Charak Samhita

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पित्तरक्ताक्षिरोगघ्नीतैमिर्यपटलापहा| धात्रीसैन्धवपिप्पल्यःस्युरल्पमरिचाःसमाः||२६१||

sanskrit

1. Other recipes for eye diseases: 1. The rasakriya (thin paste) prepared of dhatri, rasanjana (aqueous extract of berberis aristata), honey and ghee cures eye-diseases caused by the vitiation of pitta and rakta (blood), timira (cataract /blurred vision) and patala (another type of cataract).

english translation

pittaraktAkSirogaghnItaimiryapaTalApahA| dhAtrIsaindhavapippalyaHsyuralpamaricAHsamAH||261||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

क्षौद्रयुक्तानिहन्त्यान्ध्यंपटलंचरसक्रिया| खालित्येपलितेवल्यांहरिलोम्निचशोधितम्||२६२||

sanskrit

One parts each of amalaka, pippali, white maricha, one part of rock salt and honey. This rasakriya alleviates blindness and patala. [Treatment of baldness and greying of hair] General treatment of alopecia and graying of hair In case of khalitya (alopecia), palitya (graying of the hair), vali (appearance of wrinkles over the face)

english translation

kSaudrayuktAnihantyAndhyaMpaTalaMcarasakriyA| khAlityepalitevalyAMharilomnicazodhitam||262||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

नस्यैस्तैलैःशिरोवक्रप्रलेपैश्चाप्युपाचरेत्| सिद्धंविदारीगन्धाद्यैर्जीवनीयैरथापिच||२६३||

sanskrit

and hari lomana (tawny hair), the patient should be managed after elimination/ detoxification therapies in the beginning and thereafter be given nasya (inhalation therapy) with medicated oil, and application of paste of drugs over the head and face. The following drugs and oils should be used to alleviate baldness and greying of hair: Drugs of vidarigandhadi group (vidarigandha—Pueraria tuberosa, shalaparni, prishnaparni, brihati – Solanum indicum, kantakari – Garcinia Morella and gokshura – Tribulus terrestris) or jeevaneeya group (vitalizer drugs)

english translation

nasyaistailaiHzirovakrapralepaizcApyupAcaret| siddhaMvidArIgandhAdyairjIvanIyairathApica||263||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

नस्यंस्यादणुतैलंवाखालित्यपलितापहम्| क्षीरात्सहचराद्भृङ्गराजाच्चसौरसाद्रसात्||२६४||

sanskrit

(jeevaka – Malaxiz acuminata, rishabhaka – Manilkara hexandra, meda – Polygonatum cirrhifolium, maha-meda – Polygonatum verticillatum, kakoli – Fritillaria roylei, mudga – Green gram- parni and masha-parni – Teramnus labialis.) and Oil. Medicated oil is prepared by cooking all above ingredients. Inhalation therapy with these medicated oils or with anu taila cures alopecia and graying of the hair.

english translation

nasyaMsyAdaNutailaMvAkhAlityapalitApaham| kSIrAtsahacarAdbhRGgarAjAccasaurasAdrasAt||264||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

प्रस्थैस्तुकुडवस्तैलाद्यष्ट्याह्वपलकल्कितः| सिद्धःशिलासमेभाण्डेमेषशृङ्गादिषुस्थितः||२६५||

sanskrit

One prastha (640 grams) of milk and juice of sahachara – Barleria prionitis, bhringaraja – Eclipta alba, surasa –Cinnamonum zeylanica, one kudava of oil, one pala paste of yastimadhu – glychrizza glabra is cooked and kept inside a pot of stone or the horn of sheep. Appropriately administered by the physician for inhalation therapy, this medicated oil cures graying of hair.

english translation

prasthaistukuDavastailAdyaSTyAhvapalakalkitaH| siddhaHzilAsamebhANDemeSazRGgAdiSusthitaH||265||

hk transliteration by Sanscript