Charak Samhita

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यद्विदोषानुगं यद्वा शान्तं शान्तं प्रकुप्यति| मार्गान्मार्गं चरेद्यद्वा याप्यं पित्तमसृक् चतत् ||२१||

That raktapitta is palliable which is associated with two doshas, which aggravates again and again after subsiding and shifts from one passage to another.

english translation

yadvidoSAnugaM yadvA zAntaM zAntaM prakupyati| mArgAnmArgaM caredyadvA yApyaM pittamasRk catat ||21||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

एकमार्गं बलवतो नातिवेगं नवोत्थितम्| रक्तपित्तं काले साध्यं स्यान्निरुपद्रवम् ||२२||

[Characteristics of curable raktapitta] Raktapitta which has only one passage, is in the strong person, not very forceful, with recent onset, in favorable season (early winter and winter) and without complication is curable.

english translation

ekamArgaM balavato nAtivegaM navotthitam| raktapittaM kAle sAdhyaM syAnnirupadravam ||22||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

स्निग्धोष्णमुष्णरूक्षं च रक्तपित्तस्य कारणम्| अधोगस्योत्तरं प्रायः, पूर्वं स्यादूर्ध्वगस्य तु ||२३||

Raktapitta is caused by food having predominantly unctuous-hot and rough-hot properties. The former often gives rise to the upward movement and the latter to the downward movement of raktapitta.

english translation

snigdhoSNamuSNarUkSaM ca raktapittasya kAraNam| adhogasyottaraM prAyaH, pUrvaM syAdUrdhvagasya tu ||23||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ऊर्ध्वगं कफसंसृष्टमधोगं मारुतानुगम्| द्विमार्गं कफवाताभ्यामुभाभ्यामनुबध्यते ||२४||

The upward movement in raktapitta is associated with kapha, the downward one with vata and that from both the passages is associated with both kapha and vata.

english translation

UrdhvagaM kaphasaMsRSTamadhogaM mArutAnugam| dvimArgaM kaphavAtAbhyAmubhAbhyAmanubadhyate ||24||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अक्षीणबलमांसस्य रक्तपित्तं यदश्नतः| तद्दोषदुष्टमुत्क्लिष्टं नादौ स्तम्भनमर्हति ||२५||

[Consequneces of styptic therapy in rakta-pitta] Stambhana (styptic therapy) should not be given at first in hemorrhagic disorders having excessive impurities, aggravated doshas and in a person who is not emaciated and weak and originated from excess nourishment.

english translation

akSINabalamAMsasya raktapittaM yadaznataH| taddoSaduSTamutkliSTaM nAdau stambhanamarhati ||25||

hk transliteration by Sanscript