Sushruta Samhita · Chapter 4.3

athāto bhagnānāṃ cikitsitaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ//

yathovāca bhagavān dhanvantariḥ//

alpāśino'nātmavato jantorvātātmakasya ca/ upadravairvā juṣṭasya bhagnaṃ kṛcchreṇa sidhyati//

lavaṇaṃ kaṭukaṃ kṣāramamlaṃ maithunamātapam/ vyāyāmaṃ ca na seveta bhagno rūkṣānnameva ca//

śālirmāṃsarasaḥ kṣīraṃ sarpiryūṣaḥ satīnajaḥ/ bṛṃhaṇaṃ cānnapānaṃ syāddeyaṃ bhagnāya jānatā//

madhūkodumbarāśvatthapalāśakakubhatvacaḥ/ vaṃśasarjavaṭānāṃ ca kuśārthamupasaṃharet//

ālepanārthaṃ mañjiṣṭhāṃ madhukaṃ raktacandanam/ śatadhautaghṛtonmiśraṃ śālipiṣṭaṃ ca saṃharet//

saptāhādatha saptāhāt saumyeṣvṛtuṣu bandhanam/ sādhāraṇeṣu kartavyaṃ pañcame pañcame'hani//

āgneyeṣu tryahātu kuryādbhagnadoṣavaśena vā/ tatrātiśithilaṃ baddhe sandhisthairyaṃ na jāyate//

gāḍhenāpi tvagādīnāṃ śopho ruk pāka eva ca/ tasmāt sādhāraṇaṃ bandhaṃ bhagne śaṃsanti tadvidaḥ//

nyagrodhādikaṣāyaṃ tu suśītaṃ pariṣecane/ pañcamūlīvipakvaṃ tu kṣīraṃ kuryāt savedane//

sukhoṣṇamavacāryaṃ vā cakratailaṃ vijānatā/ vibhajya kālaṃ doṣaṃ ca doṣaghnauṣadhasaṃyutam//

pariṣekaṃ pradehaṃ ca vidadhyācchītameva ca/ gṛṣṭikṣīraṃ sasarpiṣkaṃ madhurauṣadhasādhitam//

śītalaṃ lākṣayā yuktaṃ prātarbhagnaḥ pibennaraḥ/ savraṇasya tu bhagnasya vraṇaṃ sarpirmadhūttaraiḥ//

pratisārya kaṣāyaistu śeṣaṃ bhagnavadācaret/ prathame vayasi tvevaṃ bhagnaṃ sukaramādiśet//

alpadoṣasya jantostu kāle ca śiśirātmake/ prathame vayasi tvevaṃ māsāt sandhiḥ sthiro bhavet//

madhyame dviguṇāt kālāduttare triguṇāt smṛtaḥ/ avanāmitamunnahyedunnataṃ cavapīḍayet//

āñchedatikṣiptamadho gataṃ copari vartayet/ āñchanaiḥ pīḍanaiścaiva saṅgepairbandhanaistathā//

sandhīñcharīre sarvāṃstu calānapyacalānapi/ etaistu sthāpanopāyaiḥ sthāpayenmatimān bhiṣak//

utpiṣṭamatha viśliṣṭaṃ sandhiṃ vaidyo na ghaṭṭayet/ tasya śītān parīṣekān pradehāṃścāvacārayet//

abhighāte hṛte sandhiḥ svāṃ yāti prakṛtiṃ punaḥ/ ghṛtadigdhena paṭṭena veṣṭayitvā yathāvidhi//

paṭṭopari kuśān dattvā yathāvadvandhamācaret/ pratyaṅgabhagnasya vidhirata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyate//

nakhasandhiṃ samutpiṣṭaṃ raktānugatamārayā/ avamathya srute rakte śālipiṣṭena lepayet//

bhagnāṃ vā sandhimuktāṃ vā sthāpayitvāṅgulīṃ samām/ aṇunāāveṣṭya paṭṭena ghṛtasekaṃ pradāpayet//

abhyajya sapiṣā pādaṃ talabhagnaṃ kuśottaram/ vastrapaṭṭena badhnīyānna ca vyāyāmamācaret//

abhyajyāyāmayejjaṅghāmūruṃ ca susamāhitaḥ/ dattvā vṛkṣatvacaḥ śītā vastrapaṭṭena veṣṭayet//

matimāṃścakrayogena hyāñchedūrvasthi nirgatam/ sphuṭitaṃ piccitaṃ cāpi badhnīyāt pūrvavadbhiṣak//

āñchedūrdhvamadho vāpi kaṭibhagnaṃ tu mānavam/ tataḥ sthānasthite saṃdhau bastibhiḥ samupācaret//

parśukāsvatha bhagnāsu ghṛtābhyaktasya tiṣṭhataḥ/ dakṣiṇāsvathavā vāmāsvanumṛjya nibandhanīḥ//

tataḥ kavalikāṃ dattvā veṣṭayet susamāhitaḥ/ tailapūrṇe kaṭāhe vā droṇyāṃ vā śāyayennaram//

musalenotkṣipet kakṣāmaṃsasandhau visaṃhate/ sthānasthitaṃ ca badhnīyāt svastikena vicakṣaṇaḥ//

kaurparaṃ tu tathā sandhimaṅguṣṭhenānumārjayet/ anumṛjya tataḥ sandhiṃ pīḍayet kūrparāccyutam//

prasāryākuñcayeccainaṃ snehasekaṃ ca dāpayet/ evaṃ jānuni gulphe ca maṇibandhe ca kārayet//

ubhe tale same kṛtvā talabhagnasya dehinaḥ/ badhnīyādāmatailena pariṣekaṃ ca kārayet//

mṛtpiṇḍaṃ dhārayet pūrvaṃ lavaṇaṃ ca tataḥ param/ haste jātabale cāpi kuryāt pāṣāṇadhāraṇam//

sannamunnamayet svinnamakṣakaṃ musalena tu/ tathonnataṃ pīḍayecca badhnīyādgāḍhameva ca//

ūruvaccāpi kartavyaṃ bāhubhagnacikitsitam/ grīvāyāṃ tu vivṛttāyāṃ praviṣṭāyāmadho'pi vā//

avaṭāvatha hanvośca pragṛhyonnamayennaram/ tataḥ kuśāṃ samaṃ dattvā vastrapaṭṭena veṣṭayet//

uttānaṃ śāyayeccainaṃ saptarātramatandriyaḥ/ hanvasthinī samānīya hanusandhau visaṃhate//

svedayitvā sthiten samyak pañcāṅgīṃ vitaredbhiṣak/ vātaghnamadhuraiḥ sarpiḥ siddhaṃ nasye ca pūjitam//

abhagnāṃścalitān dantān saraktānavapīḍayet/ taruṇasya manuṣyasya śītairālepayedvahiḥ//

siktvāmbubhistataḥ śītaiḥ sandhānīyairupācaret/ utpalasya ca nālena kṣīrapānaṃ vidhīyate//

jīrṇasya tu manuṣyasya varjayeccalitān dvijān/ nāsāṃ sannāṃ vivṛttāṃ vā ṛjvīṃ kṛtvā śalākayā//

pṛthaṅnasikayornāḍyau dvimukhyau saṃpraveśayet/ tataḥ paṭṭena saṃveṣṭya ghṛtasekaṃ pradāpayet//

bhagnaṃ karṇaṃ tu badhnīyāt samaṃ kṛtvā ghṛtaplutam/ sadyaḥkṣatavidhānaṃ ca tataḥ pañcāt samācaret//

mastuluṅgādvinā bhinne kapāle madhusarpiṣī/ dattvā tato nibadhnīyāt saptāhaṃ ca pibedghṛtam//

patanādabhighātādvā śūnamaṅgaṃ yadakṣatam/ śītān pradehān sekāṃśca bhiṣak tasyāvacārayet//

atha jaṅghorubhagnānāṃ kapāṭaśayanaṃ hitam/ kīlakā bandhanārthaṃ ca pañca kāryā vijānatā//

yathā na calanaṃ tasya bhagnasya kriyate tathā/ sandherubhayato dvau dvau tale caikaśca kīlakaḥ//

śroṇyāṃ vā pṛṣṭhavaṃśe vā vakṣasyakṣakayostathā/ bhagnasandhivimokṣeṣu vidhimenaṃ samācaret//

sandhīṃściravimuktāṃstu snigdhān svinnān mṛdūkṛtān/ uktairvidhānairbuddhyā ca samyak prakṛtimānayet//

kāṇḍabhagne prarūḍhe tu viṣamolbaṇasaṃhite/ āpothya samayedbhagnaṃ tato bhagnavadācaret//

kalpayennirgataṃ śuṣkaṃ vraṇānte'sthi samāhitaḥ/ sandhyante vā kriyāṃ kuryāt savraṇe vraṇabhagnavat//

ūrdhvakāye tu bhagnānāṃ mastiṣkyaṃ karṇapūraṇam/ ghṛtapānaṃ hitaṃ nasyaṃ praśākhāsvanuvāsanam//

ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi tailaṃ bhagnaprasādhakam/ rātrau rātrau tilān kṛṣṇān vāsayedasthire jale//

divā divā śoṣayitvā gavāṃ kṣīreṇa bhāvayet/ tṛtīyaṃ saptarātraṃ tu bhāvayenmadhukāmbunā//

tataḥ kṣīraṃ punaḥ pītān suśuṣkāṃścūrṇayedbhiṣak/ kākolyādiṃ sayaṣṭyāhvaṃ mañjiṣṭhāṃ sārivāṃ tathā//

kuṣṭhaṃ sarjarasaṃ māṃsīṃ suradāru sacandanam/ śatapuṣpāṃ ca saṃcūrṇya tilacūrṇena yojayet//

pīḍanārthaṃ ca kartavyaṃ sarvagandhaśṛtaṃ payaḥ/ caturguṇena payasā tattailaṃ vipacedbhiṣak//

elāmaṃśumatīṃ patraṃ jīvakaṃ tagaraṃ tathā/ rodhraṃ prapauṇḍarīkaṃ ca tathā kālānusāri(vā)ṇam//

saireyakaṃ kṣīraśuklāmanantāṃ samadhūlikām/ piṣṭvā śṛṅgāṭakaṃ caiva pūrvoktānyauṣadhāni ca//

ebhistadvipacettailaṃ śāstravinmṛdunāgninā/ etattailaṃ sadā pathyaṃ bhagnānāṃ sarvakarmasu//

ākṣepake pakṣaghāte tāluśoṣe tathārdite/ manyāstambhe śiroroge karṇaśūle hanugrahe//

bādhirye timire caiva ye ca strīṣu kṣayaṃ gatāḥ/ pathyaṃ pāne tathābhyaṅge nasye bastiṣu bhojane//

grīvāskandhorasāṃ vṛddhiramunaivopajāyate/ mukhaṃ ca padmapratimaṃ sasugandhisamīraṇam//

gandhatailamidaṃ nāmnā sarvavātavikāranut/ rājārhametat kartavyaṃ rājñāmeva vicakṣaṇaiḥ//

trapuṣākṣpriyālānāṃ tailāni madhuraiḥ saha/ vasāṃ dattvā yathālābhaṃ kṣīre daśaguṇe pacet//

snehottamamidaṃ cāśu kuryādbhagnaprasādhanam/ pānābhyañjananasyeṣu bastikarmaṇi secane//

bhagnaṃ naiti yathāpākaṃ prayateta tathā bhiṣak/ pakvamāṃsasirāsnāyu taddhi kṛcchreṇa sidhyati//

bhagnaṃ sandhimanāviddhamahīnāṅgamanulbaṇam/ sukhaceṣṭāpracāraṃ ca saṃhitaṃ samyagādiśet//