Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita

by Laxmi Maji | 2021 | 143,541 words

This page relates ‘Treatment of Visarpa disease’ found in the study on diseases and remedies found in the Atharvaveda and Charaka-samhita. These texts deal with Ayurveda—the ancient Indian Science of life—which 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.

Treatment of Visarpa disease

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When spotted red marks and boils spread across the body then it is called Visarpa. The synonyms of Visarpa are Visalpa and Visalpaka as mentioned in Atharvaveda^[1]. Atharvaveda mentioned Cīpudru as Medicine for Visarpa^[2]. Also, Āñjana and Āñjana-maṇi are mentioned as the medicine for Visarpa.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

visalpasyavidradhasyavātīkārasyavālajeḥ |
yakṣmāṇāṃsarveṣāṃviṣaṃniravocamahaṃtvat ||(AV. –IX/8/20); K. L. Joshi (ed.), Atharvaveda Saṃhitā–Vol. II, Delhi, Parimal Publication, 2015, p. 274.

[2]:

yau te balāsa tiṣṭhataḥ kakṣe muṣkāvapaśritau |
vedāhaṃ tasya bheṣajaṃ cīpudrurabhicakṣaṇam || (AV. –VI/127/2); Veda Atharvaveda Saṃhitā, trans. Dilip Mukhopadhyaya, Kolkata, Aksaya Library, 2017, p. 508.

Last Updated: 27 October, 2023