Charak Samhita

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त्वक्कल्कैर्बहुसर्पिर्भिः शीतैरालेपनं हितम् | प्रदेहाः सर्व एवैते वातपित्तोल्बणे [५] शुभाः ||८६||

sanskrit

All these external applications are beneficial in vata pitta predominant visarpa. Other external applications useful in kapha predominant visarpa will be described here after. Triphala (haritaki, bibhitaki and amalaki), padmaka (Prunas cerasoides), usir (Vetiveria zizanioidis Linn),

english translation

tvakkalkairbahusarpirbhiH zItairAlepanaM hitam | pradehAH sarva evaite vAtapittolbaNe [5] zubhAH ||86||

hk transliteration

सकफे [६] तु प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रदेहानपरान् हितान् | त्रिफलां पद्मकोशीरं समङ्गां करवीरकम् ||८७||

sanskrit

samanga (Mimosa pudica), karviraka (Nerium indicum), root of nala (Phragmites australis) and ananta (hemidesmus indicus) should be used externally as a pradeha.

english translation

sakaphe [6] tu pravakSyAmi pradehAnaparAn hitAn | triphalAM padmakozIraM samaGgAM karavIrakam ||87||

hk transliteration

नलमूलान्यनन्तां च प्रदेहमुपकल्पयेत् | खदिरं सप्तपर्णं च मुस्तमारग्वधं धवम् ||८८||

sanskrit

Khadira (Acacia catechu), saptaparna (Alstonia scholaris), musta (Cyperus rotundus linn), aragvadha (Cassia fistula Linn), dhava (Anogeissus latifolia, Wall).

english translation

nalamUlAnyanantAM ca pradehamupakalpayet | khadiraM saptaparNaM ca mustamAragvadhaM dhavam ||88||

hk transliteration

कुरण्टकं देवदारु दद्यादालेपनं भिषक् | आरग्वधस्य पत्राणि त्वचं श्लेष्मातकस्य च ||८९||

sanskrit

Kurantaka (Lawsonia inermis) and devdaru (Cedrus deodar) should be applied externally as a pradeha. Aragvadha leaves (Cassia fistula Linn.) and sleshmantak bark (Cordia dichotoma),

english translation

kuraNTakaM devadAru dadyAdAlepanaM bhiSak | Aragvadhasya patrANi tvacaM zleSmAtakasya ca ||89||

hk transliteration

इन्द्राणिशाकं काकाह्वां शिरीषकुसुमानि च | शैवालं नलमूलानि वीरां गन्धप्रियङ्गुकाम् ||९०||

sanskrit

indrani shak (Vitex negundo Linn), kakahva (Canvalia gladiata) and sirisa flowers (Albizia lebbeck Linn.), saivala (Spirogyra maxima) root of nala (Phragmites australis), veera (Pueraria tuberose) and gandpriyangu (Callicarpa macrophylla),

english translation

indrANizAkaM kAkAhvAM zirISakusumAni ca | zaivAlaM nalamUlAni vIrAM gandhapriyaGgukAm ||90||

hk transliteration