Charak Samhita

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ते चूर्णयोगा वीसर्पव्रणानामवचूर्णनाः | दूर्वास्वरससिद्धं च घृतं स्याद्व्रणरोपणम् ||९६||

sanskrit

Bark of daruharidra (Berberis aristata), madhuka (Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn), lodhra (Symplocos racemosa) and keshara (Crocus sativus Linn), powder may be used for dusting the ulcers.

english translation

te cUrNayogA vIsarpavraNAnAmavacUrNanAH | dUrvAsvarasasiddhaM ca ghRtaM syAdvraNaropaNam ||96||

hk transliteration

दार्वीत्वङूमधुकं लोध्रं केशरं चावचूर्णनम् | पटोलः पिचुमर्दश्च त्रिफला मधुकोत्पले ||९७||

sanskrit

Patola (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb), pichumarda (Azadirachta indica), triphala (haritaki, bibhitaki and amalaki), madhuka (Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn) and utpala (Nymphaea nouchali),

english translation

dArvItvaGUmadhukaM lodhraM kezaraM cAvacUrNanam | paTolaH picumardazca triphalA madhukotpale ||97||

hk transliteration

एतत् प्रक्षालनं सर्पिर्व्रणचूर्णं प्रलेपनम् | प्रदेहाः सर्व एवैते कर्तव्याः सम्प्रसादनाः [१] ||९८||

sanskrit

these ingredients may be used to prepare decoction for cleansing the ulcers or to prepare ghrita or to prepare powder for dusting the ulcers or to prepare pralepa. All these external applications as pradeha should be used for samprasadana (cleansing and pacifying the blood).

english translation

etat prakSAlanaM sarpirvraNacUrNaM pralepanam | pradehAH sarva evaite kartavyAH samprasAdanAH [1] ||98||

hk transliteration

क्षणे क्षणे प्रयोक्तव्याः पूर्वमुद्धृत्य लेपनम् | अधावनोद्धृते पूर्वे प्रदेहा बहुशोऽघनाः ||९९||

sanskrit

[Guidelines for local application and its types] These lepa (local applications of pastes) are to be used repeatedly after removing the previous applied lepa. Thin predeha should be applied as thick paste repeatedly after removing the previous one, but without washing it.

english translation

kSaNe kSaNe prayoktavyAH pUrvamuddhRtya lepanam | adhAvanoddhRte pUrve pradehA bahuzo'ghanAH ||99||

hk transliteration

देयाः प्रदेहाः कफजे पर्याधानोद्धृते घनाः | त्रिभागाङ्गुष्ठमात्रः स्यात् प्रलेपः कल्कपेषितः ||१००||

sanskrit

In kaphaja visarpa, pradeha should be repeatedly applied as thick paste after removing the previous dried paste. The pralepa should be prepared as kalka (micronized paste) and applied of thickness equal to one third of the thumb.

english translation

deyAH pradehAH kaphaje paryAdhAnoddhRte ghanAH | tribhAgAGguSThamAtraH syAt pralepaH kalkapeSitaH ||100||

hk transliteration