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What are the five kinds of shvasa and which of them are curable?

श्वास के पाँच भेद कौन से हैं और उनमें साध्य कौन हैं?

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Maha, urdhva, chhinna, tamaka and kshudra; kshudra and tamaka are curable, the rest are to be abandoned.

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Kshudra shvasa arises on slight exertion and settles on rest; tamaka comes in a weak person with kapha and cough and worsens on eating. Tamaka is very hard to cure in a very weak person, and the sages say the other three kinds should be abandoned.

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