Astanga Hrudaya

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मद्योत्क्लिष्टेन दोषेण रुद्धः स्रोतःसु मारुतः । सुतीव्रा वेदना याश्च शिरस्यस्थिषु सन्धिषु ॥ ६ ॥

vibhrama – and severe giddiness. Vata getting obstructed in its passage by other doshas aggravated by wine, produces severe pain in the head, bones and joints.

english translation

madyotkliSTena doSeNa ruddhaH srotaHsu mArutaH । sutIvrA vedanA yAzca zirasyasthiSu sandhiSu ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

जीर्णाममद्यदोषस्य प्रकाङ्क्षालाघवे सति । यौगिकं विधिवद्युक्तं मद्यमेव निहन्ति तान् ॥ ७ ॥

When these symptoms of undigested wine become old, and there is light feeling in the body along with a renewed desire for drinking, they (symptoms) get relieved by the same wine itself used judiciously and in the prescribed manner.

english translation

jIrNAmamadyadoSasya prakAGkSAlAghave sati । yaugikaM vidhivadyuktaM madyameva nihanti tAn ॥ 7 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

क्षारो हि याति माधुर्यं शीघ्रमम्लोपसंहितः । मद्यमम्लेषु च श्रेष्ठं दोषविष्यन्दनादलम् ॥ ८ ॥

Alkali attains sweetness soon by getting mixed with sour; among sour things wine is the chief and sufficient to liquefy and mitigate the doshas.

english translation

kSAro hi yAti mAdhuryaM zIghramamlopasaMhitaH । madyamamleSu ca zreSThaM doSaviSyandanAdalam ॥ 8 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तीक्ष्णोष्णाद्यैः पुरा प्रोक्तैर्दीपनाद्यैस्तथा गुणैः । सात्म्यत्वाच्च तदेवास्य धातुसाम्यकरं परम् ॥ ९ ॥

Wine by its properties such as penetrating hot etc; described earlier (vide chapter 6 of nidanasthana) digestion kindling etc. action, (vide chapter 5 of sutrasthana) and by nature of becoming habituated / accustomed, it will be the best material to restore the normalcy of the tissues.

english translation

tIkSNoSNAdyaiH purA proktairdIpanAdyaistathA guNaiH । sAtmyatvAcca tadevAsya dhAtusAmyakaraM param ॥ 9 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

सप्ताहमष्टरात्रं वा कुर्यात्पानात्ययौषधम् । जीर्यत्येतावता पानं कालेन विपथाश्रितम् ॥ १० ॥

The treatment for alcoholism should be done for seven or eight days only; by that period (effect of time), the wine localized in abnormal passage (places other than alimentary tract) gets digested.

english translation

saptAhamaSTarAtraM vA kuryAtpAnAtyayauSadham । jIryatyetAvatA pAnaM kAlena vipathAzritam ॥ 10 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript