Astanga Hrudaya
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कृमिश्लीपदशोफांश्च परं चैतद्रसायनम् । अधनश्छत्रपादत्ररहितो मुनिवर्तनः ॥ ३६ ॥
kṛmi – worms, ślīpada – filariasis, śophāṃśca – and swelling (dropsy). It is the best rejuvenator too. The patient of diabetes who has no money (to provide for his treatment),
english translation
योजनानां शतं यायात्ख़नेद्वा सलिलाशयान्। गोशकृन्मूत्रवृत्तिर्वा गोभिरेव सह भ्रमेत्॥३७॥
should go on walk (by foot) for one hundred yojana (800-900 miles approx), without making use of an umbrella and without footwear adhering to the way of life of an ascetic (disciplined and hard life) or dig a reservoir of water by himself or wander along with a herd of cow exposed to the dung, urine etc. of the cows.
english translation
बृंहयेदौषधाहारैरमेदोमूत्रलैः कृशम् । शराविकाद्याः पिटिकाः शोफवत्समुपाचरेत् ॥ ३८ ॥
The patient of diabetes who is emaciated should be stoutened / nourished well with herbs and foods which do not increase fat and urine. Saravika and other pitaka (diabetic eruptions) which are unripe should be treated just as an inflammatory oedema.
english translation
अपक्वा व्रणवत्पक्वास्तासां प्राग्रूपमेवच। क्षीरिवृक्षाम्बु पानाय बस्तमूत्रं च शस्यते ॥ ३९ ॥
Those which are ripe; just as treating an ulcer. In their prodromal stage itself, it is beneficial to drink the decoction of bark of trees yielding milky sap and goats urine, resort to strong purifactory therapies,
english translation
तीक्ष्णं च शोधनं प्रायो दुर्विरेच्या हि मेहिनः । तैलमेलादिना कुर्याद्गणेन व्रणरोपणम् ॥ ४० ॥
since generally patients of diabetes are hard in respect of purgation therapy. Oil for healing the ulcers should be prepared from herbs of eladi gana (chapter 15 of sutrasthana)
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