Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

22 THE SUSIIRUTA SAMllITA. [Chap II.
nose, cars and eyes follow. A cr(^akin^ sound is
heard in the intestines, attended with a rumbling in the
abdomen. All relish for food vanishes and the region
of the heart seems to be smeared with a kind of sticky
paste (of mucous), etc. 13.
Auhoritativc verse on the subject : —
A qualified physician should undertake the medical treatment
of haemorrhoids which occur cither about the
outer or the middle groove of the rectum, (in as much as
they prove amenable to medicine). A pol)'pus, appear-
ing about the innermost ring or groove of the rectum,
should be treated without holding out any definite hope
of cure to the patient. 14.
Lingars'as (Fig warts or cond\-lomatous growths
about the genitals): —The deranged and aggravated
Vayu etc., finding lodgment in the genitals, vitiate
the local flesh and blood, giving rise to an itching sensa-
tion in the affected localities. The parts become ulcerat-
ed (through constant scratching) and the ulcers become
studded with sprout-like vegetations offlesh(warts),which
exude a kind of slimy, bloody discharge. These growths,
or excrescences generally appear on the inner margin, or
on the surface of the glans penis, in the form of soft,
slender vegetations of skin, resembling the hairs of a
small brush (Kurchaka). These vegetations ultimately
tend to destroy the penis and the reproductive faculty
of the patient.
Bhagars'as : —The deranged Vayu etc. of the
body, lodged in the vaginal region of a woman, gives rise
to similar crops of soft polypi in the passage. They
may crop up isolated at the outset, and (by coalescing)
may assume the shape of a mushroom, or an umbrella,
secreting a flow of slimy, foul-smelling blood.
The deranged Vayu. etc. ma\' further take an