Charak Samhita

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घृतं सैन्धवहिङ्गुभ्यां वार्षे बास्ते चतुर्गुणे| मूत्रे सिद्धमपस्मारहृद्ग्रहामयनाशनम् ||२६||

sanskrit

[Saindhava hingu ghee] Cow's ghee (one part) should be cooked by adding (in total) four parts of the urine of bull and goat and the paste of rock salt and asafoetida (l/4th part in total). This medicated ghee cures apasmara (epilepsy), heart diseases and diseases caused by the evil effects of planetary misalignment.

english translation

ghRtaM saindhavahiGgubhyAM vArSe bAste caturguNe| mUtre siddhamapasmArahRdgrahAmayanAzanam ||26||

hk transliteration

वचाशम्पाककैटर्यवयःस्थाहिङ्गुचोरकैः| सिद्धं पलङ्कषायुक्तैर्वातश्लेष्मात्मके घृतम् ||२७||

sanskrit

[Vacha-shampakadi ghee] Ghee (one part) should be cooked with the paste of vacha, shampaka, kaitarya (parvata nimba), vayastha (guduchi), hingu, choraka and palankasha or guggulu (1/4th part in total). (Four parts of water should be added according to the general rule, because in present recipe, there is no liquid). This medicated ghee is useful in the treatment of vatika and shlaishmika types of epilepsy.

english translation

vacAzampAkakaiTaryavayaHsthAhiGgucorakaiH| siddhaM palaGkaSAyuktairvAtazleSmAtmake ghRtam ||27||

hk transliteration

तैलप्रस्थं घृतप्रस्थं जीवनीयैः पलोन्मितैः| क्षीरद्रोणे पचेत् सिद्धमपस्मारविनाशनम् ||२८||

sanskrit

[Jivaniya Yamaka Sneha] Two prasthas (in the text actually one prastha is mentioned; double the quantity is taken according to the general rules of definition) of each of oil and cow's ghee should be added with the paste of one pala of each of the ten drugs belonging to jivaniya gana (vide Sutra 4: 9) and two dronas (in the text one drona is prescribed; double the quantity is taken according to general rules of definition) of milk, and cooked. This medicated ghee is an effective recipe for the cure of apasmara (epilepsy).

english translation

tailaprasthaM ghRtaprasthaM jIvanIyaiH palonmitaiH| kSIradroNe pacet siddhamapasmAravinAzanam ||28||

hk transliteration

कंसे क्षीरेक्षुरसयोः काश्मर्येऽष्टगुणे रसे| कार्षिकैर्जीवनीयैश्च घृतप्रस्थं विपाचयेत् ||२९||

sanskrit

Two prasthas of ghee should be added with one kamsa of each of milk and sugarcane juice; sixteen prasthas of the decoction of kasmarya and one karsa of each of the ten drugs belonging to jivaniya group (vide Sutra 4: 9) and cooked. This medicated ghee instantaneously cures epilepsy caused by vata and pitta.

english translation

kaMse kSIrekSurasayoH kAzmarye'STaguNe rase| kArSikairjIvanIyaizca ghRtaprasthaM vipAcayet ||29||

hk transliteration

वातपित्तोद्भवं क्षिप्रमपस्मारं नियच्छति| तद्वत् काशविदारीक्षुकुशक्वाथशृतं घृतम् ||३०||

sanskrit

Similarly, ghee cooked by adding the decoction of kasha and kusha and the juice of vidari and sugarcane is useful in the treatment of this ailment.

english translation

vAtapittodbhavaM kSipramapasmAraM niyacchati| tadvat kAzavidArIkSukuzakvAthazRtaM ghRtam ||30||

hk transliteration