Charak Samhita

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श्लेष्मजाः क्षीरगुडतिलमत्स्यानूपमांसपिष्टान्नपरमान्नकुसुम्भस्नेहाजीर्णपूतिक्लिन्नसङ्कीर्णवि -रुद्धा सात्म्यभोजनसमुत्थानाः; तेषामामाशयः स्थानं, ते प्रवर्धमानास्तूर्ध्वमधो वा विसर्पन्त्युभयतोवा; संस्थानवर्णविशेषास्तु- श्वेताः पृथुब्रध्नसंस्थानाः केचित्, केचिद्वृत्तपरिणाहा गण्डूपदाकृतयः श्वेतास्ताम्रावभासाश्च, केचिदणवो दीर्घास्तन्त्वाकृतयः श्वेताः; तेषां त्रिविधानां श्लेष्मनिमित्तानां क्रिमीणां नामानि- अन्त्रादाः, उदरादाः, हृदयचराः , चुरवः, दर्भपुष्पाः, सौगन्धिकाः, महागुदाश्चेति; प्रभावो- हृल्लासः, आस्यसंस्रवणम्, अरोचकाविपाकौ, ज्वरः, मूर्च्छा, जृम्भा, क्षवथुः, आनाहः, अङ्गमर्दः, छर्दिः कार्श्यं, पारुष्यं, चेति ||१२||

sanskrit

[Shleshmaja krimi (parasites in mucus and other fluids)] The parasites growing due to the vitiation of shleshma may be caused due to food consisting of milk, jaggery, sesame, flesh of marshy animals, (rice) flour preparations, rice cooked in milk, oil of kusumbha (safflower-Schleichera oleosa), uncooked, putrefied, stale, infected, antagonistic and unsuitable items; Their habitat is in amashaya (stomach and duodenum); when developed they move upwards or downwards or both ways; These shlaishmika krimis on the basis of morphology and color are of three types- 1. Those which are white, broad and like a tape. 2. Those which are round like earthworms and white & coppery tinge in color; 3. Others which are small, like long thread and white; These three types of worms can have the names like -antrada (damaging intestines), udarada (damaging abdomen), hridayachara (moving in the cardiac area), curu, darbhapushpa (like the flowers of darbha), saugandhika (having specific smell), mahaguda(which reside in gastrointestinal tract); They may produce symptoms like- nausea, excessive salivation, anorexia, indigestion, fever, fainting, yawning, sneezing, constipation, body-ache, vomiting, emaciation and roughness.

english translation

zleSmajAH kSIraguDatilamatsyAnUpamAMsapiSTAnnaparamAnnakusumbhasnehAjIrNapUtiklinnasaGkIrNavi -ruddhA sAtmyabhojanasamutthAnAH; teSAmAmAzayaH sthAnaM, te pravardhamAnAstUrdhvamadho vA visarpantyubhayatovA; saMsthAnavarNavizeSAstu- zvetAH pRthubradhnasaMsthAnAH kecit, kecidvRttapariNAhA gaNDUpadAkRtayaH zvetAstAmrAvabhAsAzca, kecidaNavo dIrghAstantvAkRtayaH zvetAH; teSAM trividhAnAM zleSmanimittAnAM krimINAM nAmAni- antrAdAH, udarAdAH, hRdayacarAH , curavaH, darbhapuSpAH, saugandhikAH, mahAgudAzceti; prabhAvo- hRllAsaH, AsyasaMsravaNam, arocakAvipAkau, jvaraH, mUrcchA, jRmbhA, kSavathuH, AnAhaH, aGgamardaH, chardiH kArzyaM, pAruSyaM, ceti ||12||

hk transliteration