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Charak Samhita

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भूमावपि निषिक्तं तद्दहेत्तक्रं तृणोलुपम्। किं पुनर्दीप्तकायाग्नेः शुष्काण्यर्शांसि देहिनः॥८६॥

Hemorrhoids once cured by the administration of butter-milk, do not recur. The butter milk burns all the grass sprinkled over the ground, let alone the dry type of hemorrhoids in a patient whose agni (digestive power and metabolism) has been kindled through this therapy.

english translation

स्रोतःसु तक्रशुद्धेषु रसः सम्यगुपैति यः। तेन पुष्टिर्बलं वर्णः प्रहर्षश्चोपजायते॥८७॥

Butter-milk cleanses the channels of circulation as a result of which rasa (end product of the food after digestion) reaches [the tissue elements] appropriately. This produces proper nourishment, strength, complexion

english translation

वातश्लेष्मविकाराणां शतं चापि निवर्तते। नास्ति तक्रात् परं किञ्चिदौषधं कफवातजे॥८८॥

and exhilaration, and cures one hundred diseases including those caused by vata (80) and kapha (20). There is no medicine, better than butter-milk, for the treatment of hemorrhoids caused by vitiation of vata and kapha.

english translation

पिप्पलीं पिप्पलीमूलं चित्रकं हस्तिपिप्पलीम्। शृङ्गवेरमजाजीं च कारवीं धान्यतुम्बुरु॥८९॥

[Other Recipes] Peya (thin gruel) should be prepared by cooking with pippali (piper longum), pippalimoola (root of piper longum), chitraka (Plumbago Zylanica), gaja pippali(Scindapsus officinalis Schoott.), shringvera (Zingiber officinale), ajqji (Cuminum Cyminum), karavi (Foeniculum vulgare), dhanyak (Coriandrum sativum), tumburu (Coriandrum sativum),

english translation

बिल्वं कर्कटकं पाठां पिष्ट्वा पेयां विपाचयेत्। फलाम्लां यमकैर्भृष्टां तां दद्याद्गुदजापहाम्॥९०॥

bilva (Aegle marmelos), karkataka and patha (Cissampelos parrira). Intake of this peya (thin gruel) by adding sour fruits and sizzled with ghee and oil cures hemorrhoids.

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