Cakradatta (Cikitsasangraha) 50: Adhikāra 50
Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha) 50
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Adhikāra 50
50.1
1abhyaṅgaḥ kaṭutailena sekaścoṣṇāmbubhistataḥ .
udardhe vamanaṃ kāryaṃ paṭolāriṣṭavāriṇā .. 1 ..
1. Massage with mustard oil, and then irrigation with warm water;
in udarda, emesis should be performed with decoction of paṭola and nimba.
50.2
triphalāpurakṛṣṇābhirvirekaścātra śasyate .
triphalāṃ kṣaudrasahitāṃ pibedvā navakārṣikām .
visarpoktamamṛtādi bhiṣagatrāpi yojayet .. 2 ..
Purgation with triphalā, guggulu, and pippalī is also commended here.
Or one should drink Navakārṣika-triphalā along with honey;
the physician should also administer here the Amṛtādi [decoction] taught in erysipelas.
50.3
sitāṃ madhukasaṃyuktāṃ guḍamāmalakaiḥ saha .
saguḍaṃ dīṣyakaṃ yastu khādetpathyānnabhuṅnaraḥ .. 3 ..
A person eating wholesome food who consumes sugar combined with madhuka,
or jaggery together with āmalakī,
or dīpya together with jaggery —
50.4
tasya naśyati saptāhādudardhaḥ sarvadehajaḥ .
siddhārtharajanīkalkaiḥ prapunnāḍatilaiḥ saha .. 4 ..
His generalized udarda is destroyed within seven days.
With pastes of white mustard and haridrā, together with prapunnāḍa seeds and sesame,
50.5
kaṭutailena saṃmiśrametadudvartanaṃ hitam .
dūrvāniśāyuto lepaḥ kacchupāmāvināśanaḥ .. 5 ..
Mixed with mustard oil, this is beneficial as an unction. / An application compounded with dūrvā and turmeric destroys scabies and pāmā.
50.6
krimidadruharaścaiva śītapittaharaḥ paraḥ .
agnimanthabhavaṃ mūlaṃ piṣṭaṃ pītaṃ ca sarpiṣā .. 6 ..
It also destroys parasitic worms and dadru, and is pre-eminent in curing urticaria. / The root of agnimantha, ground and drunk with clarified butter,
50.7
śītapittodardhakoṭhānsaptāhādeva nāśayet .
kuṣṭhoktaṃ ca kramaṃ kuryādamlapittaghnameva ca .. 7 ..
destroys urticaria, allergic rash, and koṭha within seven days. / One should also employ the regimen prescribed for skin disease and that which cures acid dyspepsia.
50.8
udardhoktāṃ kriyāṃ cāpi koṭharoge samāsataḥ .
sarpiḥ pītvā mahātiktaṃ kāryaṃ śoṇitamokṣaṇam .. 8 ..
And in summary, the treatment prescribed for allergic rash should be used in koṭha disease. / After drinking mahātikta clarified butter, blood-letting should be performed.
50.9
2nimbasya patrāṇi sadā ghṛtena
dhātrīvimiśrāṇyathavopayuñjyāt .
visphoṭakoṭhakṣataśītapittaṃ
kaṇḍvasrapittaṃ sahasā ca jahyāt .. 9 ..
Or one should always take leaves of nimba with clarified butter, / combined with dhātrī; / this rapidly removes boils, koṭha, abrasions, urticaria, / pruritus, and bleeding disorder.
50.10
kṣārasindhūtthatailaiśca gātrābhyaṅgaṃ prayojayet .
gambhārikāphalaṃ pakvaṃ śuṣkamutsveditaṃ punaḥ .. 10 ..
One should apply an unction to the limbs with alkali, rock salt, and oil. / Ripe fruit of gambhārikā, dried and then steamed,
50.11
kṣīreṇa śītapittaghnaṃ khāditaṃ pathyasevinā .
tailodvartanayogena yojya elādiko gaṇaḥ .. 11 ..
eaten with milk by one observing wholesome regimen, cures urticaria. / The group beginning with elā should be employed in the form of oil and unction.
50.12
śuṣkamūlakayūpeṇa kaulatthena rasena vā .
bhojanaṃ sarvadā kāryaṃ lāvatittirijena vā .. 12 ..
Meals should always be taken with soup of dried radish, or with horsegram soup, / or with the meat-broth of common quail or grey partridge.
50.13
śītalānyannapānāni buddhvā doṣagatiṃ bhiṣak .
uṣṇāni vā yathākālaṃ śītapitte prayojayet .. 13 ..
Having understood the course of the doṣas, the physician / should administer cool food and drinks, or warm ones, at the proper time in urticaria.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (2)
- Tattvacandrikā — Śivadāsasena, Sanskrit
- Tattvacandrikā — Śivadāsasena, Sanskrit
Linked texts (9)
- Siddhayoga (Vṛndamādhava) — Vṛnda, Sanskrit
- Bhāvaprakāśa (another edition) — Sanskrit
- Siddhayoga (Vṛndasuni) — Vṛndasuni, Sanskrit
- Gadanigraha — Soḍhala, Sanskrit
- Bhaiṣhajyaratnāvalī — Sanskrit
- Cikitsāsārasaṅgraha (Vaṅgasena) — Vaṅgasena, Sanskrit
- Nityanāthatantra — Sanskrit
- Vīrasiṃha — Bhoja, Sanskrit
- Rasendrasārasaṃgraha (Gopāla Kṛṣṇā) — Gopāla Kṛṣṇā 1800, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A History of Indian Medical Literature — Meulenbeld 1999, English