Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

Chap. XXXVIII.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 635
being mixed with honey, etc.,* should be dissolved in
the preceding medicinal decoction and injected lukewarm
(into the bowels) in the manner of an Asthdpana-Vasti.
Pain in the back, the thighs and in the regions
of the sacrum (Trika\ stone, retention of stool, urine
and flatus, diarrhoea (Grahani), Haemorrhoids and
diseases due to the action of the deranged Va'yu,
readily yield to the curative efficacy of such injections,
by which also, the blood, muscles and the strength are
improved. 13.
A decoction duly prepared with Guduchi, Triphald,
Rdsnd,Das'a-mula and Vald weighing one Pala f each,
and a pulverised compound consisting of Priyangu,
Rasdnjana, Saindhava, S^ata-piishpd, Vachd, KrisJmd,
Yamdiii, Kiishtha, Vilva fruit and treacle each weighing
an Aksha (two Tolas) and half a Pala of pulverised
Madana fruit, should be injected into the bowels (in the
manner of an Asthapana enema injection), stirred and
mixed with an adequate quantity of honey, oil, clarified
butter, milk, Sukta, Kanjika, Mastu (curd-cream) and
cow's urinej. Strength, energy, vigour, complexion,
digestive capacity, verility and vital duration of the
user would be increased by its application, and all
derangements of the bodily Vayu would yield to its
curative efficacy. It is one of the best rejuvenating
agents. 14.
A decoction should be made by boiling together
the drugs of the Kshudra-Pancha^mula group, Musta,
* Honey, Sneha, milk, Kanjika, cow's urine, meat-juice, etc.,
should be taken.
t Dallana takes Pala in the sense of meat ^ff^Tr (M^msam).
X The quantity of honey, oil, and clarified butter, should be
as before, that of S'ukta, Kanjika, Mastu and urine half a Pala each, and
that of milk two Palas. Dallana.