Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 148

GaP 1 148.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १४८ धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । अथातो रक्तपित्तस्य निदानं प्रवदाम्यहम् । भृशोष्णतिक्तकट्वम्ललवणादिविदाहिभिः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 148 dhanvantariruvāca / athāto raktapittasya nidānaṃ pravadāmyaham / bhṛśoṣṇatiktakaṭvamlalavaṇādividāhibhiḥ

The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 148. Dhanvantari said: Now, next, I shall declare the causation of raktapitta (bleeding disorder). By things excessively hot, bitter, pungent, sour, salty and otherwise burning,

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GaP 1 148.2

कोद्रवोद्दालकैश्चान्यैस्तदुक्तैरति सेवितैः । कुपितं पैत्तिकैः पित्तं द्रवं रक्तञ्च मूर्छति

kodravoddālakaiścānyaistaduktairati sevitaiḥ / kupitaṃ paittikaiḥ pittaṃ dravaṃ raktañca mūrchati

And by kodrava and uddālaka grains and other (foods) mentioned there, when excessively used, the bile, angered by bile-provoking (causes), becomes fluid, and the blood too loses its hold.

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GaP 1 148.3

तैर्मिथस्तुल्यरूपत्वमागम्य व्याप्नुवंस्तनुम् । पित्तरक्तस्य विकृतेः संसर्गाद्दषणादपि

tairmithastulyarūpatvamāgamya vyāpnuvaṃstanum / pittaraktasya vikṛteḥ saṃsargāddaṣaṇādapi

By these (causes) the two, coming to have a like form with each other, spread through the body; and from the derangement of bile and blood, as also from their mixture and mutual vitiation—

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GaP 1 148.4

गन्धवर्णानुवृत्तेषु रक्तेन व्यपदिश्यते । प्रभवत्यसृजः स्थानात्प्लीहतो यकृतश्च सः

gandhavarṇānuvṛtteṣu raktena vyapadiśyate / prabhavatyasṛjaḥ sthānātplīhato yakṛtaśca saḥ

—when the smell and colour follow (that of blood), it is designated by (the name of) blood; and it arises from the seat of the blood, from the spleen and from the liver.

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GaP 1 148.5

शिरोगुरुत्वमरुचिः शीतेच्छा धूमको ऽम्लकः । छर्धितश्छर्दिबै भत्स्यं कासः श्वासो भ्रमः क्लमः

śirogurutvamaruciḥ śītecchā dhūmako 'mlakaḥ / chardhitaśchardibai bhatsyaṃ kāsaḥ śvāso bhramaḥ klamaḥ

Heaviness of the head, loss of appetite, desire for cold, burning (in the chest), sour eructation, vomiting, disgust for food, cough, laboured breathing, dizziness, weariness;

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GaP 1 148.6

लोहितो न हितो मत्स्यगन्धास्यात्वञ्च विज्वरे । रक्तहारिद्रहरितवर्णता नयनादिषु

lohito na hito matsyagandhāsyātvañca vijvare / raktahāridraharitavarṇatā nayanādiṣu

a red (complexion) is not good, nor a fishy smell of the mouth in one without fever; and redness, yellowness or greenness of colour in the eyes and the rest;

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GaP 1 148.7

नीललोहित पीतानां वर्णानामविवेचनम् । स्वप्ने इन्मादधर्मित्वं भवत्यस्मिन्भविष्यति

nīlalohita pītānāṃ varṇānāmavivecanam / svapne inmādadharmitvaṃ bhavatyasminbhaviṣyati

inability to distinguish the colours blue, red and yellow; and in dreams the character of madness—(such signs) occur in this (disease) that is about to come.

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GaP 1 148.8

उर्ध्वं नासाक्षिकर्णास्यैर्मेढ्रयोनिगुदैरधः । कुपितं रोमकूपैश्च समस्तैस्तत्प्रवर्तते

urdhvaṃ nāsākṣikarṇāsyairmeḍhrayonigudairadhaḥ / kupitaṃ romakūpaiśca samastaistatpravartate

Upward through the nose, eyes, ears and mouth, downward through the penis, vagina and anus, and (also) through the hair-follicles—thus, when aggravated, it issues forth by all (these) together.

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GaP 1 148.9

ऊर्ध्वं साध्यं कफाद्यस्मात्तद्विरेचनसाधितम् । बह्वौषधानि पित्तस्य विरेको हि वरौषधम्

ūrdhvaṃ sādhyaṃ kaphādyasmāttadvirecanasādhitam / bahvauṣadhāni pittasya vireko hi varauṣadham

The upward (type) is curable, since it (arises) from phlegm and the rest, and is to be treated by purgation; the remedies for bile are many, for purgation is indeed the best remedy.

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GaP 1 148.10

अनुबन्धी कफो यत्र तत्र तस्यापि शुद्धिकृत् । कषायाः स्वादवो यस्य विशुद्धौ श्लेष्मला हिताः

anubandhī kapho yatra tatra tasyāpi śuddhikṛt / kaṣāyāḥ svādavo yasya viśuddhau śleṣmalā hitāḥ

Where phlegm is a secondary factor, there purification is to be effected for that too; astringent and sweet (substances) are good for one in whose purification phlegm-increasing (things are needed).

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GaP 1 148.11

कटुतिक्तकषाया वा ये निसर्गात्कफावहाः । अधो याप्यञ्च नायुष्मांस्तत्प्रच्छर्दनसाधकम्

kaṭutiktakaṣāyā vā ye nisargātkaphāvahāḥ / adho yāpyañca nāyuṣmāṃstatpracchardanasādhakam

Or (those) pungent, bitter and astringent (substances) which by nature bring on phlegm; the downward (type) is (only) manageable, and (the patient) is not long-lived: it is to be treated by emesis.

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GaP 1 148.12

अल्पौषधञ्च पित्तस्य वमनं नावमौषधम् । अनुबन्धि बलं यस्य शान्तपित्तनरस्य च

alpauṣadhañca pittasya vamanaṃ nāvamauṣadham / anubandhi balaṃ yasya śāntapittanarasya ca

And the remedies for bile are few; vomiting is not a remedy to be lowered (i.e. not a mild one). (It is used) for one who has (phlegm) as a secondary factor and whose strength is (adequate), and for a man whose bile has been quieted.

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GaP 1 148.13

कषायश्च हितस्तस्य मधुरा एव केवलम् । कफमारुतसंस्पृष्टमसाध्यमुपनामनम्

kaṣāyaśca hitastasya madhurā eva kevalam / kaphamārutasaṃspṛṣṭamasādhyamupanāmanam

And an astringent is good for him, or sweet (substances) alone; (the disease) touched by phlegm and wind is incurable and (only) to be palliated.

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GaP 1 148.14

असह्यं प्रतिलोमत्वादसाध्यादौषधस्य च । न हि संशोधनं किञ्चिदस्य च प्रतिलोमिनः

asahyaṃ pratilomatvādasādhyādauṣadhasya ca / na hi saṃśodhanaṃ kiñcidasya ca pratilominaḥ

It is unbearable because of its contrary course, and because the remedy is unavailing; for there is no purificatory measure at all for this (disease) when it runs contrary.

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GaP 1 148.15

शोधनं प्रतिलोमञ्च रक्तपित्ते ऽभिसर्जितम् । एवमेवोपशमनं संशोधनमिहेष्यते

śodhanaṃ pratilomañca raktapitte 'bhisarjitam / evamevopaśamanaṃ saṃśodhanamiheṣyate

A purificatory measure, when contrary in direction, is (to be) rejected in raktapitta; just so, palliation is here held to be the (proper) purification.

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