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What are the ten times for taking medicine in chapter 20?

बीसवें परिच्छेद में औषध सेवन के दस काल कौन से हैं?

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Nirbhakta, pragbhakta, urdhvabhakta, madhyabhakta, antarabhakta, sabhakta, samudga, muhurmuhu, grasa and grasantara.

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Nirbhakta is medicine alone in the morning, only for the strong; pragbhakta is before the meal and digests quickly; urdhvabhakta, after the meal, treats the upper body; madhyabhakta, in mid-meal, treats the middle body; antarabhakta, at midday between meals, kindles the fire; sabhakta is medicine cooked into food for those averse to medicine, children, the old, the emaciated and women; samudga, before and after the meal, calms doshas above and below; muhurmuhu is repeated dosing in dyspnoea, hiccup and belching; grasa is powder mixed with a morsel; grasantara is medicine between morsels for cough and dyspnoea.

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Chapter 20
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