Charak Samhita

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सूतिकां तु खलु बुभुक्षितां विदित्वा स्नेहं पाययेत परमया शक्त्या सर्पिस्तैलं वसां मज्जानं वा सात्म्यीभावमभिसमीक्ष्यपिप्पलीपिप्पलीमूलचव्यचित्रकशृङ्गवेरचूर्णसहितम्| स्नेहं पीतवत्याश्च सर्पिस्तैलाभ्यामभ्यज्य वेष्टयेदुदरं महताऽच्छेन वाससा; तथा तस्या न वायुरुदरेविकृतिमुत्पादयत्यनवकाशत्वात्| जीर्णे तु स्नेहे पिप्पल्यादिभिरेव सिद्धां यवागूं सुस्निग्धां द्रवां मात्रशः [१] पाययेत्| उभयतःकालं चोष्णोदकेन च परिषेचयेत् प्राक् स्नेहयवागूपानाभ्याम्| एवं पञ्चरात्रं सप्तरात्रं वाऽनुपाल्य क्रमेणाप्याययेत्| स्वस्थवृत्तमेतावत् सूतिकायाः ||४८||

sanskrit

[Post-partum care of the mother] After the delivery (i.e., in the post-partum period) when the new mother feels hungry and needs nourishment, suitable fatty substances like ghee, oil, and majja (muscle fat or marrow), duly mixed with the powders of pippali (Piper longum Linn.), pippalimula (root of Piper longum Linn.), chavya (Piper chaba Hunter.), chitraka (Plumbagozeylanica Linn.) and shrungabera (Zingiberofficinale Rocs.) should be given to her, according to her status of appetite. Once she has eaten, she should be given a good massage on her abdomen with ghee and oil and then a big clean cloth should be wrapped around her abdomen so that vayu may not find a place to cause any ailment. Once the food eaten is digested, she should take liquid gruel prepared with pippali (Piper longum Linn.) etc., mixed with unctuous substances in copious amounts. She should take a warm water bath before taking meals, though. This regimen should be continued for five to seven nights.

english translation

sUtikAM tu khalu bubhukSitAM viditvA snehaM pAyayeta paramayA zaktyA sarpistailaM vasAM majjAnaM vA sAtmyIbhAvamabhisamIkSyapippalIpippalImUlacavyacitrakazRGgaveracUrNasahitam| snehaM pItavatyAzca sarpistailAbhyAmabhyajya veSTayedudaraM mahatA'cchena vAsasA; tathA tasyA na vAyurudarevikRtimutpAdayatyanavakAzatvAt| jIrNe tu snehe pippalyAdibhireva siddhAM yavAgUM susnigdhAM dravAM mAtrazaH [1] pAyayet| ubhayataHkAlaM coSNodakena ca pariSecayet prAk snehayavAgUpAnAbhyAm| evaM paJcarAtraM saptarAtraM vA'nupAlya krameNApyAyayet| svasthavRttametAvat sUtikAyAH ||48||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/caraka-samhita/sharira-sthana/8/48

सूतिकां तु खलु बुभुक्षितां विदित्वा स्नेहं पाययेत परमया शक्त्या सर्पिस्तैलं वसां मज्जानं वा सात्म्यीभावमभिसमीक्ष्यपिप्पलीपिप्पलीमूलचव्यचित्रकशृङ्गवेरचूर्णसहितम्| स्नेहं पीतवत्याश्च सर्पिस्तैलाभ्यामभ्यज्य वेष्टयेदुदरं महताऽच्छेन वाससा; तथा तस्या न वायुरुदरेविकृतिमुत्पादयत्यनवकाशत्वात्| जीर्णे तु स्नेहे पिप्पल्यादिभिरेव सिद्धां यवागूं सुस्निग्धां द्रवां मात्रशः [१] पाययेत्| उभयतःकालं चोष्णोदकेन च परिषेचयेत् प्राक् स्नेहयवागूपानाभ्याम्| एवं पञ्चरात्रं सप्तरात्रं वाऽनुपाल्य क्रमेणाप्याययेत्| स्वस्थवृत्तमेतावत् सूतिकायाः ||४८||

sanskrit

[Post-partum care of the mother] After the delivery (i.e., in the post-partum period) when the new mother feels hungry and needs nourishment, suitable fatty substances like ghee, oil, and majja (muscle fat or marrow), duly mixed with the powders of pippali (Piper longum Linn.), pippalimula (root of Piper longum Linn.), chavya (Piper chaba Hunter.), chitraka (Plumbagozeylanica Linn.) and shrungabera (Zingiberofficinale Rocs.) should be given to her, according to her status of appetite. Once she has eaten, she should be given a good massage on her abdomen with ghee and oil and then a big clean cloth should be wrapped around her abdomen so that vayu may not find a place to cause any ailment. Once the food eaten is digested, she should take liquid gruel prepared with pippali (Piper longum Linn.) etc., mixed with unctuous substances in copious amounts. She should take a warm water bath before taking meals, though. This regimen should be continued for five to seven nights.

english translation

sUtikAM tu khalu bubhukSitAM viditvA snehaM pAyayeta paramayA zaktyA sarpistailaM vasAM majjAnaM vA sAtmyIbhAvamabhisamIkSyapippalIpippalImUlacavyacitrakazRGgaveracUrNasahitam| snehaM pItavatyAzca sarpistailAbhyAmabhyajya veSTayedudaraM mahatA'cchena vAsasA; tathA tasyA na vAyurudarevikRtimutpAdayatyanavakAzatvAt| jIrNe tu snehe pippalyAdibhireva siddhAM yavAgUM susnigdhAM dravAM mAtrazaH [1] pAyayet| ubhayataHkAlaM coSNodakena ca pariSecayet prAk snehayavAgUpAnAbhyAm| evaM paJcarAtraM saptarAtraM vA'nupAlya krameNApyAyayet| svasthavRttametAvat sUtikAyAH ||48||

hk transliteration by Sanscript