Charak Samhita

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तत्रागन्तवश्छेदनभेदनक्षणनभञ्जनपिच्छनोत्पेषण प्रहारवधबन्धनवेष्टनव्यधन पीडनादिभिर्वाभल्लातकपुष्पफलरसात्मगुप्ताशूकक्रिमिशूकाहितपत्रलतागुल्मसंस्पर्शनैर्वा स्वेदनपरिसर्पणावमूत्रणैर्वा विषिणांसविषप्राणिदंष्ट्रादन्तविषाणनखनिपातैर्वा सागरविषवातहिमदहनसंस्पर्शनैर्वा शोथाः समुपजायन्ते ||४||

sanskrit

[Causes of exogenous swelling] Causes of agantuja shotha (exogenous swelling): Common etiological factors of agantuja shotha include chhedana (excision), bhedana (incision), kshanana (churning of bones), bhanjana (breaking), pichhana (excess squeezing), utprashana (grinding), prahaara (hitting), vadha (stroking), bandhana (binding), veshtana (twisting), vyadhana (piercing), peedana (pressing) etc. In addition to these traumas some other factors such as coming in contact with the juice of flowers or fruits of some plants such as bhallātaka (Semicarpus anacardium), atmagupta (Mucuna pruriens) or getting bitten or stung by certain insects or touching irritant leaves, climbers, shrubs, sweat or urine of poisonous animals or even coming in physical contact with them, or getting injured by their teeth, horns and nails, or exposure to marine or poisonous air, or exposure to excess cold or burns may also result in agantuja shotha.

english translation

tatrAgantavazchedanabhedanakSaNanabhaJjanapicchanotpeSaNa prahAravadhabandhanaveSTanavyadhana pIDanAdibhirvAbhallAtakapuSpaphalarasAtmaguptAzUkakrimizUkAhitapatralatAgulmasaMsparzanairvA svedanaparisarpaNAvamUtraNairvA viSiNAMsaviSaprANidaMSTrAdantaviSANanakhanipAtairvA sAgaraviSavAtahimadahanasaMsparzanairvA zothAH samupajAyante ||4||

hk transliteration