Charak Samhita

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साध्यानां तु त्रयाणां साधनानि- स्नेहस्वेदवमन विरेचनास्थापनानुवासनोपशमन नस्तःकर्मधूमधूपनाञ्जनावपीड प्रधमनाभ्यङ्गप्रदेह परिषेकानुलेपनवधबन्धनावरोधन वित्रासनविस्मापनविस्मारणापतर्पण सिराव्यधनानि, - भोजनविधानं च यथास्वं युक्त्या, यच्चान्यदपि किञ्चिन्निदानविपरीतमौषधं तदपि कार्यं स्यादिति ||८||

sanskrit

[Management of unmada] Modalities of treatment of the three types of curable unmada are: 1. Oleation, fomentation, emesis, purgation, asthapana enema, anuvasana enema 2. Alleviation therapies 3. Nasal medication, smoking, fumigation, collyrium, avapida and pradhamana types of nasal medication 4. Massage, ointment, affusion, and unction 5. Assaulting at times, tying, solitary confinement, frightening, and inducing shock 6. Depleting therapies and venesection. Suitable diets should be given according to the requirement of the patient. Such other therapies as would work against the causative factors of the disease should also be given.

english translation

sAdhyAnAM tu trayANAM sAdhanAni- snehasvedavamana virecanAsthApanAnuvAsanopazamana nastaHkarmadhUmadhUpanAJjanAvapIDa pradhamanAbhyaGgapradeha pariSekAnulepanavadhabandhanAvarodhana vitrAsanavismApanavismAraNApatarpaNa sirAvyadhanAni, - bhojanavidhAnaM ca yathAsvaM yuktyA, yaccAnyadapi kiJcinnidAnaviparItamauSadhaM tadapi kAryaM syAditi ||8||

hk transliteration