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Apana vata is said to live in the bladder region and the colon and to expel stool, urine, semen, menstrual blood and the foetus at the proper time.

Apana vata lives in the bladder region and the colon and expels stool, urine, semen, menstrual blood and the foetus at their proper time; aggravated, it causes serious diseases of the anus…

After the vata diseases, chapter 12 turns to obstructed labour (mudhagarbha): its arising from aggravated apana vata, its danger to life and the ways the fetus may present.

Diarrhoea, burning, thirst, fever, giddiness, intoxication, heat and drying are said not to arise without aggravated pitta.

A minor disease: holding back the urge for stool aggravates apana vata, which narrows the anal opening so that stool passes with great difficulty.

Raktapitta is described as blood, corrupted in the liver and spleen by vata and pitta after vata, injury or heat, flowing upward, downward or both ways. Its prodromes, incurable and fatal…

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.

The decoction enema is called niruha because it removes all the doshas, and asthapana because it preserves youth (vayasthapana).

When a fetus that has grown without complication turns towards delivery and apana vata becomes aggravated, it reverses the fetus's course so that it cannot quickly find the outlet and…

In those who hold back the urge to pass stool, aggravated apana vata constricts the skin of the anus and narrows its opening, so that stool passes with great difficulty; this is…

Smoke (dhuma) is said to be of five kinds: oleating (snehana), prayogika, emetic (vamana), purgative (virechana) and cough-relieving (kasaghna); a footnote gives नस्यैः as a variant reading…

A form of urinary obstruction in which suppressed urine drives vata upward to distend the lower abdomen with severe pain.

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

From holding back urine, (apana) vata turns upward and fills the abdomen, distending it below the navel with severe pain; this is mutrajathara.

In vata diarrhoea, from aggravated apana vata, the stool is dry and frothy (very thick, says the commentary; with water and froth, says the verse) and passes again and again in small…

Udavarta is the upward turning of wind, faeces, urine and the like when natural urges are held back: provoked apana rises into udana. Seven kinds are named by the urge held back, and all…

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…

A severe cutting pain, here a complication of purification with a very dry drug in a weak person with low fire and a soft bowel; the text treats it with milk enemas and a milk diet.

Very sharp medicine given to someone thoroughly oleated and sweated with a very soft bowel causes atiyoga. Excessive emesis brings out too much pitta with exhaustion, loss of strength and…

If the purifying medicine brings out life-giving blood (jivadana), cooling treatment and cold, blood-stopping drugs are used. A dry purifier taken by someone with indigestion and much vata…

A severe colic in a woman who has delivered, said to arise when her vitiated blood does not flow out properly; it is treated with asthapana and anuvasana enemas or uttarabasti and with…

When the vitiated blood of a newly delivered woman does not flow out properly a severe colic arises, called markala (makkala) shula; it is overcome with the asthapana and anuvasana enemas,…

Smoke is not to be given to those suffering from fainting, intoxication, giddiness, burning, thirst, heat, raktapitta, fatigue, severe poisoning, grief or fear; to those with pandu,…