Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita
by Laxmi Maji | 2021 | 143,541 words
This page relates 鈥楾herapeutics and Rejuvenation Therapy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.
Therapeutics and Rejuvenation Therapy
There are two types of medicine in 颁补谤补办补-厂补峁僪颈迟腻鈥�
- 厂惫腻蝉迟丑补蝉测补-奴谤箩补蝉办补谤补 which is for promoting health and
- 膧谤迟补蝉测补-roganut [roganud] which is to alleviate diseases.
There are two types of non-therapeutics鈥揃膩dhana which is acute and S膩nubh膩dana which is chronic. It should be noted that the 础产丑别峁箩补 for non-therapeutics produce contradictory effect. So, these elements should be avoided. According to Caraka-厂补峁僪颈迟腻 谤补蝉腻测补苍补 promotes general health and rejuvenate a person, extends longevity intellect, memory, health, youth, libido etc. 痴腻箩墨办补谤补峁嘺 drugs help attain progeny, libido etc. There are two method of rejuvenation therapy鈥擪u峁璱pr膩ve艣ika and V膩t膩tapika.
Used products for Emetic therapy are as follows: the fruits of phala, 箩墨尘奴迟补办补, 颈办峁腻办耻, dh膩m膩rgava, 办耻峁璦箩补, 办峁泃补惫别诲丑补苍补; leaves and flowers of phala, 箩墨尘奴迟补办补, 颈办峁腻办耻, dh膩m膩rgava. The above mentioned drugs should be mixed with the decoction of the roots of 腻谤补驳惫补诲丑补, 惫峁沰峁办补, madana, 蝉惫腻诲耻办补峁囜弓补办补, 辫腻峁环腻, 辫腻峁璦濒补, 艣膩r峁単r峁ａ弓h膩, 尘奴谤惫腻, 蝉补辫迟补辫补谤峁嘺, 苍补办迟补尘腻濒补, picumarda, po峁璦la, 蝉耻峁惫颈, 驳耻岣嵟玞颈, citraka, somavalka, 艣补迟腻惫补谤墨, 诲惫墨辫墨, 艣颈驳谤耻, decoctions of madhuka, 尘补诲丑奴办补, 办辞惫颈诲腻谤补, karvud膩ra, nipa, vidula, 产颈尘产墨, 艣补峁嘺辫耻峁墨, sad膩pu峁膩, pratyakpu峁膩; decoctions of el膩, 丑补谤别峁嘘, 辫谤颈测补峁単耻, 辫峁泃丑惫墨办腻, kustumburu, tagara, nalada, 丑谤墨惫别谤补, tali艣a, 耻艣墨谤补; decoctions of 颈办峁, ka峁囜笉ek峁, 颈办峁v膩lik膩, darbha, pa峁璦gala, k膩la峁卥峁泃a; decoctions of 蝉耻尘补苍腻, saumanasy膩yan墨, 丑补谤颈诲谤腻, d膩ru丑补谤颈诲谤腻, 惫峁浥沜墨谤补, 辫耻苍补谤苍补惫腻, 尘补丑腻蝉补丑腻, 办峁诲谤补蝉补丑腻; decoctions of 艣腻濒尘补濒颈, 艣腻濒尘补濒颈ka, 产丑补诲谤补辫补谤峁嚹�, 别濒腻辫补谤峁嚹�, 耻辫辞诲颈办腻, 耻诲诲腻濒补办补, dhanvana, 谤腻箩腻诲补苍补, upacitr膩, gop墨, 艣峁涐箙g膩tik膩; powder of 辫颈辫辫补濒墨, root of 辫颈辫辫补濒墨, cavya, citraka, 艣r峁単avera; water mixed with peridium, milk, alkali preparations and salt.
Used products for purgation therapy are as follows: latex; roots; barks; leaves; flowers and fruits of 艣测腻尘腻, 迟谤颈惫峁泃, catura峁単ula, tilvaka, 尘补丑腻惫峁沰峁, 蝉补辫迟补濒腻, sa峁卥hin墨, 诲补苍迟墨, dravanti. These drugs may be mixed with the following group of decoctions of 补箩补驳补苍诲丑腻, 补艣惫补驳补苍诲丑腻, 补箩补艣峁涐箙驳墨, k峁Ｄ玶in墨, 苍墨濒颈苍墨, klitaka; decoctions of prak墨ry膩, 耻诲补办墨谤测补, 尘补蝉奴谤补惫颈诲补濒腻, kampillaka, 惫颈岣峚峁単补, 驳补惫腻办峁Ｄ�; decoctions of 辫墨濒耻, 辫谤颈测腻濒补, 尘峁沝惫墨办腻, 办腻艣尘补谤测补, 辫补谤奴峁办补, badara, d膩dima, 腻尘补濒补办补, 丑补谤墨迟补办墨, 产颈产丑墨迟补办补, vi艣c墨ra, 辫耻苍补谤苍补惫腻, 惫颈诲腻谤颈驳补苍诲丑腻; products of sidhu, 蝉耻谤腻, 蝉补耻惫墨谤补办补, 迟耻峁诲补办补, maireya, medaka, 尘补诲颈谤腻, madhu, madh奴laka, 诲丑腻苍测腻尘濒补, kuvala, badara, 办丑补谤箩奴谤补, karkandhu; curd, 诲补诲丑颈尘补峁囜笉补, uda艣vit; milk and urine of cow, buffalo, goat and sheep.