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shItAmbunA gairikashAlicUrNaM mUrvAM tathA taNDuladhAvanena||33||

shItAmbunA gairikashAlicUrNaM mUrvAM tathA taNDuladhAvanena||33||

The patient of paittika type of chhardi should be given trivrt (Operculina turpethum) along with the juice of drāksha (grapes/Vitis vinifera), vidāri (Purera tuberosa) and ikshu (sugar-cane/Saccharaum officinarum) for causing downward movement of the morbid matter (laxation). When aggravated pitta is located in site of kapha (chest/stomach), then drugs having sweet taste should be administered for elimination of pitta (through emetic therapy).   

The patient of ''paittika'' type of ''chhardi'' should be given ''trivrit'' (Operculina turpethum) along with the juice of ''draksha'' (grapes/Vitis vinifera), ''vidari'' (Purera tuberosa) and ''ikshu'' (sugar-cane/Saccharaum officinarum) for causing downward movement of the morbid matter (laxation). When aggravated pitta is located in site of ''kapha'' (chest/stomach), then drugs having sweet taste should be administered for elimination of ''pitta'' (through emetic therapy).   

After this purificatory therapy patient should be given at proper time lājā-mantha (flour of popped-rice diluted in water) or lājā-peya (thin gruel made of popped-rice) along with honey and sugar. The patient may also be given boiled shāli type of rice along with the soup of mudga (green gram/Phaseolus aureus) or the meat juice of jangala creatures (animals inhabiting in arid zone).  

 

After this purificatory therapy patient should be given at proper time ''laja-mantha'' (flour of popped-rice diluted in water) or ''laja-peya'' (thin gruel made of popped-rice) along with honey and sugar. The patient may also be given boiled shāli type of rice along with the soup of ''mudga'' (green gram/Phaseolus aureus) or the meat juice of ''jangala'' creatures (animals inhabiting in arid zone).  

 

The following recipes are also advocated in this context:

The following recipes are also advocated in this context:

1. Kulmāsha, the paste of boiled mudga (green gram/Phaseolus aureus), masura (lentil/ Ervum lens), etc., lājā (popped paddy), yava-saktu (flour of roasted barley), grunja (boiled barley along with its supernatant segment), or the pulp of kharjura (date/Phoenix sylvestris), narikela (coconut/Cocos nucifera), drāksha (grapes/Vitis vinifera) or badara (Zyziphus jujuba) should be made to a linctus by adding sitopala (sugar having big crystals), honey and pippali (long pepper/Piper longum).

#''Kulmasha'', the paste of boiled ''mudga'' (green gram/Phaseolus aureus), ''masura'' (lentil/ Ervum lens), etc., ''laja'' (popped paddy), ''yava-saktu'' (flour of roasted barley), ''grunja'' (boiled barley along with its supernatant segment), or the pulp of ''kharjura'' (date/Phoenix sylvestris), ''narikela'' (coconut/Cocos nucifera), ''draksha'' (grapes/Vitis vinifera) or ''badara'' (Zyziphus jujuba) should be made to a linctus by adding ''sitopala'' (sugar having big crystals), honey and ''pippali'' (long pepper/Piper longum).

2. The water of fountain, lājā (popped paddy), utpala (Nymphaea stellata) and the pulp of kola (Zyziphus jujuba) be made into linctus by adding honey, and given.

#The water of fountain, ''laja'' (popped paddy), ''utpala'' (Nymphaea stellata) and the pulp of ''kola'' (Zyziphus jujuba) be made into linctus by adding honey, and given.

3. Abhayā (chebulic myrobalan) with honey may also be taken.  

#''Abhaya'' (chebulic myrobalan) with honey may also be taken.  

4. The seed-pulp of kola (Zyziphus jujuba), anjana (srotonjana), makshika vit (excreta of house- fly), lājā (popped paddy), sugar and grains of pippali mixed with honey.   

#The seed-pulp of ''kola'' (Zyziphus jujuba), ''anjana'' (''srotonjana''), ''makshika vit'' (excreta of house- fly), ''laja'' (popped paddy), sugar and grains of ''pippali'' mixed with honey.   

5. The patient may drink cooled grape juice or cooled water prepared with baked clay or earth.  

#The patient may drink cooled grape juice or cooled water prepared with baked clay or earth.  

6. The patient may be given the cooled decoction of the tender leaves of jambu (Syzygium cumini) and amra (mango/Mangifera indica) by adding honey.  

#The patient may be given the cooled decoction of the tender leaves of ''jambu'' (Syzygium cumini) and ''amra'' (mango/Mangifera indica) by adding honey.  

7. The following things kept overnight should be taken:  

#The following things kept overnight should be taken:  

• Water with mudga (green gram/Phaseolus aureus) and pippali (long pepper/ Piper longum),

*Water with ''mudga'' (green gram/Phaseolus aureus) and ''pippali'' (long pepper/ Piper longum),

• Water with usheera (cuscus grass/Viteveria zizanioides) and dhānyaka (coriander/Coriandrum sativum),  

*Water with ''usheera'' (cuscus grass/Viteveria zizanioides) and ''dhanyaka'' (coriander/Coriandrum sativum),  

• Water with chanaka (bengal gram/gram/chick pea/Cicer arietinum),  

*Water with ''chanaka'' (bengal gram/gram/chick pea/Cicer arietinum),  

• Water with root of gavedhuka (Adlay/Jobs tears/Coix lachryma),

*Water with root of ''gavedhuka'' (Adlay/Jobs tears/Coix lachryma),

• Water with guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia),

*Water with ''guduchi'' (Tinospora cordifolia),

8. The patient may be given sugar-cane-juice or milk to drink.

#The patient may be given sugar-cane-juice or milk to drink.

9. The following recipes are useful in morbid thirst and vomiting:   

#The following recipes are useful in morbid thirst and vomiting:   

• The powder of sevya (Cuscus grass/Viteveria zizanioides) and kancana-gairika (Hematite, Fe2O3) along with tandulodaka (rice-water);   

• The powder of sevya (Cuscus grass/Viteveria zizanioides) and kancana-gairika (Hematite, Fe2O3) along with tandulodaka (rice-water);   

• The powder of sevya and balaka (Coleus vettiveroides) along with tandulodaka (rice-water);   

• The powder of sevya and balaka (Coleus vettiveroides) along with tandulodaka (rice-water);