Charak Samhita

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दीप्तैरधूमैरङ्गारैस्तां कर्षूं पूरयेत्ततः| तस्यामुपरि शय्यायां स्वपन् स्विद्यति ना सुखम् ||५१||

sanskrit

fill it up with smokeless firebrands and lay the patient on the bed over this. This fomentation technique is termed as karshu sweda.

english translation

dIptairadhUmairaGgAraistAM karSUM pUrayettataH| tasyAmupari zayyAyAM svapan svidyati nA sukham ||51||

hk transliteration

अनत्युत्सेधविस्तारां वृत्ताकारामलोचनाम्| घनभित्तिं कुटीं कृत्वा कुष्ठाद्यैः सम्प्रलेपयेत् ||५२||

sanskrit

[Kuti sweda (sudation in a cottage) and bhu sweda (sudation on floor)] A thick – walled, round cottage that is neither too high, nor too wide, and without any windows should be constructed with its inner walls plastered with drugs like kushtha (Saussurea lappa).

english translation

anatyutsedhavistArAM vRttAkArAmalocanAm| ghanabhittiM kuTIM kRtvA kuSThAdyaiH sampralepayet ||52||

hk transliteration

कुटीमध्ये भिषक् शय्यां स्वास्तीर्णामुपकल्पयेत्| प्रावाराजिनकौशेयकुथकम्बलगोलकैः ||५३||

sanskrit

There should be a bed at the center of this cottage covered with sheets prepared from cotton, silk, animal skin, a variety of grass (kuttha), woolen blanket, or a variety of woolen cloth / wooden ball (golaka).

english translation

kuTImadhye bhiSak zayyAM svAstIrNAmupakalpayet| prAvArAjinakauzeyakuthakambalagolakaiH ||53||

hk transliteration

हसन्तिकाभिरङ्गारपूर्णाभिस्तां च सर्वशः| परिवार्यान्तरारोहेदभ्यक्तः स्विद्यते सुखम् ||५४||

sanskrit

The person, with oil applied all over his body, would lie on this bed for fomentation. This fomentation technique is termed as kuti sweda.

english translation

hasantikAbhiraGgArapUrNAbhistAM ca sarvazaH| parivAryAntarArohedabhyaktaH svidyate sukham ||54||

hk transliteration

य एवाश्मघनस्वेदविधिर्भूमौ स एव तु| प्रशस्तायां निवातायां समायामुपदिश्यते ||५५||

sanskrit

Bhusweda is done on floor with the same methods as asmaghna sweda and is administered in well chosen, leveled sites free from excessive wind.

english translation

ya evAzmaghanasvedavidhirbhUmau sa eva tu| prazastAyAM nivAtAyAM samAyAmupadizyate ||55||

hk transliteration