Cakradatta (Cikitsasangraha) 46

English (machine translation) 46

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46.1

For a person whose body has been unctuated and fomented, bloodletting should be performed in the middle of the penis, / or leeches may be applied, as well as upper and lower cleansing. / Suppuration must be carefully prevented, for that causes the destruction of the penis. // 1

46.2

One should drink a decoction of paṭola, nimba, triphalā, and guḍūcī, / or of khadira and asana, / either with guggulu or combined with triphalā; / this application cures all venereal sores. // 2

46.3

Prapauṇḍarīka, madhuka, rāsnā, kuṣṭha, and punarnavā, / with sarala, aguru, and bhadrāhvā, are used for paste and irrigation in the vāta-type [venereal sore]. // 3

46.4

One should apply a paste made unctuous with red ochre, collyrium, mañjiṣṭhā, madhuka, uśīra, padmaka, / together with sandal and blue water-lily, for the pitta-type. // 4

46.5

With nimba, arjuna, aśvattha, kadamba, śāla, / jambū, vaṭa, udumbara, and vetasa, / one should prepare washes, pastes, clarified butters, / and powders for a venereal sore arising from pitta and blood. // 5

46.6

With a decoction of triphalā or with the juice of bhṛṅgarāja, / one should wash the wound to alleviate the venereal sore. // 6

46.7

One should burn equal parts of triphalā in an iron pan [and mix it] with honey; / this application as a paste in a venereal sore heals the wound immediately. // 7

46.8

Rasāñjana combined with śirīṣa or with pathyā, / or with honey, applied as a paste, eliminates all diseases of the penis. // 8

46.9

Dusting with powder of babbola leaves or with that derived from pomegranate rind, / or with human bone powder, is supreme in curing venereal sores. // 9

46.10

Likewise, a paste of areca nut or of the root of karavīra [is beneficial]; / and one should always consume barley food and water strictly from a well. // 10

46.11

A decoction made separately with the leaves of jayā, jātī, aśvamāra, arka, and sampāka / should be employed for washing in suppuration of the penis. // 11

46.12

Clarified butter properly cooked with the water and pastes of bhūnimba, nimba, triphalā, paṭola, / karañja, jātī, khadira, and asana / is declared to eliminate quickly all venereal sores. // 12

46.13

Clarified butter prepared with the paste and decoction of karañja, nimba, arjuna, śāla, jambū, / vaṭa, and the like destroys the morbid affection of a venereal sore / accompanied by burning, suppuration, discharge, and redness. // 13

46.14

With chimney soot, turmeric, and brewer's dregs, these three / in successively increasing proportions, one should cook an oil; it removes itching, swelling, and pain, / cleanses, heals, and restores natural skin colour. // 14

46.15

For haemorrhoids that have been excised or cauterised, the treatment should be performed as in venereal sores. // 15

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Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit