Sushruta Samhita · Chapter 1.11

athātaḥ kṣārapākavidhimadhyāyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ //

yathovāca bhagavān dhanvantariḥ //

śastrānuśastrebhyaḥ kṣāraḥ pradhānatamaḥ chedyabhedyalekhyakaraṇāttridoṣaghnavādviśeṣakriyāvacāraṇācca //

tatra kṣaraṇāt kṣaṇanādvā kṣāraḥ //

nānauṣadhisamavāyāttridoṣaghnaḥ śuklatvāt saumyaḥ tasya saumyasyāpi sato dahanapacanadāraṇādiśaktiraviruddhā sa khalvāgneyauṣadhiguṇabhūyiṣṭhatvāt kaṭuka uṣṇastīkṣṇaḥ pa(ā.pā)cano vilayanaḥ śodhano ropaṇaḥ śoṣaṇaḥ stambhano lekhanaḥ kṛmyāmakaphakuṣṭhaviṣamedasāmupahantā puṃstvasya cātisevitaḥ //

sa dvividhaḥ pratisāraṇīyaḥ pānīyaśca //

tatra pratisāraṇīyaḥ kuṣṭhakiṭibhadadrumaṇḍalakilāsabhagandarārbudārśoduṣṭavraṇanāḍīcarmakīlatilakālakanyacchavyaṅgamaśakabāhyavidradhikṛmiviṣādiṣūpadiśyate saptasu ca mukharogeṣūpajihvādhijihvopakuśadantavaidarbheṣu tisṛṣu ca rohiṇīṣu eteṣvevānuśastrapraṇidhānamuktam //

pānīyastu garagulmodarāgnisaṅgājīrṇārocakānāhaśarkarāśmaryābhyantaravidradhikṛmiviṣārśaḥsūpayujyate //

ahitastu raktapitta(ā.tti)jvaritapittaprakṛtibālavṛddhadurbalabhramamadamūrcchātimiraparītebhyo'nyebhyaścaivaṃvidhebhyaḥ //

taṃ cetarakṣāravaddagdhvā parisrāvayet tasya vistaro'nyatra //

athetarastrividho mṛdurmadhyastīkṣṇaśca / taṃ cikīrṣuḥ śaradi girisānujaṃ śucirupoṣya praśaste'hani praśastadeśajātamanupahataṃ madhyamavayasaṃ mahāntamasitamuṣkakamadhivāsyāparedyuḥ pāṭayitvā svaṇḍaśaḥ prakalpyāvapāṭya nirvāte deśe nicitiṃ kṛtvā sudhāśarkarāśca prakṣipya nilanālairādīpayet / athopaśānte'gnau tadbhasma pṛthaggṛhṇīyādbhasmaśarkarāśca / athānenaiva vidhānena kuṭajapalāśāśvakarṇapāribhadrakabibhītakāragvadhatilvakārkasnuhyapāmārgapāṭalānaktamālavṛṣakadalīcitrakapūtīkendravṛkṣāsphotāśvamārakasaptacchadāgnimanthaguñjāścatasraśca kośātakīḥ samūlaphalapatraśākhā dahet / tataḥ kṣāradroṇamudakadroṇaiḥ ṣaḍbhirāloḍya mūtrairvā yathoktairekaviṃśatikṛtvaḥ parisrāvya mahati kaṭāhe śanairdarvyāvaghaṭṭayan vipacet / sa yadā bhavatyaccho raktastīkṣṇaḥ picchilaśca tamādāya mahati vastre parisrāvyetaraṃ vibhajya punaragnāvidhiśrayet / tata eva cakṣārodakāt kuḍavamadhyardhaṃ vāpanayet / tataḥ kaṭaśarkarābhasmaśarkarākṣīrapākaśaṅkhanābhīragnivarṇāḥ kṛtvāyase pātre tasminneva kṣārodake niṣicya piṣṭvā tenaiva dvidroṇe'ṣṭapalasaṃmitaṃ śaṅkhānābhyādīnāṃ pramāṇaṃ prativāpya satatamaprmattaścainamavaghaṭṭayan vipacet / sa yathā nātisāndro nātidravaśca bhavati tathā prayateta / athainamāgatapākamavatāryānuguptamāyase kumbhe saṃvṛtamukhe nidadhyādeṣa madhyamaḥ //

eṣa evāpratīvāpaḥ pakvaḥ saṃvyūhimo sṛduḥ //

pratīvāpe yathālābhaṃ dantīdravantīcitrakalāṅgalakīpūtikapravālatālapatrīviḍasuvarcikākanakakṣīrīhiṅguvacātiviṣāḥ samāḥ ślakṣṇacūrṇāḥ śuktipramāṇāḥ pratīvāpaḥ / sa eva sapratīvāpaḥ pakvaḥ pākyastīkṣṇaḥ //

teṣāṃ yathāvyādhibalamupayogaḥ //

kṣīṇabale tu kṣārodakamāvapedbalakaraṇārtham //

bhavataścātra /

naivātitīkṣṇo na mṛduḥ śuklaḥ ślakṣṇo'tha picchilaḥ /

aviṣyandī śivaḥ śīghraḥ kṣāro hyaṣṭaguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ //

atimārdavaśvaityauṣṇyataikṣṇyapaicchilyasarpitāḥ /

sāndratāpakvatā hīnadravyatā doṣa ucyate //

tatra kṣārasādhyavyādhivyādhitamupaveśya nivātātape deśe'saṃbādhe'gropaharaṇīyoktena vidhānenopasaṃbhṛtasaṃbhāraṃ tato'sya tamavakāśaṃ nirīkṣyāvaghṛṣyāvalikhya pracchayitvā śalākayā kṣāraṃ pratisārayet dattvā vākśatamātramupekṣeta //

tasminnipatite vyādhau kṛṣṇatā dagdhalakṣaṇam /

tatrāmlavargaḥ śamanaḥ sarpirmadhukasaṃyutaḥ //

atha cet sthiramūlatvāt kṣāradagdhaṃ ca śīryate /

idamālepanaṃ tatra samagramavacārayet //

amlakāñjikabījāni tilān madhukameva ca /

prapeṣya samabhāgāni tenainamanulepayet //

tilakalkaḥ samadhuko ghṛtākto vraṇaropaṇaḥ /

rasenāmlena tīkṣṇena vīryoṣṇena ca yojitaḥ //

āgneyenāgninā tulyaḥ kathaṃ kṣāraḥ praśāmyati /

evaṃ cenmanyase vatsa procyamānaṃ nibodha me //

kaṭukastatra bhūyiṣṭho lavaṇo'nurasastathā /

amlena saha saṃyuktaḥ satīkṣṇalavaṇo rasaḥ //

mādhuyaṃ bhajate'tyarthaṃ tīkṣṇabhāvaṃ vimuñcati /

mādhuryācchamamāpnoti vahniradbhirivāplutaḥ //

tatra samyagdagdhe vikāropaśamo lāghavamanāsrāvaśca // hīnadagdhe todakaṇḍujāḍyāni vyādhivṛddhiśca // atidagdhe dāhapākarāgasrāvāṅgamardaklamapipāsāmūrcchāḥ syurmaraṇaṃ vā //

kṣāradagdhavraṇaṃ tu yathādoṣaṃ yathādoṣaṃ yathāvyādhi copakramet //

atha naite kṣārakṛtyāḥ tadyathā durbalabālasthavirabhīrusarvāṅgaśūnodariraktapittigarbhiṇyṛtumatīpravṛddhajvaripramehirūkṣakṣatakṣīṇatṛṣṇāmūrcchopadrutaklībāpavṛttodvṛttaphalayonayaḥ //

tathā marmasirāsnāyusandhitaruṇāsthisevanīdhamanīgalanābhinakhāntaḥśephaḥsrotaḥsvalpamāṃseṣu ca pradeśeṣvakṣṇośca na dadyādanyatra vartmarogāt //

tatra kṣārasādhyeṣvapi vyādhiṣu śūnagātramasthiśūlinamannadveṣiṇaṃ hṛdayasandhipīḍopadrutaṃ ca kṣāro na sādhayati //

bhavati cātra /

viṣāgniśastrāśanimṛtyukalpaḥ kṣāro bhavatyalpamatiprayuktaḥ /

sa dhīmatā samyaganuprayukto rogānnihanyādacireṇa ghorān //