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चरकसंहिता

Charak Samhita

चिकित्सास्थानम्

Section on therapeutic principles (Chikitsa Sthana)

वाजीकरणाऽध्याय:

Vajikarana Adhyaya (Aphrodisiac therapy, virility and treatment of sexual dysfunctions)

Lord Atreya expounds the Samyoga Sharamooliya section, asserting that a person desiring progeny and worldly happiness must seek aphrodisiacs to attain righteousness, wealth, affection, and fame. The text identifies a sexually excited woman as the best agent for virilification, noting that her specific qualities vary by individual. For a healthy man seeking offspring, the passage advises intercourse with a cheerful, disease-free woman who has completed her post-menstrual purification. Because fame and pleasure depend on progeny, one desiring offspring should take virilifying medications. The text details Brimhani Gutika, listing roots like shara and ikshu. The preparation involves boiling these in water until reduced, then adding pastes of madhuka, draksha, and sugarcane juice. The mixture is combined with ghee and milk, boiled, filtered, and finished with sugar and powders of tugakshiri, pippali, and maricha. The passage details the formulation of Brimhani Gutika, combining powders of twak, ela, and saffron with honey, boiled pastes, and juices to create semi-solid pills. It then describes Vajikarana Ghritam, prepared with ghee, milk, herbal juices, sugar, and honey. Lord Atreya expounds the Asiktakshirika quarter. The text details preparing Apatyakari Shashtikadi Gutika by crushing milk-soaked shashtika rice, extracting its juice, and boiling it with herbal decoctions. Powders thicken the mixture, followed by honey and sugar to form pills. These are fried and administered based on digestive capacity. The text claims this potion enables old men to procreate and maintain semen secretion. Additionally, the physician collects cow’s ghee, boar fat, sparrow fat, and flours to prepare eatables like pupalika and shashkuli. Administering these grants men full potency and stallion-like vigor.

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