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LAKSHANA

Jwara – fever,

Vyatha – worries

Manodainya – mental debility, depression

Vid bheda – diarrhoea, IBS

Agnivadha – lack of hunger, absence of digestion strength.

While coughing, the patient spits out phlegm which is Dushta (putrid), Shyava (gray coloured sputum), Durgandha (foul smelling), Peeta (yellow) and Vigrathita (knotty), in large quantities along with blood.

The person suffering from Kshatakseena becomes excessively emaciated due to further wastage of semen and Ojas (vital essence).  

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NIDANA

1. Straining in excess with a bow. Injury due to continuous use of bow

2. Bhara – Lifting heavy weight.

3. Falling while walking over uneven place or from high altitudes

4. Fighting with stronger persons

5. Stopping an enraged bull, stallion or any other strong animals requiring control

6. Throwing heavy stone, wooden blocks or equipments made of stone

7. Killing powerful animals

8. Reciting scriptures, verses on a very high tone

9. Walking for long distances, walking too fast

10. Crossing a big river by swimming

11. Running along with a running horse

12. Sudden high and long jump

13. Practising violent dance for a long time and

14. Being excessively injured by other violent and cruel acts.

Kshataksheena is caused because of the above activities by a person who indulges too much in sexual activities, who takes dry food stuffs (causes Vata increase), who takes less food at irregular intervals.

These activities lead to exertion in such a person and leads to injury of chest and lungs.  

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PURVARUPA

Less manifested symptoms constitute premonitory signs and symptoms in Kshataksheena.

If there is Kshata (Injury) patient exhibit below symptoms.

Uroruk – Pain in the chest,

Shonitachardi – Blood- vomiting and

Kasa – Cough are specially manifested, and

If there is Ksaya (diminution of tissue elements), then

Sa raktamutratva – Heamaturia and

ParshvaPrsthakatigraha – Stiffness of the sides of tissue elements, chest, back and lumbar region are specially manifested.  

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SAMPRAPTI

Nidana sevana-> tridosha prakopa -> vaksha pradesha pravesha-> tivra pida->parshvshula & ratastivana->fuffush me kshat-> sukra-oja kshaya->kshat-sheena

Because of the above mentioned causative factors,

The chest gets broken, punctured and cracked;

Sides of the chest get pressed and

Pravepana -emaciation with tremor in limbs.

Gradually it leads to

Veeryahani – loss of potency, loss of fertility

Balahani – loss of strength and immunity

Varnahani – loss of complexion

Ruchihani – Loss of taste, anorexia

Agnihani – loss of digestion strength.

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SAMPRAPTI GHATAKA

DOSHA- tridosha

DUSHYA- rasadi datu

ADHISTHANA- vaksha pradesha

SHROTAS- prana & raktvaha

SVABHAVA- daruna

SADHYA ASADHYATVA – PROGNOSIS:

If the signs and symptoms are manifested in lesser quantities, if the power of digestion (of the patient) is strong, if the patient has good strength and if the disease is new (freshly occurred), then it is curable.

If the disease lasts for more than a year, then it is Yapya (palliable – Cannot be completely cured).

If all the signs and symptoms of the disease are simultaneously manifested, then such a patient should not be treated, because the condition is incurable.  

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TREATMENT BASED ON SYMPTOMS: 

If there is fresh injury to the chest, the patient is given:

Laksha (lac – Lacciferlacca) along with milk and honey

After Laksha is digested, digested, he is given food along with milk and sugar.

If there is Parshvabastiruja (pain in the sides of the chest or in kidney region) and if there is Alpa Pitta, Agni [less of Pitta and digestion strength], then the patient is given

Laksha (lac) along with Sura (alcoholic Drink)

If there is diarrhoea, then patient is given

Laksha (lac) along with Musta (Cyperusrotundus), Tinisha, Patha (Cissampelosparriera) and Vatsaka (Wrightiaantidysenterica).

If the patient has strong digestion strength, then he is given

Milk cooked with Laksha (Lac), ghee, bee’s wax, drugs belonging to Jeevaniya group, sugar and Tavakksiri.

For the healing of injury, the patient should take

Milk boiled with Ikshuvalika, Bisagranthi (lotus stalk knot), Padma Kesara (Lotus stamen) and Chandana (Sandalwood), by adding honey.

If there is fever and burning sensation in the body, then the patient is given

Barley powder cooked with milk and added with ghee

Alternatively, such a patient should take sugar, honey and Saktu (roasted corn- flour) mixed with milk.

If the patient is suffering from cough and pain in the sides of the chest as well as bones, then he should take

Linctus prepared of the powder of Madhuka– Licorice, Draksha – Raisin, Tavaksheeri, pippali – Piper nigrum and Bala – Country mallow (root) mixed with ghee and honey.

ELADI GUTIKA

1/2 Aksha of each of

Ela – Elattariacardamum,

Patra – CinnamomumtamalaNees and Eberum

Tvak,

1/2 Pala of Pippali – Piper nigrum,

1 pala each of

Sita – white variety of Cynodondactylon

Madhuka– Licorice – Glycyrrhizaglabra

Kharjura – Phoenix sylvestris and

Mrudvika – Vitisvinifera is made to a powder.

This powder is added with honey to make a paste.

From out of this paste, pills of 1 Aksa each are prepared. 1 such pill is taken every day.

It is indicated in –

Kasa – cough, Shwasa – Asthma, Jvara – fever, Hikka – hiccup, Chardi – vomiting, Murccham – fainting, Raktanisthivanam – hemoptysis, Trushna – morbid thirst, Parshvashula – pain in the sides of the chest, Aruchi – anorexia, Sosha – consumption, Pliha – splenic enlargement, Adhyavata – Rheumatic disorders, Svarabhedam – hoarseness of voice, Ksata – Injury to the chest, Ksaya – diminution of tissue elements and, Raktapitta – condition characterised by bleeding from different parts of the body.

This pill is improves energy and acts as aphrodisiac. [21-24]

Treatment of Excessive Bleeding

If there is excessive bleeding (hemoptysis), then the patient should eat eggs of Daksha (wild hen) along with juice (vegetable soup) or water.

He may also take the soup of the eggs of sparrow or (preparations) of the blood of goat or wild animals (like deer, etc).

The patient having hemoptysis (blood spitting) should take the powder of Punarnava, red variety of Shali rice and sugar cooked along with grape juice, milk and ghee.  

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SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT 

Milk is boiled the paste of Madhuka– Licorice and madhuka – Madhukalongifolia. With this milk, Tanduliyaka is cooked – useful in hemoptysis – blood spitting from mouth.

If there is Mudhavata (muscle cramping), the patient should take the fat of goat fried with Sura type of alcohol and mixed with Saindhava – rock salt.

If the patient is weak, emaciated and has chest injury, sleeplessness and excessive aggravation of Vata, then he should take goat’s fat boiled with the cream of milk and added with honey, ghee and sugar.

If the patient is emaciated, having injury in the chest and diminution of body tissues, he is given sugar, barley, wheat, Jivaka – Malaxisacuminata, Rishabhaka – Manilkarahexandra and honey in a linctus form. This potion promotes muscle tissue and blood.

The patient having injury to the chest and diminution of semen, should eat Shali – rice mixed with ghee prepared with milk boiled with Nyagrodha (Ficusbenghalensis), Udumbara (Ficusracemosa), Ashvattha(Ficusreligiosa), Plaksa, Sala( Shorearobusta) Priyangu (Callicaramacrophylla), Tuft of Tala, Bark of Jambu(Syzygiumcumini), Priyala (Buchananialanzan), Padmaka – Prunuscerasoides and Asvakarna. 

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SODHANA CHIKITSA AND AUSHADHI 

SODHAN IS CONTRAINDICATED

1. YASTVAHVADI GHRITA

Ghee is cooked with equal quantity of milk, decoction of Madhuyasti (licorice) and Nagabala [4 times of ghee in total of ghee]. This medicated ghee is useful in the treatment of Kshata (injury to the chest).

2. KOLADI GHRITA

Similarly, ghee is cooked with the decoction of Kola (ber fruit) and Laksha[4 times in total of ghee], 8 times of milk, and the paste of the bark of Katvanga, bark of Darvi, bark of Kutaja – Connessi (Holarrhenaantidysenterica Wall.) and fruit of Kutaja – Connessi (Holarrhenaantidysenterica Wall.) 1/4th fourth in total of ghee This medicated ghee is useful in the treatment of Kshata (injury to the chest) [27-34]

3. AMRUTA PRASHA GHRITA

2 Prasthas of ghee is cooked with 2 Prasthas each of

Juice of Dhatri

Juice of Vidari (Ipomoea paniculata / Puerariatuberosa),

Sugarcane juice

Soup of the meat of the goat

Milk and

1 Karsha each of the paste of Jivaka – Malaxisacuminata, Rishabhaka – Manilkarahexandra, Veera – Desmodiumgangeticum, Jivanti – Leptadeniareticulata, Nagara – Zingiberofficinale, Shati – Hedychium spicatum, Shalaparni – Desmodiumgangeticum, Prishniparni – Urariapicta

Mashaparni – Teramnuslabialis, Mudgaparni – Vignatrilobata, Meda – Polygonatumcirrhifolium, Mahameda – Polygonatumcirrhifolium, Kakoli – Fritillariaroylei, Ksheerakakoli – Liliumpolyphyllum, Kantakari – Solanumxanthocarpum, Brihati – Solanumindicum, Sveta Punarnava – Boerhaviadiffusa, Raktapunarnava — Boerhaviadiffusa, Madhuka– Licorice – Glycyrrhizaglabra, Atmagupta – Mucunapruriens, Shatavari – Asparagus racemosus, Riddhi – Habenaria intermedia, Parushaka – Grewiaasiatica

Bharngi – Clerodendrumserratum, Mrudvika – Vitisvinifera, Brhati – Solanumindicum, Shringataka – Trapanatans, Tamalaki – Bhuiamla, Payasya (Ksheeravidari), Pippali – Long pepper fruit – Piper longum, Badara – Zizyphus jujube,, Akshota – Juglansregia, Kharjura – Phoenix sylvestris, Vatama, Abhisuka (Pishta) and

Such other fruits (which are alleviators of Vata and Pitta)

After cooking, when the recipe is cooled,

1 Prastha (768 ml) of honey,

1/2 Tula (2.4 kg) of Sugar, and

The powder [2 karsha each] of

Patra – CinnamomumtamalaNees and Eberum. Ela (ElettariacardamomumMaton), Hema (Mesuaferrea), Tvak – Cinnamon and

Maricha – Black pepper is added to it.

This medicated ghee is taken by a person in appropriate dose regularly.

This is called ‘Amruta Prasaghritam’ and it is like ambrosia for human beings. This linctus is like Sudha (ambrosia worth the consumption of wordily creatures) and Amruta (nectar worth the consumption of the gods).

It is taken along with milk and meat soup.

It promotes

Nourishment of persons who had meat soup

Nourishment of persons, who had wasted semen

Who are suffering from phthisis

Who are weak

Who are emaciated because of chronic diseases

Who are cachectic and

Who have lost their complexion and voice

It cures

Kasa – cough, Hikka – hiccup, Jwara – fever, Svasa – Asthma, Daha – burning sensation, Trushna – morbid thirst, Rakta pitta – an ailment characterised by bleeding from different parts of the body

Chardi – vomiting, Bhrama – fainting, and Hrudivyadhi – diseases of the heart,

Female genital tract and urinary tract

It helps in the procreation of a male child. [35-43]

4. SVADAMSHTRADI GHRITA

1 Pala of each of

Svadamstra – Tribulusterrestris, Ushira – Vetiver – Vetiveriazizanioides, Manjistha – Rubiacordifolia, Bala – Country mallow (root) – Sidacordifolia

Kashmarya –Gmelinaarborea, Katruna – Cymbopogonschoenanthus

The root of Darbha – Demostachyabipinnata, PruthakParni, Palasa – Butea monosperma, Rishabhaka – Manilkarahexandra and Sthira – Desmodiumgangeticum is made to decoction.

2 Prasthas of ghee is mixed with the above mentioned decoction

8 Prasthas of milk, and the paste of

Svagupta – Mucunapruriens, Jivanti – Leptadeniareticulata, Meda – Polygonatumcirrhifolium, Rishabhaka – Manilkarahexandra, Jivaka – Malaxisacuminata, Shatavari – Asparagus racemosus, Riddhi, Mrdvika – Vitisvinfera, Sarkara – unrefined sugar, Shravani and  Bisa (lotus Stalk) [1/2 Prastha in total] and cooked

This medicated ghee cures:

Hruddrava (Palpitation of heart) caused by Vayu and Pitta

HrudayaShoola (pain in cardiac region) caused by Vata and Pitta

Mutrakrucchra (dysuria), piles, bronchitis, consumption and phthisis

It promotes strength and muscle tissues of persons emaciated because of indulgence in archery, women, alcoholic, caring heavy weight and walking a long distance. [44-47]

5. SAMASAKTU GHRITA

2 Prasthas of ghee is cooked by adding the decoction of

8 PalasMadhuka– Licorice – Glycyrrhizaglabra and

1 PrasthaDraksha – Raisin – Vitisvinifera and

8 Palas of paste of Pippali – Long pepper fruit – Piper longum

After it is cooked and cooled, 8 Palas of each of honey and sugar is added and mixed well

This medicated ghee is administered by adding Saktu (roasted barely flour) in equal quantity.

It is useful in the treatment of-

Ksataksina (Phthisis) and RaktaGulma (Phantom tutor in ladies resembling pregnancy). [48-49] 

SAINDHAVADI CHURNA

1 Pala each of Saindhava and sunthi

2 Palas of Sauvarchala

1 Kudava of Vrksamla (Dadima – Pomegranate)

1 Kuduva of leaf of Arjaka

1 Pala of Maricha – Black pepper fruit

1 Pala of Ajaji – cumin

2 Palas of Dhanyaka – coriander and

12 Palas of sugar is made to powders and mixed together.

In appropriate quantity, this powder is added to food and drinks.

It is appetizer, stimulant of digestion and promoter of strength; it cures pain in the sides of the chest, asthma and cough. [85-87]

SHADAVA

Powders of

1 Pala Dhanyaka

2 Pala Ajaji

2 Pala of Ajamoda

4 Palas of Dadima – Pomegranate – Punicagranatum

1 Pala of Sauvarchala (Black salt)

1 karsa of Sunti – Zingiberoffcinale

5 Palas of pulp of Kapittha (Feronia limonia) and

16 Palas of sugar is mixed together.

Like the earlier recipe, the present Sadava [delicious recipe having sweet and sour tastes] is administered along with food and drinks for the treatment of mandanala (suppression of the powder of digestion) and diarrhoea

It promoted the promotes the digestive power of patients suffering from tuberculosis [88-90]

NAGABALA KALPA

1/2 Karsha of the root (bark) of Nagabala (Grewiapopulifolia, Sidaspinosa, Urenalobata, Grewiahirsuta) is boiled with milk and given to the patient on the first day.

Thereafter, the powder of Nagabala- root- (bark) is increased by 1/2 Karsha every day, and given by boiling with milk.

On 8th day, the quantity of Nagabala- root will be 1 Pala (48 g).

Thereafter, the patient should continue to take this drug in the dose of 1 Pala for 1 month.

While taking this drug boiled milk, the patient should refrain from taking any cereals. Whenever he feels hungry, he should take only milk.

The recipe is excellent for the promotion of nourishment, longevity, strength and immunity to diseases.

In the above mentioned manner, Mandukaparni, Sunthi (ginger) and Madhuka– Licorice is administered for therapeutic effects described above. [91-92] 

SODHAN IS CONTRAINDICATED 

Diet and drink

Food and drinks which are nourishing, cooling, Vidahi (which do not cause burning sensation), wholesome and light, is used by the patient suffering from phthisis and who is desirous of regaining health.

With due regard to the Agni (digestion strength), nature of disease, wholesomeness and strength, the patient of Phthisis should resort to wholesome diet, and regimens prescribed for tuberculosis, Kasa (cough) and Raktapitta (a disease for characterised by bleeding from different parts of the body ). 

SARPIRGUDA (First recipe)

Ingredients to be cooked: 2 Prasthas of ghee is added with

2 Prasthas each of

Juice of Amalaki – Phyllanthusemblica

Vidari (Ipomoea paniculata / Puerariatuberosa) and Iksu – Sugar cane

Decoction of drugs belonging to Jivaniya group, Goat milk, Cow milk

After the cooking is over and the recipe is cooled

1 Prastha (768 g) of sugar and 2 prasthas of honey is added and mixed well.

This medicated ghee is useful in the treatment of Tuberculosis, Epilepsy,

Raktapitta (an ailment characterised by bleeding from different parts of the body), Prameha (obstinate urinary disorders including diabetes) and Kshaya (consumption)

It prevents Ageing, Promotes longevity and

Endows the person with muscle tissue, semen as well as strength

If the diseases are caused by excess of pitta, then this recipe is used as linctus.

If however, the diseases are caused by the excess of Vayu, then it should be taken as a drink.

When this medicated ghee is used (licked) in the form of a linctus, it alleviates Pitta. Since it is in small quantity, it however, doesn’t suppress the Agni (power of digestion).

When it is used in the form of a drink, at alleviated Vata and obstructs heat.

This and such others medicated ghee is made to a thick paste by adding the powder of Tvakksiri, sugar and Laja (fried paddy) which is then be given to persons who are tired, weak and emaciated.

This and such other recipes of Sapirguda [recipes of medicated ghee in which sugar, honey etc, are added] is added with honey (which is equal in quantity with the powder of Tvakksiri, etc) and taken. Thereafter, the patient should drink milk. This instantaneously promotes semen, potency, strength and nourishment. [50-55]

SARPIRGUDA (SECOND RECIPE)

1 Pala of each of these drugs is made to a decoction:

Bala – Country mallow (root) – Sidacordifolia

Vidari (Ipomoea paniculata / Puerariatuberosa)

HrsvaPanchamula (Shalaparni, Prishnaparni – Urariapicta, Brihati – Solanumindicum, Kavtakari and Goksura – Tribulusterrestris)

Punarnava – Boerhaviadiffusa

And the Sungas (terminal buds) of five Ksirivrksha (Nyagarodha – Ficusbengalensis, Udumbara – Ficusracemosa, Asvatha – Ficusreligiosa, Madhuka– Licorice – Glycyrrhizaglabra and Plaksa)

To this

2 parts milk

1 part juice of Vidari (Ipomoea paniculata / Puerariatuberosa),

1 part soup of goat meat,

2 Adhakas ghee [in the text, actually 1 Adhaka is mentioned. But in practice, it is to be taken double the quantity according to the general rule (Praibhasa)], and

1 Aksa each of paste of drugs belonging to Jivaniya group is added and cooked.

When it is well cooked and cooled 32 Palas of Sugar is added

Thereafter, 1 Kudava of each of the powder of

Godhuma – wheat – Triticumsativum

Pippali – Long pepper fruit – Piper longum

VamsaLocana, Srngataka and Honey is added

All of them are stirred with the help of a stirrer (Khaja)

When it becomes dense, cakes (Sarpirgudas) is prepared and each of them is wrapped with Bhurjapatra (thin barks of Bhuja tree)

Having taken this cake 1 Pala in weight, the patient should take milk or alcohol as post- prandial drink.

These are useful in the treatment phthisis.

These are also useful for persons who are

Emaciated because of excessive exertion,

Over – indulgence in sex and

Exhaustion by lifting excessive weight

These cakes are efficacious in the treatment of

Rakta-Nisthivana — Hemoptysis

Daha -Burning sensation

Pinasa – chronic rhinitis having residual infection in the chest

Parshvashoola — pain in the sides of the chest

Shirashoola – headache

Svarabheda – hoarseness of voice and

Varna nasha – loss of complexion [56-61]

SARPIRGUDAH (THIRD RECIPE)

1 Pala of each of Tavaksheeri, Sravani (Muditika) – sphaeranthusindicus, Draksha – Raisin – Vitisvinifera, Murva – Marsedeniatenacissima, Rishabhaka, Jivaka – Malaxisacuminata, Virakanda (Vidari (Ipomoea paniculata / Puerariatuberosa), Riddhi, Ksheerakakoli – Liliumpolyphyllum, Brihati – Solanumindicum, Kapikacchu – Mucunapruriens, Fruit of kharjura – Phoenix sylvestris and Meda is made to a paste by triturating with milk.

To this paste 2 prasthas of each of these are cooked together:

Juice of Dhatri

Juice of Vidari (Ipomoea paniculata / Puerariatuberosa)

Sugarcane juice and Ghee

After the ghee is well cooked and cooled:

1/2 Tula of sugar and

1 Prastha of honey is added, out of which cakes (Sarpirgudas) is prepared.

These cakes cure Kasa — cough, Hikka – hiccup, Jwara – fever, Yakshma – tuberculosis, Shvasa – bronchial asthma

Rakta Pitta – an ailment characterised by bleeding from different parts of the body Halimaka – a serious type of jaundice, ShukraKsaya – diminution of semen, oligospermia, Nidranasa-Insomnia, Trushna – morbid thirst, Karshya – emaciation and Kamala – Jaundice [in translation, liquids, ghee and honey are taken double the prescribed quantity according rules (Paribhasa),] [62-65]

SARPIRGUDA (FOURTH RECIPE)

All these drugs is made to powders: 10 palas of each of

Freshly collected and dried Amalaki – Phyllanthusemblica

Draksha – Raisin – Vitisvinifera

Atmagupta – Mucunapruriens

Punarnava – Boerhaviadiffusa

Shatavari – Asparagus racemosus

Vidari – Ipomoea paniculata / Puerariatuberosa

Samanga – Rubiacordifolia

Pippali – Long pepper fruit – Piper longum

8 Palas of Nagara – Zingiberofficinale

1 Pala of Madhuyasti – Licorice

1 Pala sauvarcala And

2 Palas of Maricha – Black pepper fruit – piper nigrum

2 Adhakas each of Milk

TilaTaila – sesame oil Ghee and 100 Palas of Sugar is cooked together.

Thereafter, the above mentioned powders is added be prepared.

These cakes are taken by persons suffering from phthisis and consumption.

Intake of these cakes instantaneously promotes tissue elements like Rasa (Chyle) etc, as a result of which the individual gets nourished. [66-69]

SARPIRMODAKAH (FIFTH RECIPE)

1 Adhaka of Cow’s milk

2 Prasthas ghee

2 Adhakas Sugarcane Juice

2 Prasthas Juice of Vidari and

2 Prasthas soup of the meat of Tittiri is cooked together

During the final stage of cooking

1 Kudava each of

Paste of Madhuka– Licorice – Glycyrrhizaglabra Puspa, Priyala (Buchananialanzan), ½ kudavaTugaksiri

20 fruits of kharjura

20 fruits bibhitaki

1 palaPippali – Long pepper fruit – Piper longum

30 Palas Sugar

1 KarsaMadhuka– Licorice – Glycyrrhizaglabra and

1/2 Pala Drugs belonging to Jivaniya group each is added.

The above mentioned drugs are made to a paste by triturating with sugar cane juice before adding to the recipe.

After the recipe is fully cooked and cooled, 2 kudavas of honey is added.

From out of this, Modakas 1 Pala of the powder of Maricha – Black pepper fruit and Ajaji (cumin) are sprinkled.

These Modakas cures, Vatasruk (gout)

Diseases caused by Pitta, Phthisis, Cough and Kshaya – body tissue depletion.

These are useful for persons suffering from emaciation, who are reduced of semen, whose blood is locked up in the chest, who are thin, weak and old, and also for those desires of having nourishment, complexion and strength.

These Modakas are also useful for ladies suffering from exudations through the vitiated genital tract, who ring from exudations through the vitiated genital tract, who desire conception and who suffer from miscarriages and death of the fetus in womb. By the use of these pills, ladies are endowed with auspiciousness strength and wholesomeness. These are promoters of Shukra (sperm) and Shonita (ovum) [70-77]

RECIPES

In persons indulging in women, [vitiated] Vata afflicts Bestrides (Pelvic region). To such patients, recipes which are alleviators of Vayu, prompters of nourishment and aphrodisiacs are to be administered.

Sugar, powder of Pippali – Long pepper fruit – Piper longum, ghee and or honey is added to milk and given to patient to drink for the cure of cough and fever.

These ingredients can be added to milk after or before boiling, appropriately. Whenever honey is to be used, it is added to the milk when it is boiled and cooled.

Phalamla is fried in ghee and boiled with the juice of Vidari (Ipomoea paniculata / Puerariatuberosa) and sugarcane.

The vegetable soup, thus prepared, is useful for a patient who is emaciated because of the excessive indulgence in women this is an excellent recipe for the promotion of longevity and nourishment.

Roasted barley flour is sieved through a cloth, and Mantha (thin gruel) is prepared out of it. This gruel is added with honey and ghee, and given to a patient suffering from phthisis, provided that he is accustomed to taken barley as one of the ingredients of the food and if he has strong of digestion.

Alternatively, meat of animals of arid zone (Jangala) is boiled with drugs belonging to Jivaniya group. The meat soup, thus prepared, should be sizzled with ghee, added, with sugar and used as a dish (Vyanjana) for a patient suffering from phthisis.

Boiled barley is given to a patient suffering from phthisis along with milk of she- buffalo, mare, she – elephant and she -goat or with meat soup or with vegetable soup or with Phalamla sizzled with ghee.

The above mentioned recipes are given to patient having strong power of digestion. If power of digestion is suppressed, then the patient should given recipes which are stimulants of digestion (Dipana) and carminative (Pacana). If there is Diarrhoea in a patient suffering from phthisis, then the bowel binding recipes prescribed for the treatment of tuberculosis (Chapter 8) is used. [78-84]

RASODHI/BHASMA/PISTI-(120-250MG WITH MADHU/USHNODAKA)

- Bol parpati-(bol,parad,gandhak)

- Bol babadda rasa-(bol,parad,gandhak,nagkesar)

- Raktpittank rasa-(abhrak,svanmakshik,parad,gandhak,hartal)

- Chandanadi loha-(raktchandan,netravala,patha,khash,pippali,loha bhasma)

VATI-(250-500MG WITH USHNA JALA)

- Eladi vati-(ela,dalcheeni,tejpatra,mulethi,kharjura)

CURNA-(3-6GM WITH MADHU/USHNODAKA)

- Lakshadi curna-(laksha)

- Ushiradi curna-(usheera)

- Madhukadi curna-(mahua,mulethi,draksha)

KAVATH/ASAV/ARISHTA-(20-40ML WITH SAMABHAG WATER)

- Usheerasava-(usheer,chandan,nagkesar)

- Chandanasava-(svetachandan,raktachandan,madhuk,dhataki,guda)

- Draksharista

- kharjurasava

GHRITA(20-30ML WITH USHNODAKA)

- Jeevantyadi ghrita-(jeevanti,mulethi,manukka,indrayava,pushkermula)

- Amritaprashaghrita-(jeevak,hrishbhak,musali,jeevanti,sunth,ghrita)

AVLEHA/PAKA(20GM WITH DUGHDHA)

- Drakshavaleh-(draksha,kharjura,haritaki)

- Kharjuravaleha-(kharjura,draksha,pippali)

- Sarpi guda-(amlaki,vidarikanda,ikshu,goghrita,godugdha,mishri,madhu)

RASAYANA-(20GM DUGDHA)

- Chywanprasha Rasayana-(Dashmula,Amlaki,Kuth,Pushkarmula)