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According to the commentary, which piles are treated with medicine, which with alkali, which with cautery and which with the knife?

भावार्थ के अनुसार कौन से अर्श औषधि से, कौन से क्षार से, कौन से अग्निकर्म से और कौन से शस्त्र से ठीक किए जाते हैं?

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Recent, mild, internal piles with medicine; soft, spread, thick, raised ones with alkali; rough, firm, raised, hard ones with cautery; thin-based, hanging, moist ones with the knife.

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After the procedure for removing piles, the commentary on PDF 287 sorts piles by their character to choose the treatment; verses 112-113 add that vata and kapha piles take alkali and cautery, blood and pitta piles alkali, thick-based hard large piles excision and cautery, and soft piles in a strong patient pastes and drug combinations.

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