Charak Samhita

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पिष्ट्वाऽक्षमात्राणि जलाढकेन पक्त्वा घृतप्रस्थमथ प्रयुञ्ज्यात्| अर्शांसि गुल्मं श्वयथुं कृच्छ्रं निहन्ति वह्निं च करोति दीप्तम् ||५६||

sanskrit

Oral administration of chitraka ghee cures edema/swelling even if it is difficult to cure as well as piles and gulma and stimulate the digestion and metabolism (agni).

english translation

piSTvA'kSamAtrANi jalADhakena paktvA ghRtaprasthamatha prayuJjyAt| arzAMsi gulmaM zvayathuM kRcchraM nihanti vahniM ca karoti dIptam ||56||

hk transliteration

पिबेद्घृतं वाऽष्टगुणाम्बुसिद्धं सचित्रकक्षारमुदारवीर्यम्| कल्याणकं वाऽपि सपञ्चगव्यं तिक्तं महद्वाऽप्यथ तिक्तकं वा ||५७||

sanskrit

Prepare a ghrita with eight times of water with paste of chitraka and yavakshara. It has great potency. The patient may also take the kalyānaka ghrita or panchagavya ghrita or mahātikta ghrita or tikta ghrita

english translation

pibedghRtaM vA'STaguNAmbusiddhaM sacitrakakSAramudAravIryam| kalyANakaM vA'pi sapaJcagavyaM tiktaM mahadvA'pyatha tiktakaM vA ||57||

hk transliteration

क्षीरं घटे चित्रककल्कलिप्ते दध्यागतं साधु विमथ्य तेन| तज्जं घृतं चित्रकमूलगर्भं तक्रेण सिद्धं श्वयथुघ्नमग्र्यम् ||५८||

sanskrit

Put milk in a pot coated with paste of chitraka and curdle it. Churn this curd well to get butter which is heated to ghee. Add to the ghee all the buttermilk (which contains mixed chitraka also) from the pot and prepare the medicated ghrita. It is best to cure edema.

english translation

kSIraM ghaTe citrakakalkalipte dadhyAgataM sAdhu vimathya tena| tajjaM ghRtaM citrakamUlagarbhaM takreNa siddhaM zvayathughnamagryam ||58||

hk transliteration

अर्शोऽतिसारानिलगुल्ममेहांश्चैतन्निहन्त्यग्निबलप्रदं [१५] च| तक्रेण चाद्यात् सघृतेन तेन भोज्यानि सिद्धामथवा यवागूम् ||५९||

sanskrit

It also provides relief in piles, diarrhea, vata-gulma, polyuria and stimulates digestion and metabolism (agni). During the treatment the diet should be taken with buttermilk prepared as above with chitraka along with ghee prepared from the above butter or gruels prepared with this butter milk and ghee. Thus chitraka ghrita is described

english translation

arzo'tisArAnilagulmamehAMzcaitannihantyagnibalapradaM [15] ca| takreNa cAdyAt saghRtena tena bhojyAni siddhAmathavA yavAgUm ||59||

hk transliteration

जीवन्त्यजाजीशटिपुष्कराह्वैः सकारवीचित्रकबिल्वमध्यैः| सयावशूकैर्बदरप्रमाणैर्वृक्षाम्लयुक्ता घृततैलभृष्टा ||६०||

sanskrit

[Yavagu preparations] Take 5 gm each of jivanti, cumin, saṭi, pushkarmula, karvi (celery), chitraka, bilva and yavakashara, make a medicated gruel (yavāgu) and then fry it in ghee and oil.

english translation

jIvantyajAjIzaTipuSkarAhvaiH sakAravIcitrakabilvamadhyaiH| sayAvazUkairbadarapramANairvRkSAmlayuktA ghRtatailabhRSTA ||60||

hk transliteration