Astanga Hrudaya
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पुनः पुनः स्नेहपानं निरूहाः सानुवासनाः । प्रयोज्या वातजे गुल्मे कफपित्तानुरक्षिणः ॥ ६ ॥
Drinking of fats, decoction enema along with oil enema should be administered again and again in gulma of vata origin, while protecting (not causing aggravation) of kapha and pitta.
english translation
वस्तिकर्म परं विद्याद्गुल्मघ्नं तद्धि मारुतम् । स्वस्थाने प्रथमं जित्वा सद्यो गुल्ममपोहति ॥ ७ ॥
Basti karma (enema therapy) is the best to destroy (cure) Gulma. It overcomes vata in its own seat (pakvasaya- large intestine) first and so cures the tumor immediately.
english translation
तस्मादभीक्ष्णशो गुल्मा निरूहैः सानुवासनैः । प्रयुज्यमानैः शाम्यन्ति वातपित्तकफात्मकाः ॥ ८ ॥
Hence abdominal tumor arising from vata, pitta and kapha will subside by repeated administration of decoction enema and oil enema (alternatively).
english translation
हिङ्गुसौवर्चलव्योषविडदाडिमदीप्यकैः । पुष्कराजाजीधान्याम्लवेतसक्षारचित्रकैः ॥ ९ ॥
Medicated ghee prepared with hiṅgu – Ferula narthex, sauvarcala – black salt, vyoṣa – Piper longum, Piper nigrum and Zingiber officinale, viḍa – vida salt, dāḍima – Punica granatum, dīpyakaiḥ – Cuminum cyminum / Trachyspermum ammi, puṣkara – Inula racemosa, ajājī – Cuminum cyminum, dhānya – Coriandrum sativum, amlavetasa – Garcinia pedunculata, kṣāra – alkali of Hordeum vulgare, citraka – Plumbago zeylanica,
english translation
शठीवचाजगन्धैलासुरसैर्दधिसंयुतैः । शूलानाहहरं सर्पिः साधयेद्वातगुल्मिनाम् ॥ १० ॥
śaṭhī – Curcuma zedoaria, vacā – Acorus calamus, ajagandha – Cleome gynandra, elā – Elettaria cardamomum, surasa – Ocimum sanctum and curds/yogurt. This ghee cures colic and distention of the abdomen in patients of vata gulma.
english translation