Charak Samhita
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द्विविधामेषणीं विद्यान्मृद्वीं च कठिनामपि । औद्भिदैर्मृदुभिर्नालैर्लोहानां वा शलाकया ॥८१॥
Probe is of two types – soft and hard, the former is made of soft stalks of plants and the latter of iron (metallic) rods.
english translation
dvividhAmeSaNIM vidyAnmRdvIM ca kaThinAmapi । audbhidairmRdubhirnAlairlohAnAM vA zalAkayA ॥81॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptगम्भीरे मांसले देशे पाट्यं लौहशलाकया । एष्यं विद्याद्व्रणं नालैर्विपरीतमतो भिषक् ॥८२॥
In deep and muscular parts iron rods preferred while in other parts plant stalks should be used for probing.
english translation
gambhIre mAMsale deze pATyaM lauhazalAkayA । eSyaM vidyAdvraNaM nAlairviparItamato bhiSak ॥82॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptपूतिगन्धान् विवर्णांश्च बहुस्रावान्महारुजः । व्रणानशुद्धान् विज्ञाय शोधनैः समुपाचरेत् ॥८३॥
॥ Vrana shodhana (local purification of ulcers)॥ Wounds with foul odor, abnormal color, profuse discharge and intense pain should be known as dushta vrana (unclean) and as such wounds should be treated with cleansing agents.
english translation
pUtigandhAn vivarNAMzca bahusrAvAnmahArujaH । vraNAnazuddhAn vijJAya zodhanaiH samupAcaret ॥83॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptत्रिफला खदिरो दार्वी न्यग्रोधादिर्बला [१] कुशः । निम्बकोलकपत्राणि कषायाः शोधना मताः ॥८४॥
Decoctions of triphala, khadira (Acasia catechu Willd), daruharidra (Berberis aristata DC), nyagrodhadi group, bala (Sida cordifolia Linn.), kusa (Desmostachya bipinnata Stapf.), leaves of nimba (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) and badara (Zizyphus jujube Lam.) are regarded as cleansing drugs.
english translation
triphalA khadiro dArvI nyagrodhAdirbalA [1] kuzaH । nimbakolakapatrANi kaSAyAH zodhanA matAH ॥84॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptतिलकल्कः सलवणो द्वे हरिद्रे त्रिवृद्धृतम् । मधुकं निम्बपत्राणि प्रलेपो व्रणशोधनः ॥८५॥
Tila paste, salt, haridra (Curcuma longa Linn.), daruharidra (Berberis aristata DC), trivrit (Operculina turpethum Linn.) ghrita, madhuka, nimba leaves – this formulation is said as wound cleanser.
english translation
tilakalkaH salavaNo dve haridre trivRddhRtam । madhukaM nimbapatrANi pralepo vraNazodhanaH ॥85॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript