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Charak Samhita

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मद्यं तैक्ष्ण्यौष्ण्यवैशद्यसूक्ष्मत्वात् स्रोतसां मुखम्। प्रमथ्य विवृणोत्याशु तन्मोक्षात् सप्त धातवः ॥१६६॥

Wine owing to its qualities of quickly acting, hot potency, cleansing effect, and subtle action, churns up obstructions in the orifices of the body channels and soon dilates them. As a result of this re-establishment of the liberation of circulation in the vessels,

english translation

पुष्यन्ति धातुपोषाच्च शीघ्रं शोषः प्रशाम्यति। मांसादमांसस्वरसे सिद्धं सर्पिः प्रयोजयेत् ॥१६७॥

all the seven body- elements get nourished, and the wasting due to rajayakshma soon gets cured. [Various ghee formulations] The ghee prepared with the meat-juice of carnivorous animals

english translation

सक्षौद्रं, पयसा सिद्धं सर्पिर्दशगुणेन वा। सिद्धं मधुरकैर्द्रव्यैर्दशमूलकषायकैः ॥१६८॥

may be administered with honey to the rajayakshma patient or the ghee prepared in ten times the quantity of milk may be given to the patient.

english translation

क्षीरमांसरसोपेतैर्घृतं शोषहरं परम्। पिप्पलीपिप्पलीमूलचव्यचित्रकनागरैः ॥१६९॥

The medicated ghee prepared in the decoction of dashamula, milk and meat-juice with the paste of drugs of the madhura (sweet) group is an excellent remedy for rajayakshma.

english translation

सयावशूकैः सक्षीरैः स्रोतसां शोधनं घृतम्। रास्नाबलागोक्षुरकस्थिरावर्षाभुसाधितम् ॥१७०॥

The medicated ghee prepared with the paste of long pepper, roots of long pepper, chaba pepper, white flowered leadwort, dry ginger, barley, alkali and milk is a cleanser of body channels.

english translation