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Alkali is said always to follow the properties of urine.

The introduction says no definite time can be given for the origin of Ayurveda, the science of life, because the need for it begins wherever living beings have life; since it is essential…

The introduction says that the treatment portion of the Kalyāṇakāraka resembles Caraka to a large extent, apart from the parts dealing with honey, wine and meat.

Vatarakta is said to arise from burning, pungent, hot and dry food in the hot season and long fast riding, which burn the blood and provoke vata; the corrupted blood collects in the feet…

An alkali made from the ash water of mushkaka (mokha), strained and cooked down to a reddish powder, is the second of the four preparations against kapha diseases and excessive urination.

Four preparations are given: the three pungents and rock salt in equal parts with citron juice; the reddish alkali of the mushkaka (mokha) tree; triphala in equal parts; and bhringaraja…

For all nasal diseases the text lists head purgation, head saturation, medicated smoke, gargles (gandusha) and lickable preparations, together with khala cooked with pungent, hot and…

An addition to the alkali antidote: alkalis, cow urine, salts, the three pungents, aromatic substances and dried flowers are powdered and mixed in with ghee and jaggery, stored in a cow's…

Patients with nasal disease are treated with head purgation, head saturation, medicated smoke, gargles and lickable preparations, and with khala cooked with pungent, hot and alkaline…

Triphala and trikatu ground well with cow's urine containing alkali, applied as a plaster and also drunk, together with poultices of hot drugs, for kapha-type scrotal enlargement.