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Pieces of pilu bark and sesame are boiled in plenty of water; the oil that rises is collected and cooked with a paste and decoction of vata-reducing drugs, milk and curd. Named Anu taila,…

Oil obtained by boiling pieces of pilu bark and sesame in much water is collected and cooked with a paste and decoction of vata-reducing drugs, milk and curd; the text says even an atom of…

Aggravated vata spread through the whole body is to be calmed by asthapana and anuvasana enemas given in due order.

After the bowel has been cleansed by niruha, the patient is bathed in warm water, given a light meal prepared with dosha-pacifying medicines and then given an anuvasana enema by rule. To…

Sesame oil prepared with kushtha, sal resin, orpiment, realgar and kanji is massaged on the body of a child seized by the Anuputana graha.

The patient is first given a proper oil massage and a warm-water bath, then fed as the science directs, and the anuvasana enema with rock salt and shatapushpa powder is given skilfully. He…

If the anus is torn and painful, sprinkling it with lukewarm oil is beneficial, and so is sitting in steaming water cooked with vata-reducing drugs.

Complications of the oil enema that the text describes when the oil is overpowered by doshas, food or wastes, rises upward, is given to an unprepared body or a light eater, or flows out too…

The child's body is massaged with sesame oil prepared with kushtha, sal resin, orpiment, realgar and kanji, and he is given ghee cooked with long pepper, long pepper root and the sweet…

Even when an anuvasana enema is used, no fault such as weak digestion arises in food and digestion, so the great sages call it the principal enema. The author announces that he will…

Vidradhi is described as of two kinds, external and internal, the internal being the more severe.

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 complication in which a purifying medicine goes neither up nor down or acts too little; the text gives its causes, signs and stepwise management.

Bhagandara is described as a very painful boil near the anus, within two finger-breadths of it, that bursts there. Five kinds are named after vata, pitta, kapha, all three doshas and injury…

The publisher's note opens with the saying 'the body is indeed the first means of dharma' and says that a healthy body is necessary for religious practice, and that only through a healthy…

The people of marshy (ānūpa) land are described as very stout and kapha-predominant, and physicians there are told always to treat kapha and vāta.

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.

The opening of chapter 19 treats poisoning as a danger to kings: who poisons, how a poisoner and poisoned food are recognised, and the signs of poison in food, drinks and personal articles.

Prameha is the first of the major diseases treated in chapter 11. The text gives its causes (too much heavy, liquid, unctuous and cold food, day sleep, lack of exertion), its prodromes, its…

The introduction defines deśa as the region where one lives and says it is of three kinds: jāṅgala, ānūpa and sādhāraṇa.

Vata is presented as the root cause of many local and whole-body diseases. Each of the five vayus, aggravated in its own seat, causes the diseases of that seat; joined with kapha, pitta or…

Continuing the account of digestion, the introduction says the food is moved onward by a propulsive action, and samāna vāyu is needed for this and to keep the food moist; its actions of…

The commentary prescribes the after-drink by the kind of food: sour gruel (kāñjī; the verse says sauvīra) when eating things made of pulses, buttermilk with boiled rice and the like, warm…

After-drinks matched to the food: sour gruel (kāñjī) with dishes made from pulses, buttermilk with boiled rice, warm water with ghee-rich dishes or when drinking fats, and cold water with…