Sushruta Samhita

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तत्र प्रथममेव कुष्ठिनं स्नेहपानविधानेनोपपादयेत् | मेषशृङ्गीश्वदंष्ट्राशार्ङ्गेष्टागुडूचीद्विपञ्चमूलीसिद्धं तैलं घृतं वा वातकुष्ठिनां पानाभ्यङ्गयोर्विदध्यात्, धवाश्वकर्णककुभपलाशपिचुमर्दपर्पटकमधुकरोध्रसमङ्गासिद्धं सर्पिः पित्तकुष्ठिनां, प्रियालशालारग्वधनिम्बसप्तपर्णचित्रकमरिचवचाकुष्ठसिद्धं श्लेष्मकुष्ठिनां भल्लातकाभयाविडङ्गसिद्धं वा, सर्वेषां तुवरकतैलं भल्लातकतैलं वेति ||७||

sanskrit

First, a person afflicted with skin diseases should be administered unctuous substances following the method of oleation. For patients with Vata-type skin diseases, oil or ghee prepared with ingredients like meshashringi, shvadanstra, sharngesha, guduchi, and dvipanchamula should be given for internal intake and external massage. For patients with Pitta-type skin diseases, ghee prepared with ingredients like dhava, ashvakarna, kakubha, palasha, pichumarda, parpataka, madhuka, lodhra, and samanga should be administered. For patients with Kapha-type skin diseases, ghee prepared with ingredients like priyala, shala, aragvadha, nimba, sapta-parna, chitraka, maricha, vacha, and kushta, or ghee prepared with bhallataka, abhaya, and vidanga should be used. For all types, oil made from tuvaraka or bhallataka can also be used.

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hindi translation

tatra prathamameva kuSThinaM snehapAnavidhAnenopapAdayet | meSazRGgIzvadaMSTrAzArGgeSTAguDUcIdvipaJcamUlIsiddhaM tailaM ghRtaM vA vAtakuSThinAM pAnAbhyaGgayorvidadhyAt, dhavAzvakarNakakubhapalAzapicumardaparpaTakamadhukarodhrasamaGgAsiddhaM sarpiH pittakuSThinAM, priyAlazAlAragvadhanimbasaptaparNacitrakamaricavacAkuSThasiddhaM zleSmakuSThinAM bhallAtakAbhayAviDaGgasiddhaM vA, sarveSAM tuvarakatailaM bhallAtakatailaM veti ||7||

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