Charak Samhita

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वातश्लेष्मात्मके प्रायः पैत्तिके तु प्रशस्यते| तिक्तकं जीवनीयं च सर्पिः स्नेहश्च मिश्रकः ||७६||

sanskrit

[Treatment of pitta dominant unmada] In pitta dominant type of unmada, the patients should be given tikta, and jivaniya ghrita (ghee cooked with bitter and vitalisers e.g. maha tiktaka ghrita [Cha. Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 7 ] and jivaniya ghrita [Cha. Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29] and mishraka sneha[ Cha. Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 5] are efficacious.

english translation

vAtazleSmAtmake prAyaH paittike tu prazasyate| tiktakaM jIvanIyaM ca sarpiH snehazca mizrakaH ||76||

hk transliteration

शीतानि चान्नपानानि मधुराणि मृदूनि च| शङ्खकेशान्तसन्धौ वा मोक्षयेज्ज्ञो भिषक् सिराम्| उन्मादे विषमे चैव ज्वरेऽपस्मार एव च ||७७||

sanskrit

Moreover, the patient should be given cold, sweet and soft food and drinks or the physician should perform blood-letting vein situated at the joining place of temple and the end of hair line in unmada, irregular fever and epilepsy.

english translation

zItAni cAnnapAnAni madhurANi mRdUni ca| zaGkhakezAntasandhau vA mokSayejjJo bhiSak sirAm| unmAde viSame caiva jvare'pasmAra eva ca ||77||

hk transliteration

घृतमांसवितृप्तं वा निवाते स्थापयेत् सुखम्| त्यक्त्वा मतिस्मृतिभ्रंशं सञ्ज्ञां लब्ध्वा प्रमुच्यते ||७८||

sanskrit

[Isolation of unmada patients] The patient should be restricted to wind-free place after taking meat and ghee in his diet to his satisfaction as a result, the patient overcomes the loss of intellect and memory and regains sense and consciousness. Thus, he becomes free from disease.

english translation

ghRtamAMsavitRptaM vA nivAte sthApayet sukham| tyaktvA matismRtibhraMzaM saJjJAM labdhvA pramucyate ||78||

hk transliteration

आश्वासयेत् सुहृद्वा तं वाक्यैर्धर्मार्थसंहितैः| ब्रूयादिष्टविनाशं वा दर्शयेदद्भुतानि वा ||७९||

sanskrit

[Psychotherapy and other therapies] The patients should be assured by a friend and consoled with religious, moral statements and purposeful words. They should tell him the loss of some extremely favorite person or thing or show him some astonishing and surprising things(to subside the episode of insanity).

english translation

AzvAsayet suhRdvA taM vAkyairdharmArthasaMhitaiH| brUyAdiSTavinAzaM vA darzayedadbhutAni vA ||79||

hk transliteration

बद्धं सर्षपतैलाक्तं न्यसेद्वोत्तानमातपे| कपिकच्छ्वाऽथवा तप्तैर्लोहतैलजलैः स्पृशेत् ||८०||

sanskrit

After massaging with mustard oil, the patient should be tied (with ropes) and lay prostrate in the sun, or should touch him with bristles of kapikacchu or heated iron rods or burnt with hot oil or water.

english translation

baddhaM sarSapatailAktaM nyasedvottAnamAtape| kapikacchvA'thavA taptairlohatailajalaiH spRzet ||80||

hk transliteration