Hemorrhoids:

Cause : Indigestion, acidity, diarrhea, constipation, seminal discharges, repression of bowel movements, straining in bowel movements, bile disorder, heredity, etc. Piles is a roundish mass growing in the rectum. Ayurveda distinguishes three kinds of piles according to their location at the mouth, central, or upper portion of the anus.

Symptoms : Flatulence, rumbling in the stomach, belching, indigestion, incomplete evacuations, apparent mucus in the stools, bowel movements accompanied by itching, burning, bleeding, and pain.

Treatment : Abhayarista, Chandraprava Gurika, Pranada Gurika, Bahusal Gur, etc. To relieve the pain give Kasisadya Taila as a massage at the mouth of the rectum, after which apply fomentation with either sheep’s fur or crab-dug earth. Where there is indigestion, Bhaskar Lavan or Brihat Agnikumar Ras is to be given. Where there is bleeding, give Rasanjanadi Bati, with grass juice, and honey; where constipation, give Abipattikar Churna; and where chronic constipation, Kosthasudhi Bati.

Diet: Rice (old stock), trichosanthes Dioica, aul, arum, eggplant, milk, whey, etc. The following are not suitable-fish, meat, curd, cakes, pumpkin, pui shak, etc.