Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita
by Laxmi Maji | 2021 | 143,541 words
This page relates 鈥楥hardi (vomiting) according to Caraka鈥� found in the study on diseases and remedies found in the Atharvaveda and Charaka-samhita. These texts deal with Ayurveda鈥攖he ancient Indian Science of life鈥攚hich lays down the principles for keeping a sound health involving the use of herbs, roots and leaves. The Atharvaveda refers to one of the four Vedas (ancient Sanskrit texts encompassing all kinds of knowledge and science) containing many details on Ayurveda, which is here taken up for study.
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Chardi (vomiting) according to Caraka
惭补丑补谤峁 Caraka discusses disease of Chardi and treatment of Vomiting and Chardicikits膩. Due to 惫腻迟补, pitta, kapha and 厂补苍苍颈辫腻迟补 and due to contact with disgusting things are produced five types of Chardi. The premonitory symptoms of Chardi are as follows: Nausea, excessive salivation, and hateful disposition towards food. There are five types of Chardi, namely, 痴腻迟颈办补 chardi (caused by 惫腻测耻), Paittika chardi (caused by pitta), Khapaja chardi (caused by kapha), S膩nnip膩tika chardi (caused by all three 诲辞峁蝉), and Dvi峁ａ弓膩rtha-yogaja-chardi (caused by the contact unwanted objects). If vomitus contains faeces, and urine, associated with cough, dyspnoea and thirst, then he is incurable. If severe vomiting in a weak person, associated with blood and pus, then he is incurable. If Vomiting which has no complications, then he is curable.
The general treatment of Chardi includes lightening measures and evacuative measures. Regarding the diet of Chardi patients it has been said: old rice, wheat, snake-gourd, 驳耻岣嵟玞墨, butter-milk, roots of Citraka. Use of formulations to cures of this disease, namely, 碍补濒测腻峁嘺-骋丑峁泃补, 罢谤测奴峁峁嘺-骋丑峁泃补 and 闯墨惫补苍墨测补-骋丑峁泃补, juice of 膧尘补濒补办墨, etc.[1]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦X.4-47; R. K. Sharma & Bhagwan Dash (eds.), Caraka Sa峁僪it膩鈥揤ol. III, Varanasi, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 2017, pp. 243-257.