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Charak Samhita

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सिद्धमभ्यञ्जनं तैलमपस्मारविनाशनम्। एतैश्चैवौषधैः कार्यं धूपनं सप्रलेपनम् ॥३६॥

Sesame oil should be cooked by adding four times of goat's urine and the paste (1/4th of the oil) of the drugs. This medicated oil is very effective in curing apasmara (epilepsy). The above mentioned drugs (ingredients prescribed to be used as paste) should also be used for dhupana (fumigation) and pralepana (external application in paste form) (for curing patients suffering from epilepsy).

english translation

पिप्पलीं लवणं चित्रां हिङ्गु हिङ्गुशिवाटिकाम्। काकोलीं सर्षपान् काकनासां कैटर्यचन्दने ॥३७॥

Pippali, rock-salt, chitra (danti), hingu, hingushivatika (vamsa-patrika), kakoli, sarshapa, kakanasa, kaitarya, chandana

english translation

शुनःस्कन्धास्थिनखरान् पर्शुकां चेति पेषयेत्। बस्तमूत्रेण पुष्यर्क्षे प्रदेहः स्यात् सधूपनः ॥३८॥

and shoulder bones, nails and ribs of the dog should be made to a paste by triturating with goat's urine in the constellation of pusya (8th nakshatra, or constellation, per Vedic astrology). Use of this for pradeha (external application in the form of thick paste) and dhupana (fumigation) cures epilepsy.

english translation

अपेतराक्षसीकुष्ठपूतनाकेशिचोरकैः। उत्सादनं मूत्रपिष्टैर्मूत्रैरेवावसेचनम् ॥३९॥

Juice of apetarakshasi (tulasi), kushtha, putanakeshi (jatamansi) and choraka should be triturated by adding (cow's or goat's) urine and made to a paste. This should be used as unction (for the treatment of epilepsy). The body of the patient should be sprinkled with the urine (of cow or goat).

english translation

जलौकःशकृता तद्वद्दग्धैर्वा बस्तरोमभिः। खरास्थिभिर्हस्तिनखैस्तथा गोपुच्छलोमभिः ॥४०॥

[Different unction formulations] Similarly, unction should be done with the help of the following: 1. stool of leeches; 2. ashes of the small hair of the goat. 3. ashes of the bone of ass; 4. ashes of the nails of elephant; and 5. ashes of the hair in the tail of the cow.

english translation