Charak Samhita

siva.sh/caraka-samhita/sutra-sthana/20/13

तं मधुराम्ललवणस्निग्धोष्णैरुपक्रमैरुपक्रमेत,स्नेहस्वेदास्थापनानुवासननस्तःकर्मभोजनाभ्यङ्गोत्सादनपरिषेकादिभिर्वातहरैर्मात्रां कालं च प्रमाणीकृत्य;तत्रास्थापनानुवासनं तु खलु सर्वत्रोपक्रमेभ्यो वाते प्रधानतमं मन्यन्ते भिषजः, तद्ध्यादित एव पक्वाशयमनुप्रविश्य केवलंवैकारिकं वातमूलं छिनत्ति; तत्रावजितेऽपि वाते शरीरान्तर्गता वातविकाराः प्रशान्तिमापद्यन्ते, यथा वनस्पतेर्मूले छिन्नेस्कन्धशाखाप्ररोहकुसुमफलपलाशादीनां नियतो विनाशस्तद्वत् ||१३||

sanskrit

[Management principles of vata disorders] The vitiated vata should be managed by drugs with a sweet, sour or saline taste, and various unctuous and hot therapeutics procedures such as oleation, fomentation, inhalation, diet, massage, unction, effusion, non-unctuous and unctuous enema, etc. The administered drugs or procedures should have anti-vataja properties and must be administered in appropriate dose and time. Amongst all the above mentioned procedures non-unctuous and unctuous enema are regarded as the most effective forms of treatment for the management of vataja vyadhi because enema enters the colon quickly and strikes at the very root of the vitiated vata. Thus, when vata is overcome in the colon, the disorders of vata in other parts of the body are automatically alleviated like the tree when cut at the root results in the automatic destruction of the trunk, branches, sprouts, flowers, fruits, leaves etc.

english translation

taM madhurAmlalavaNasnigdhoSNairupakramairupakrameta,snehasvedAsthApanAnuvAsananastaHkarmabhojanAbhyaGgotsAdanapariSekAdibhirvAtaharairmAtrAM kAlaM ca pramANIkRtya;tatrAsthApanAnuvAsanaM tu khalu sarvatropakramebhyo vAte pradhAnatamaM manyante bhiSajaH, taddhyAdita eva pakvAzayamanupravizya kevalaMvaikArikaM vAtamUlaM chinatti; tatrAvajite'pi vAte zarIrAntargatA vAtavikArAH prazAntimApadyante, yathA vanaspatermUle chinneskandhazAkhAprarohakusumaphalapalAzAdInAM niyato vinAzastadvat ||13||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/caraka-samhita/sutra-sthana/20/13

तं मधुराम्ललवणस्निग्धोष्णैरुपक्रमैरुपक्रमेत,स्नेहस्वेदास्थापनानुवासननस्तःकर्मभोजनाभ्यङ्गोत्सादनपरिषेकादिभिर्वातहरैर्मात्रां कालं च प्रमाणीकृत्य;तत्रास्थापनानुवासनं तु खलु सर्वत्रोपक्रमेभ्यो वाते प्रधानतमं मन्यन्ते भिषजः, तद्ध्यादित एव पक्वाशयमनुप्रविश्य केवलंवैकारिकं वातमूलं छिनत्ति; तत्रावजितेऽपि वाते शरीरान्तर्गता वातविकाराः प्रशान्तिमापद्यन्ते, यथा वनस्पतेर्मूले छिन्नेस्कन्धशाखाप्ररोहकुसुमफलपलाशादीनां नियतो विनाशस्तद्वत् ||१३||

sanskrit

[Management principles of vata disorders] The vitiated vata should be managed by drugs with a sweet, sour or saline taste, and various unctuous and hot therapeutics procedures such as oleation, fomentation, inhalation, diet, massage, unction, effusion, non-unctuous and unctuous enema, etc. The administered drugs or procedures should have anti-vataja properties and must be administered in appropriate dose and time. Amongst all the above mentioned procedures non-unctuous and unctuous enema are regarded as the most effective forms of treatment for the management of vataja vyadhi because enema enters the colon quickly and strikes at the very root of the vitiated vata. Thus, when vata is overcome in the colon, the disorders of vata in other parts of the body are automatically alleviated like the tree when cut at the root results in the automatic destruction of the trunk, branches, sprouts, flowers, fruits, leaves etc.

english translation

taM madhurAmlalavaNasnigdhoSNairupakramairupakrameta,snehasvedAsthApanAnuvAsananastaHkarmabhojanAbhyaGgotsAdanapariSekAdibhirvAtaharairmAtrAM kAlaM ca pramANIkRtya;tatrAsthApanAnuvAsanaM tu khalu sarvatropakramebhyo vAte pradhAnatamaM manyante bhiSajaH, taddhyAdita eva pakvAzayamanupravizya kevalaMvaikArikaM vAtamUlaM chinatti; tatrAvajite'pi vAte zarIrAntargatA vAtavikArAH prazAntimApadyante, yathA vanaspatermUle chinneskandhazAkhAprarohakusumaphalapalAzAdInAM niyato vinAzastadvat ||13||

hk transliteration