171 - Diseases 

Dhanvantari said: 

1. O Suśhruta, please listen. I shall explain the remedial measures for fistula sinus and other disorders. A sinus should first be surgically operated, and treatment proceeded with as in other wounds. 

2. A fistula, sinus, colic etc, can be cured by the medicated ghee with equal quantities of Guggulu, Triphala and Vyoșha. 

3. The oil extracted from the juice of Nirgundi is a cure for sinuses and malignant ulcers. By drinking, smearing or administering as errhine this oil is efficacious in Pamá Scabies, 

4. Pills made of Guggulu, Triphala and Krishņā in the proportion of 3:5:1 are wholesome for those who suffer from oldema, enlarged spleen, piles and fistula in ano. 

5. In the cutting of veins in the middle of the penis the purity of the locality and in syphilis avoidance of suppuration should be maintained carefully-otherwise the penis may slough off. 

6. A decoction of Patola, Nimba, Bhūnimba and Cudúchi drunk with Guggulu and Khadira dispels syphilis. 

7. Charred ashes of Triphala burnt in an ironpan made into a paste with honey must be smeared on the sores in syphilis. The sores will heal instantaneously. 

8. A medicated ghee cooked with decoction and residue of Triphala, Nimba, Bhūnimba, Karañja, Khadira, etc. is highly efficacious in syphilis. 

9-10. On locating the fracture of a bone, it shall be first washed with cold water. Then it must be plastered with clay and bound with Darbha grass. The diet of the patient must be black gram meat, ghee, milk and a soup of gingelly sceds. Restorative and constructive diet and drink should be given to him. 

11. Let the patient be on a diet of garlic, honey, fried grain water and sugar residue. Broken, cut or dislodged bones will be set right instantaneously. 

12. Equal parts of Ashvattha, Triphala and Vyoshå should be added to Guggulu of the same quantity in the aggregate. Application of this heals fractures of bones and joints. 

13-14. Emetics, purgatives and bleeding are to be employed in all forms of Kuşhtha. A decoction of Vacha, Väsă, Patolā and the barks of Nimba and Phali¹ should be drunk with honey as it is constructive and dispels Väyu. The purgative is by means of Trivrut, Danti and Triphala. 

            1, - synonym of p. iyangu. 

15. Oil medicated with Manahshila and Marica dispels Kuşhtha. In all forms of Kuşhtha the above oil should be applied. The patient must take five kinds of myrobalans and rice with treacle. 

16. Plastering with Karañja and Tagara soaked in cow's urine as well as rubbing with Karavīra after applying oil dispels Kuşhtha. 

17. A paste of Haridra, Malaya, Räsnä, Gudúchi, Tagara Aragvadha and Karanja applied over the body removes all kinds of Kuşhthas. 

18. A paste of Manahshila, Vidanga, Väguji, Sarşhapa and Karanji soaked in cow's urine removes Kuşhtha and the body shines like the sun. 

19. Plastering with Vidanga, Aidavacha², Kuşhtha, Nišha, Sindhūttha and Sarshapa soaked in water and cow's urine removes ring worm and other cutaneous affections. 

2. --Perhaps Airavati, said to be a synonym of nagabala (GVDB) p. 60). 

20. Prapunnátaka¹ seeds, Dhåtri, Sarjarasa², and Snuhi soaked in Sauvira urine can be applied as an unguent in ring worm. 

            1. Perhaps prapunnata, a synonym of Chakramarda.

2. A synonym of devadhúpa.

21. Aragvadha leaves are to be ground into paste with Aranala. This removes ring worm, Kittima, Kuşhtha and Psoriasis. 

22. Väguji taken hot with milk dispels Kuşhtha, Gingelly seeds, ghi, Triphala, honey, Vyoșhă, Bhallata and sugar taken in equal parts act as aphrodisiac. They are conducive to increase brain power and dispel Kuşhtha of persons who err due to lust. 

23. Powdered Vidanga, Triphala and Krishna with honey will be a good leha (lambative) in these ailments: -Kuşhtha, worms, Diabetes, sinuses and fistula in ano. 

24. He who eats for a month Nisha and Amalaka with Abhayårişhța will conquer Kuşhtha thereafter. There is no doubt. 

25. Ashes of Mango and Khadira sprouts burnt in a pot and pasted with Akşha juice, Dhätri juice, and honey is rejuvinating and dispels Kuşhtha. 

26. By drinking the decoction of Dhátri and Khadira along with Väguji one can remove quickly leucoderma as white as conch and the moon. There is no doubt. 

27. The patient will conquer leprosy by drinking the oil extracted from Bhallataka within a month. Khadira water taken with other beverages conquers Kuşhtha. 

28-30. The medicated ghi cooked with Vāsā, Gudüchi, Triphala, Patola, Karanjaka, Nimba, Ashana³ and Krishna Vetra decoction and residue dispels Kushtha like Vajra the thunderbolt of Indra. The patient lives for a hundred years. 

            3. Identity not clear. 

31. Juice of Durvā grass is to be cooked with four times of oil. Taking bath after smearing with this oil removes all skin diseases such as itches, Pamá, Vicharchikå and Kacchū. 

32. Oil duly cooked with the drugs, bark of Druma, Arka, Kushtha, Lavana, Chitraka and Gandirikā with cow's urine removes Kuşhtha and all sorts of ulcers. 

33. Dhātri, Nimbaphala and Chitraka soaked in cow's urine removes itches. A decoction of Vasă, Amrutå, Parpatika, Nimba, Bhūnimba, Märkara, Triphala and Kulattha taken with honey cure Amlapitta (Acidity). 

34. Triphala, Patola and Tikta cooked into a decoction and drunk with sugar and Yaşhtimadhu is a sure remedy for fever, vomiting and acidity. 

35. Ghi cooked duly with any of the drugs: Väsa, Tikta, or Pippali or Guda-kūşhmāņda can be used to remove acidity. 

36. Pippali with honey dispels acidity. A confection made of Pathya, Pippali and jaggery dispels disorders of Kapha and impaired digestion. 

37. Grind together Ajājī¹ and Dhanyākå and cook them well in a prastha of ghi. Duly taken, this removes disorders of Kapha and Pitta, non relish for food, impaired digestion and vomiting. 

            1. A synonym of jiraka. 

38. A decoction made of Pippali, Amruta, Bhūnimba, Vasakärishta, Parpața, and Khadirårişhta removes fever with acute pain and carbuncle. 

39. Ghi cooked with Triphala juice and Trivrută shall be administered as a purgative to quell fever with erysipelas. 

40. A decoction known as Aşhțaka-kvåtha (Eight drugged) is prepared with the eight drugs: Khadira the three myrobalans, Arişhta, Patola, Amruta and Vasaka, and it conquers Romantika (Measles) and Masūrikā (smallpox). 

41. The above decoction dispels Kuşhtha, Visarupa (Erysipelas), Visphota (carbuncle) and scratching sensation. Dusting the powder of Lasūna cures the skin disease called Mashaka. 

42. In case Charmakila begins to fade and decay and in Maśhaka and Tilakálaka (dark spots and sabaceous growths) first scarify them with the surgical knife and cauterise with fire or alkalis without leaving even a bit. 

43. A paste of Patola and Nili dispels the ailment Jalagardabha. Oil cooked with Gunjă fruits and juice of Bhrunga raja removes itches and Käpålakushtha. 

44. The pulp of the seed of mango fruits cooked with Triphală, Nila, Bhrungarăjaka, Lauhachũrna and Käñjika turns the hair deep black. 

45 Take two prasthas of kşhiri, isha and Arka leaves well squeezed into juice with a pala of Madhuka. Cook all well in a Kudava of oil. This is efficacious in preventing hair from turning grey due to old age. 

46-47. In stomatitis, gargling with Triphalá is very effective. Chamber soot nitrate of potash, Patha, Vyoșhå and Rasanjana too can be used for such gargles. Well powdered Lodhra, Triphala and Chitrak should be held in the mouth with honey for dispelling ailments of throat and teeth. 

48. An astringent decoction named Pañchapallavaka is very efficacious in diseases of the mouth. They are the sprouts of Patola, Nimba, Jambira, Amra and Mälati. 

49. The juice of Lashuna, Ardraka, Shigru, Paruli, Mülaka and Kadali made lukewarm forms a good eardrop in ear troubles. 

50. In Otorrhoea with acute pain and a humming sound, powdered rock salt dissolved in the juice of the leaves of Snuhi and made slightly warm is very effective. 

51. In acute otitis, oil cooked in the juice of the leaves of Jåti is efficacious. In earache Shunthi oil or mustard oil, slightly warm, shall be poured into the ears. 

52. Milk cooked in Pañchamüli juice, Chitraka, Haritaki, Ghi and jaggery. This soup called Sadanga (Six ingredients) Yûşha quells chatarrh. 

53. Diseases of the eyes, diseases of the stomach, cold (catarrh), ulcers, and fever--these five ailments subside in five days by fasting. 

54. The juice of Dhåtri poured into the eyes cures the inflammation in the area. A paste of Shigru, Därvi, Rasáñjana and rocksålt in honey when applied over the eyes also serves the purpose. 

55. Powdered Haridrá, Däru, Sindhūttha, Rasáñjana and Gairika applied round the eyes removes eye troubles. 

56. Abhayā fried in ghi and Triphala soaked in water when applied around the eyes removes eye troubles. Shunthi, Nimbadala powdered with very little rock salt can be applied to the eyes to remove small eruptions, itching sensations and pain. 

57. One part of Abhayā with two parts of Akşha and four parts of Amruta well boiled can be used as decoction or pasted with honey and ghee can be used as a lambative (Avaleha) to cure eye pains. 

58. Sticks or wicks made of Chandana, Triphala, Pūga¹ Palāśha and Tarumülaka dissolved in water cure all types of Timira. 

            1. Areca catechu.

59. Marica ground to paste in curd, forms a good collyrium to cure night blindness. Ghi with milk well cooked with Triphala decoction and residue when drunk at night fall will cure Timira quickly. 

60-61. Pippalī, Triphala, Kşhåra, Irondust, rocksalt and juice of Bhrungarāja is called Gudikāñjana. It removes piles, Timira, kotha and eye ailments. 

62-63. Vatikás or tablets made of Trikatu, Triphala, Saindhava, Manaḥšhila, Ketaka, Shankhanābhi, Jati flowers, Nimbaka, Rasāñjana, Bhrungaraja, ghee, honey and milk well pasted together cure all sorts of eye ailments. 

64. Burnt roots of Erandaka or the flower of Muchukundaka² ground with Kāñjika applied over the forehead cure headache. 

            2. Pterospermum ocerifolium. 

65. Oil cooked with one pala each of Shatamūli, Erandamūla, Chakra and Vyaghri can be used as errhine in curing disorders of Vāyu and Kapha as well as Timira and diseases of super clavicular regions. 

66. Lavaņa, Vishva and jaggery or Pippali with rock salt is very effective in Bhujastambha (paralysis of the arms) and in all super clavicular afflictions. 

67. In the migraine called Sūryåvarta the treatment is the application of errhines. Astringent decoction of Dashamula drugs with ghee and rock salt can be used as an errhine also. It cures aching pain of the limbs as well as Suryavarta and headache. 

68. A compound of Suvarchalā, Ajaji, Madhūka and Nīlotpala stirred in curd and drunk with honey shall save a woman afflicted with leucorrhea of the Våtaja variety. 

69-70. In the Pittaja type of leucorrhea the juice of Väsaka, or that of Gudúchi should be administered with Amalaki bija soaked in water and sweetened with honey and sugar. For the alleviation of Pandu type (jaundice) of leucorrhea a woman should take the juice of Amalaki and honey or the juice of the root of Kärpāsa with the water with which rice has been washed. 

71. A paste of Tanquliyaka roots and Rasanjana taken through the medium of water with which rice has been washed and honey cure all forms of leucorrhea, Roots of Kusha grass pasted with water with which rice has been washed and drunk will cure all sorts of leucorrhea.