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# Garudapurana 1.148

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.148

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.148.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.17) — 1 part

### [1.148.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 148  
dhanvantariruvāca /  
athāto raktapittasya nidānaṃ pravadāmyaham /  
bhṛśoṣṇatiktakaṭvamlalavaṇādividāhibhiḥ //

> Dhanvantari said: / Now I shall declare the diagnosis of bleeding disorder (raktapitta): / by things that are exceedingly hot, bitter, pungent, sour, salty, and cause burning sensations,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.2)

kodravoddālakaiścānyaistaduktairati sevitaiḥ /  
kupitaṃ paittikaiḥ pittaṃ dravaṃ raktañca mūrchati //

> and by kodrava and uddālaka grains and other things mentioned, when consumed in excess, / the bile is provoked by bilious causes, and the liquid blood swoons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.3)

tairmithastulyarūpatvamāgamya vyāpnuvaṃstanum /  
pittaraktasya vikṛteḥ saṃsargāddaṣaṇādapi //

> Attaining mutual similarity with them, pervading the body, / from the vitiation of bile and blood, from their contact, and from corruption,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.4)

gandhavarṇānuvṛtteṣu raktena vyapadiśyate /  
prabhavatyasṛjaḥ sthānātplīhato yakṛtaśca saḥ //

> due to similarity of smell and color, it is designated as blood; / it arises from the seat of blood, the spleen and the liver.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.5)

śirogurutvamaruciḥ śītecchā dhūmako 'mlakaḥ /  
chardhitaśchardibai bhatsyaṃ kāsaḥ śvāso bhramaḥ klamaḥ //

> Heaviness of the head, anorexia, desire for cold, smoking sensation, sour taste in the mouth, / vomiting, loathing of vomit, cough, breathlessness, giddiness, fatigue,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.6)

lohito na hito matsyagandhāsyātvañca vijvare /  
raktahāridraharitavarṇatā nayanādiṣu //

> blood is not beneficial, fish-like smell in the mouth without fever, / red, yellow, and green coloration in the eyes and other parts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.7)

nīlalohita pītānāṃ varṇānāmavivecanam /  
svapne inmādadharmitvaṃ bhavatyasminbhaviṣyati //

> inability to distinguish blue, red, and yellow colors, / and the character of madness in dreams: these occur or are about to occur in this \[disease\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.8)

urdhvaṃ nāsākṣikarṇāsyairmeḍhrayonigudairadhaḥ /  
kupitaṃ romakūpaiśca samastaistatpravartate //

> It proceeds upwards through the nose, eyes, ears, and mouth; downwards through the penis, vagina, and anus; / and when provoked, through all the hair follicles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.9)

ūrdhvaṃ sādhyaṃ kaphādyasmāttadvirecanasādhitam /  
bahvauṣadhāni pittasya vireko hi varauṣadham //

> The upward type is curable, because it arises from phlegm; that is managed by purgation; / for many are the medicines for bile, and purgation is the best remedy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.10)

anubandhī kapho yatra tatra tasyāpi śuddhikṛt /  
kaṣāyāḥ svādavo yasya viśuddhau śleṣmalā hitāḥ //

> Where phlegm is a secondary factor, it also purifies that; / astringent and sweet medicines, which increase phlegm, are beneficial for purification.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.11)

kaṭutiktakaṣāyā vā ye nisargātkaphāvahāḥ /  
adho yāpyañca nāyuṣmāṃstatpracchardanasādhakam //

> Pungent, bitter, and astringent \[medicines\], or those which by nature bring on phlegm; / the downward type is manageable \[only\], and for one not possessing long life, it is managed by emesis.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.12)

alpauṣadhañca pittasya vamanaṃ nāvamauṣadham /  
anubandhi balaṃ yasya śāntapittanarasya ca //

> Few are the medicines for bile \[in the downward type\], and emesis is not a low remedy; / for a man whose strength is continuous and whose bile is calmed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.13)

kaṣāyaśca hitastasya madhurā eva kevalam /  
kaphamārutasaṃspṛṣṭamasādhyamupanāmanam //

> astringent and sweet medicines alone are beneficial for him; / that which is touched by phlegm and wind is incurable, tending to an end.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.14)

asahyaṃ pratilomatvādasādhyādauṣadhasya ca /  
na hi saṃśodhanaṃ kiñcidasya ca pratilominaḥ //

> \[When\] intolerable because of going against the direction \[of movement\] and incurable from the beginning of medication, / for no cleansing treatment \[works\] for that which goes in an adverse direction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.15)

śodhanaṃ pratilomañca raktapitte 'bhisarjitam /  
evamevopaśamanaṃ saṃśodhanamiheṣyate //

> In bleeding disease, cleansing in the opposite direction is prescribed; / even so, here pacification \[along with\] cleansing is desired.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.16)

saṃsṛṣṭeṣu hi doṣeṣu sarvathā chardanaṃ hitam /  
tatra doṣo 'tra gamanaṃ śivāstra iva lakṣyate //

> When the humor are combined, vomiting is beneficial in every way; / there the departure of humor is observed as if by Śiva's weapon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.17)

upadravāśca vikṛtiṃ phalatasteṣu sādhitam //

> And secondary affections turn into morbid change; through results, it is overcome among them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.148.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.148.17.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe raktapittanidānaṃ nāmāṣṭacatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and forty-eighth chapter, entitled 'Diagnosis of Bleeding Disease', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.148.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.2416) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.3_3) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit

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