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Which states of the digestive fire does chapter 2 describe, how are they defined, and which procedures does the text pair with the disordered ones?

द्वितीय परिच्छेद में जठराग्नि की कौन सी अवस्थाएँ बताई गई हैं, उनकी परिभाषा क्या है और विकृत अग्नियों के लिए ग्रन्थ कौन से कर्म बताता है?

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Study question (generated from the text)

Balanced fire digests a proper meal properly; irregular fire (from vāta) sometimes digests it and sometimes not; sharp fire (from pitta) digests even an excessive meal; weak fire (from kapha) cannot digest even a small one. The text pairs enema therapy, purgation, and emesis with nasal therapy with the vāta, pitta and kapha types in that order.

Detailed answer

Verse 11 asks the physician to judge whether a person's fire is balanced, irregular or weak; verse 12 says disordered fire is threefold, irregular from vāta, sharp from pitta and weak from kapha, and its footnotes give the definitions. Verse 13 pairs enema, purgation and emesis with nasal therapy with these in order, and verse 14 says balanced fire is protected by seasonal food and by enemas, purgation and emesis suited to the three periods; a footnote defines balanced fire. These are purification procedures that the text assigns to the physician.

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Chapter 2
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