Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita
by Laxmi Maji | 2021 | 143,541 words
This page relates 鈥楢pasmara (epilepsy) 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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础辫补蝉尘腻谤补 (epilepsy) according to Caraka
础辫补蝉尘腻谤补 According to the medical scholars, 鈥榣oss of memory鈥� is called epilepsy. 鈥楲oss of memory鈥�, associated with a feeling of entering into darkness (unconsciousness). Awkward behaviour; due to derangement of intellect and mind are the signs of 鈥槾”璨共醭灸灏光��[1]. According to Western physicians, the patient falls suddenly with a scream. No other disease causes loss of consciousness and the patient falls with such a shout, and there is no throwing out of foam from the mouth. In Western languages, this disease is called epilepsy or falling fit[2].
Epilepsy is caused by: intake of unwholesome and unclean food; suppression of the sattva by rajas and tamas; occlusion of the heart by the aggravated 诲辞峁蝉; and affliction of the mind by worry, passion fear, anger, grief, anxiety etc.[3]
The pathogenesis and symptoms of epilepsy are鈥攁ir-bile-phlegm -which when engulfs the heart, pain occurs in the heart. When a human being is afflicted with this form and then becomes stupid due to delusion, he sees all illusory forms, falls to the ground and gets tremors. His eyes and eyebrows are distorted. Afterwards, when the fits are over, he regains consciousness as if he were getting up from sleep[4]. The premonitory symptoms of epilepsy are as follows-the contraction of eye-brows; the irregular movement of eyes constantly; hearing of such sounds as are non-existent; excessive discharge of saliva and nasal-excreta; disinclination for food, anorexia and indigestion; cardiac spasm; distension of the lower abdomen with a gurgling sound; weakness, cracking pain in bones and malaise; unconsciousness, entering into darkness, fainting and giddiness, and the frequent appearance of scenes of intoxication, dancing, murdering, aching, shivering and falling in the dreams. Thereafter epilepsy[5].
There are four types of epilepsy, namely,
痴腻迟颈办补 type of 础辫补蝉尘腻谤补 is characterized by trembling to gnashing of teeth, throwing out foam from the mouth and panting. The patient gets a visual aura of farms which are rough, pink or black[7]. According to Su艣ruta, all types of fainting have an extreme overdose of bile[8].
Paittika type of epilepsy is characterised by yellowness of the foam, limbs, face and eyes. He gets a visual aura of yellow or blood-red objects. He suffers from morbid thirst and heat. He visualises the whole world as if set in flames[9].
The 艢lai峁ika type of epilepsy are characterised by the white colour of the foam, body, face and eyes, feeling of cold in the body, horripilation and heaviness. The patient visualises the aura of white objects. He recovers from the fit after a long time[10].
In the 厂腻苍苍颈辫腻迟颈办补 type of epilepsy, signs and symptoms of all the above mentioned three varieties are manifested. This type of epilepsy is incurable. Epilepsy, which occurs in emaciated person or which is of long-standing is also incurable[11]. The aggravated dosas cause attacks of epilepsy once in fifteen days, twelve days or a month. the attack may take place even within a short period after the previous attack[12].
The general treatment of epilepsy has been said to be as follows-the physicians should first of all restore the activities of the heart, vessels and the mind which are occluded by dosas by the use of strong remedial measures like emetic therapy etc. The patient suffering from 痴腻迟颈办补, Paittika and Khapaja types of epilepsy are mainly be given medicated enema or Basti, purgation or Virecana and emetic or Vamana therapies. Depending upon the requirement of the patients, however, other therapies could also be administered[13].
According to modern medicine, there are many types of epilepsy. E.g., tonic phase; clonic phase; minor epilepsy, petit mal, little illness; psychic or psychomotor epilepsy; sleep epilepsy, narcolepsy; status epilepticus; nocturnal epilepsy; jacksonian epilepsy, focal or partial seizure; and cataplexy[14].
The following additions are used in epilepsy, namely, Pa帽cagavya 驳丑峁泃补[15], 叠谤腻丑尘墨 驳丑峁泃补[16], 痴补肠腻dya 驳丑峁泃补[17], 闯墨惫补苍墨测补 yamaka, Ka峁璦bhy膩di taila, Pala峁卥a峁Ｄ乨ya taila, Medicated oil for Inhalation, K膩yasth膩dya varti, Must膩dya varti, garlic with oil, 艢补迟腻惫补谤墨 with milk, juice of 叠谤腻丑尘墨 with honey, juice or decoction of 碍耻峁ａ弓丑补 with honey, and powder of 痴补肠腻 with honey[18].
础辫补蝉尘腻谤补 is a disease which cannot be cured. It stays for a number of years. Therefore, an 础辫补蝉尘腻谤补 patient should be regularly treated with necessary 谤补蝉腻测补苍补. The patient suffering from Epilepsy and insanity should be especially protected from water, fire, trees, mountains and uneven places. These may cause the instantaneous death of the patient[19].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
sm峁泃erapagama峁� pr膩hurapasm膩ra峁� bhi峁gvida岣� |
tama岣rave艣a峁� b墨bhatsace峁ａ弓a峁� dh墨sa峁僼tvasa峁僷lav膩t || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.3); R. K. Sharma & Bhagwan Dash (eds.), Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻鈥揤ol. III, Varanasi, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 2017, p.
[2]:
Baidyacharya Kalikinkar Sensarma & Ayurbedacharya Satyasekhar Bhattacharya (eds.), Caraka- Samhita鈥揤ol. II, trans. Kabiraj Jasodanandan Sirkar, Kolkata, Deepayan Publication, 2013, p. 463.
[3]:
vibhr膩ntabahu诲辞峁Ｄ佱箛膩mahit膩艣ucibhojan膩t |
rajastamobhy膩峁� vihate sattve 诲辞峁Ｄ乿峁泃e h峁沝i ||
cint膩k膩mabhayakrodha艣okodveg膩dibhistath膩 |
manasyabhihate n峁涐箛膩mapasm膩ra岣� pravartate || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.4-5); Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻 Vol. II with elaborated Vidyotini Hindi Commentary, trans. Kasinatha Pandey & Gorakha Natha Chaturvedi, Varanasi, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, 2015, p. 328.
[4]:
dhaman墨bhi岣� 艣rit膩 诲辞峁Ｄ� 丑峁沝补测补峁� p墨岣峚yanti hi |
sa峁僷墨岣峺am膩no vyathate m奴岣峢o bhr膩ntena cetas膩 ||
pa艣yatyasanti r奴p膩峁噄 patati prasphu ratyapi |
jihv膩'k峁bhr奴岣� sravall膩lo hastau p膩dau ca vik峁pan || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.6-7); R. K. Sharma & Bhagwan Dash (eds.), Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻鈥揤ol. III, Varanasi, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 2017, p. 442.
[5]:
产丑谤奴惫测耻诲腻蝉补岣� satatamak峁ａ箛orvaik峁泃ama艣abda艣rava峁嘺峁� l膩l膩si峁単h膩峁嘺prasrava峁嘺manann膩bhila峁峁嘺marocakavip膩kauh峁沝ayagraha岣� kuk峁r膩峁璷po daurbalyamasthibhedo'峁単amardo mohastamaso 诲补谤艣补苍补峁� 尘奴谤肠肠丑腻 bhrama艣c膩bh墨k峁ａ箛a峁� svapne ca madanartanavyadhanavyathanavepanapatan膩d墨n墨ti || tato'nantaramapasm膩r膩bhinirv峁泃tireva || (C. 狈颈诲腻苍补蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揤III.6-7); Brajendra Chandra Nag (ed.), Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻, (Vol. 2), Kolkata, Navapatra Prakashan, 1984, pp. 59-60.
[6]:
p峁泃hagdo峁i岣� samastai艣ca vak峁ate sa caturvidha岣� || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.8); Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻 Vol. II with elaborated Vidyotini Hindi Commentary, trans. Kasinatha Pandey & Gorakha Natha Chaturvedi, Varanasi, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, 2015, p. 229.
[7]:
kampate prade艣eddant膩n phe nodv膩m墨 艣vasityapi |
paru峁Ｄ乺u峁嘺k峁涐梗峁嚹乶i pa艣yedrup膩峁噄 c膩nit膩t || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.9); R. K. Sharma & Bhagwan Dash (eds.), Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻鈥揤ol. III, Varanasi, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 2017, p. 443.
[8]:
Su艣ruta Uttar鈥�61; Su艣ruta 厂补峁僪颈迟腻 of Mahar峁 Su艣ruta Vol. III, Anant Ram Sharma (ed.), Varanasi, Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan, 2018, pp. 496-503.
[9]:
p墨taphe n膩峁単avaktr膩k峁岣� p墨t膩s峁沢r奴padar艣ana岣� |
sat峁涐梗峁噊峁ａ箛膩nalavy膩ptalokadar艣墨 ca paittika岣� || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.10); Brajendra Chandra Nag (ed.), Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻, (Vol. 3), Kolkata, Navapatra Prakashan, 1984, pp. 199.
[10]:
艣uklaphe n膩峁単avaktr膩k峁岣� 艣墨to h峁涐梗峁佱箙gajo 驳耻谤耻岣� |
pa艣yan 艣ukl膩ni r奴p膩峁噄 艣lai峁ikomucyate cit膩t || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.11); Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻 Vol. II with elaborated Vidyotini Hindi Commentary, trans. Kasinatha Pandey & Gorakha Natha Chaturvedi, Varanasi, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, 2015, p. 331.
[11]:
sarvairetai岣� samastaistu li峁単airj帽ayastrido峁ja岣� |
apasm膩ra岣� sa c膩s膩dhyo ya岣� k峁Ｄ箛asy膩nava艣ca ya岣� || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.12); Brajendra Chandra Nag (ed.), Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻, (Vol. 3), Kolkata, Navapatra Prakashan, 1984, pp. 199.
[12]:
pak峁Ｄ乨v膩 dv膩da艣膩h膩dv膩 m膩s膩dv膩 kupit膩 尘补濒腻岣� |
apasm膩r膩ya kurvanti vega峁� ki峁� cidath膩ntaram || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.13); Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻 Vol. II with elaborated Vidyotini Hindi Commentary, trans. Kasinatha Pandey & Gorakha Natha Chaturvedi, Varanasi, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, 2015, p. 331.
[13]:
tair膩v峁泃膩n膩峁� h峁泃srotomanas膩峁� sa峁僷rabodhanam |
t墨k峁ａ箛air膩dau bhi峁k kury膩t karmabhirvaman膩dibhi岣� ||
v膩tika峁� vastibh奴yi峁ａ弓hai岣� paitta峁� pr膩yo virecanai岣� |
艣lai峁ika峁� vamanapr膩yairapasm膩ramup膩caret || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.14-15); R. K. Sharma & Bhagwan Dash (eds.), Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻鈥揤ol. III, Varanasi, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 2017, pp. 444-445.
[14]:
Baidyacharya Kalikinkar Sensarma & Ayurbedacharya Satyasekhar Bhattacharya (eds.), Caraka- Samhita鈥揤ol. II, trans. Kabiraj Jasodanandan Sirkar, Kolkata, Deepayan Publication, 2013, pp. 464- 466.
[15]:
go艣ak峁沝rasadadhyamlak峁Ｄ玶am奴trai岣� samair驳丑峁泃补m |
siddha峁� pibedapasm膩rak膩mal膩jvaran膩艣anam || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.17); Brajendra Chandra Nag (ed.), Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻, (Vol. 3), Kolkata, Navapatra Prakashan, 1984, pp. 200.
[16]:
br膩hm墨rasavac膩ku峁ａ弓ha艣a峁� khapu峁墨bhireva ca |
pur膩峁嘺峁� 驳丑峁泃补munm膩d膩lak峁yapasm膩rap膩panut || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.25); Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻 Vol. II with elaborated Vidyotini Hindi Commentary, trans. Kasinatha Pandey & Gorakha Natha Chaturvedi, Varanasi, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, 2015, p. 332.
[17]:
vac膩艣amp膩kakai峁璦ryavaya岣� sthahi峁単ucorakai岣� |
siddha峁� pala峁卥a峁Ｄ亂uktairv膩ta艣le峁膩tmake驳丑峁泃补m || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.27); Brajendra Chandra Nag (ed.), Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻, (Vol. 3), Kolkata, Navapatra Prakashan, 1984, pp. 201.
[18]:
prayujy膩ttailala艣una峁� payas膩 v膩 艣at膩var墨m |
br膩hm墨rasa峁� ku峁ａ弓harasa峁� vac膩峁� v膩 madhusa峁儁ut膩m ||
du艣cikitsyo hyapasm膩ra艣cirak膩r墨 k峁泃膩spada岣� |
tasm膩d谤补蝉腻测补苍补irena峁� pr膩ye艣a岣� samup膩caret || (C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.64-65); R. K. Sharma & Bhagwan Dash (eds.), Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻鈥揤ol. III, Varanasi, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 2017, p. 456.
[19]:
jal膩gnidruma艣ailebhyo vi峁mebhya艣ca ta峁� 蝉补诲腻 |
rak峁dunm膩dina峁� caiva峁� sadya岣� pr膩峁嘺har膩 hi te ||(C. 颁颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补鈥揦.66); Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻 Vol. II with elaborated Vidyotini Hindi Commentary, trans. Kasinatha Pandey & Gorakha Natha Chaturvedi, Varanasi, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, 2015, p. 339.