[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Later Compendia, Diagnosis and Therapeutics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha) › [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt) › 53 # Cakradatta (Cikitsasangraha) 53 English (machine translation) 53 - **Language:** English ### [53.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.1) For all \[eruptive fevers\], emesis is wholesome with paṭola, ariṣṭa, and vāsaka / decoctions, and pastes of vacā, vatsaka, yaṣṭyāhvā, and madana fruit. ### [53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.2) One should administer the juice of brāhmī or hilamocikā with honey. / Purgation should be given to one who has vomited, but soothing therapy to a weak man. ### [53.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.3) One should drink the juice of suṣavī leaves combined with powder of haridrā / for the pacification of measles, fever, blisters, and smallpox. ### [53.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.4) In one whose doṣas have been cleared by both \[emesis and purgation\], the smallpox eruptions dry up; / they are free from complications, have little pus, and ripen with little pain. ### [53.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.5) The root of kaṇṭākumbhāḍu decocted according to rule / and combined with one māṣa of asafoetida drunk; / the seed of jayā drunk with clarified butter, or cold water kept overnight; the root of sikaṭyā drunk; / the root of māghā, or the root of the flower of damana, / with black pepper, or pūti, / or these formulations taken with water should be employed as soon as the disease appears. ### [53.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.6) Whatever medicament is administered after picking it and concealing it in the fist, / those devoted to hand-gripped formulas call that a muṣṭiyoga. ### [53.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.7) The root of uṣṭrakaṇṭaka, or indeed the root of anantā, / gathered according to rule and drunk with cold water kept overnight, destroys smallpox. ### [53.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.8) Likewise the root of śṛgālakaṇṭaka taken with water kept overnight. / Mercury combined with half its weight of sulphur, processed into kajjali, destroys smallpox. ### [53.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.9) Likewise, leaves of niśā and ciñcā drunk with cold water. / As many smallpox pustules as there are on the body, with that many leaves of śelu ### [53.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.10) cut in the name of the patient, the eruptive condition subsides and does not increase. / Water kept overnight and drunk with honey relieves burning sensation and the condition. ### [53.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.11) Or sprinkling of cold water prepared with śelu bark is applied for body-dryness. / Ugrā, clarified butter, vaṃśa, nīlī, barley, vṛṣa, kārpāsa, kīkasa, brahmī, ### [53.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.12) fresh juice, peacocks' feathers, and lākṣā as a fumigation destroys measles and related afflictions. / In that born of vāta, one should first give a refreshing drink of roasted paddy flour with sugar, ### [53.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.13) and food with bitter soups or with meat juice of peck-feeding birds. / The two pañcamūlas, rāsnā, dārvī, uśīra, durālabhā, ### [53.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.14) together with amṛtā, dhānyaka, and musta, conquer that arising from vāta. / Guḍūcī, madhuka, rāsnā, the minor pañcamūla, ### [53.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.15) candana, kāśmarya fruit, balā root, and vikaṅkata / should be administered at the time of suppuration in smallpox born of vāta. ### [53.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.16) With drākṣā, kāśmarya, dates, paṭola, ariṣṭa, and vāsaka, / roasted paddy, āmalaka, and dusparśa, and combined with white sugar in the paittika type. ### [53.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.17) A plaster of the bark of śirīṣa, udumbara, aśvattha, śelu, and nyagrodha / with clarified butter quickly removes wounds, blisters, and burning sensation. ### [53.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.18) Having boiled durālabhā, parpaṭaka, bhūnimba, and kaṭurohiṇī, / one should give it to drink in that born of kapha or pitta. ### [53.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.19) Nimba, parpaṭaka, pāṭhā, paṭola, kaṭurohiṇī, / vāsā, durālabhā, dhātrī, uśīra, and the two types of candana— ### [53.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.20) This well-known nimbādika drink, taken with sugar, / cures masūrī caused by the three doṣas accompanied by fever and erysipelas. ### [53.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.21) If it has erupted and then recedes inwards, one should draw it outwards again. ### [53.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.22) Water boiled with paṭola, kuṇḍalī, musta, vṛṣa, dhanvayavāsa, / bhūnimba, nimba, kaṭukā, and parpaṭa— ### [53.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.23) Alleviates immature masūrī and dries it up when matured; / there is nothing superior to this for pacifying the fever of visphoṭa. ### [53.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.24) One should drink root of paṭola and red taṇḍulīyaka / combined with a paste of haridrā and āmalaka / to alleviate the burning pain of eruptions of masūrikā; / it also removes measles, vomiting, and fever. ### [53.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.25) Paṭola root and red taṇḍulīyaka / likewise combined with dhātrī and khadira; / one should drink the well-boiled, well-cooled water, / which is supreme in destroying the disease masūrikā. ### [53.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.26) A decoction of eight ingredients made of khadira, triphalā, ariṣṭa, paṭola, amṛtā, and vāsaka / overcomes measles and masūrikā, / as well as skin disease, erysipelas, visphoṭa, itching, and the like. ### [53.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.27) The amṛtādi decoction overcomes that which is of pitta and kapha nature. / Filaments of mātuluṅga ground with sour gruel, ### [53.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.28) When applied as a plaster, quickly causes \[the eruptions\] to fall away and swiftly subdues burning pain. / A boil arising on the feet causes burning of the feet; ### [53.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.29) In that case, they praise frequent sprinkling with rice-water. / At the time of ripening, however, vāta dries them all up; ### [53.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.30) Therefore, nourishing treatment should be administered; drying treatment is not wholesome. / Guḍūcī, madhuka, drākṣā, and moraṭa together with pomegranates— ### [53.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.31) At the time of ripening, this medicament should be given mixed with jaggery; / by this it quickly ripens, and vāta is not aggravated. ### [53.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.32) Or, to promote ripening, one should lick powder of jujube with jaggery; / by this, those of vāta, pitta, and kapha nature are quickly brought to maturity. ### [53.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.33) For a patient beset with colic and flatulence and trembling due to vāta, / meat soups of arid-land animals mixed with a little rock-salt are recommended. ### [53.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.34) Soups prepared with the sour juice of pomegranate are beneficial in anorexia. / One should drink boiled and cooled water infused with khadira and asana. ### [53.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.35) For washing, one should use water prepared from gāyatrī and bahuvāra. / Jasmine leaves, along with mañjiṣṭhā, dārvī, areca nut, śamī, ### [53.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.36) And dhātrī fruit with madhuka, boiled and combined with honey, / is commended as a gargle in diseases of the mouth and throat. ### [53.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.37) They praise sprinkling the eyes with water of gavedhu and madhuka. / Madhuka, triphalā, mūrvā, bark of dārvī, blue water-lily, ### [53.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.38) Uśīra, lodhra, and mañjiṣṭhā are beneficial as a plaster and as eye-drops; / through this, masūrī lesions that have arisen in the eyes disappear and do not discharge. ### [53.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.39) One should dust an exuding lesion with powder of the five barks; / some prefer ashes, and others dust of dried cow-dung. ### [53.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.40) Out of fear of worm infestation, one should also fumigate with sarala and the like. / For the relief of pain and burning, and for cleansing discharging lesions, ### [53.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.41) One should employ a decoction of the best \[triphalā\] with guggulu, or the khadirāṣṭaka. / One should lick powder of kṛṣṇā and abhayā with honey to purify the throat. ### [53.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.42) Or else the eight-part electuary, and a mouthwash of ginger and the like. / One should employ the five-bitters preparation in drinks, massage, and meals. ### [53.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.43) One should apply the treatment for ulcers and avoid oil and the like for a long time. / And one should repeatedly stroke \[the patient\] with anti-venomous, proven mantras, / and treat some lesions mixed with blood by means of blood-letting. ### [53.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.44) With the two niśās, uśīra, śirīṣa, and mustaka, / along with lodhra, bhadraśrī, and nāgakeśara: / a warm plaster removes sweating, visphoṭa, erysipelas, skin disease, / foul odour, and measles. ### [53.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.45) A decoction of tender shoots of bimbī, atimuktaka, aśoka, plakṣa, and vetasa, / kept overnight, removes the danger of masūrī. ### [53.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53.46) On the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Caitra, \[a plant of\] snuhī accompanied by a red flag / and placed in a whitewashed jar in the house keeps evil diseases far away. ## Linked texts (1) - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.53.1) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.53) · Pramāṇa