Treatment of intermittent fever

The medicines given for each dosha, used as such and as ghee, oil, milk and special dishes prepared with them, applied as massage, nasya, collyrium, drinks and the like, are said to destroy intermittent fevers such as ekantara, santata, satata, anyedyushka, tritiyaka and chaturthaka. A footnote defines santata (continuous for 7, 10 or 12 days from vata, pitta or kapha), satata (twice a day), anyedyushka (once in a day and night), tritiyaka (every third day) and chaturthaka (every fourth day).