Cakradatta (Cikitsasangraha) 19
English (machine translation) 19
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19.1
Smeared with clarified butter washed a hundred times, the intelligent physician should have him lick barley groats / combined with kola and āmalaka, or with fermented grain-water; // 1
19.2
he should cover his whole body with a garment dampened with sour gruel, / and should anoint him with lāmajja, sour gruel, and sandalwood. // 2
19.3
Fanned with palm-leaf fans dripping with drops of sandalwood water, / tormented by burning sensations, he should sleep on a bed of lotus and plantain leaves. // 3
19.4
For pouring over, tub-baths, and the use of fans, / cold water is recommended for pacifying thirst and burning sensation. // 4
19.5
With milks and decoctions of milky trees, well cooled and mixed with sandalwood, / he should pacify internal burning sensation, and with other cooling [measures]. // 5
19.6
Oil or clarified butter cooked with the kuśa group and śālaparnī, or with the jīvaka group, / destroys burning sensation and eradicates vāta and pitta. // 6
19.7
Priyaṅgu, lodhra, ushira, fragrant poon, and kuṭannaṭa, / accompanied by the juice of kālīyaka, is a paste recommended in burning sensation. // 7
19.8
A man afflicted by burning sensation should immerse himself in a tub / completely filled with water containing powdered bālā, padmaka, uśīra, and sandalwood. // 8
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- Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit