted too far, from injury to the [rectal] fold,

8.5.16

there would be discharge of rectal feces accompanied by pain, burning, and piercing ache; / there, ghee, a swab, milk, and a mucilage enema are recommended.

8.5.17

When [pressed] too weakly, it does not suffuse, but if [inserted] too far outside, it returns quickly; / there, fat should again be administered properly by one desiring success.

8.5.18

When pressed excessively, it remains in the gut or reaches up to the throat; / there, an enema, purgation, pressing of the throat, and other procedures [are indicated].

8.5.19

The wise person who knows these faults of the pipe, the enema [bag], and the administrators, / together with their remedies, should perform enema therapies.

Thus ends the fifth chapter, named Success in Treating Complications of the Pipe and Enema [Bag], in the Siddhisthāna of the treatise composed by Agniveśa, redacted by Caraka, and completed by Dṛḍhabala where unavailable.

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Carakasaṃhitā — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit