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Principle
Bowel nature (koshtha)
कोष्ठ (पेट की प्रकृति) · मृदुकोष्ठ
The bowel (koshtha) is said to be of three kinds: soft when pitta predominates, medium when kapha predominates and hard when vata predominates.
Therapy
Purification therapy (shodhana)
शोधन चिकित्सा · शोधन
Great diseases are said to arise from the excessive or wrong use (atiyoga, mithyayoga) of purification by emesis and purgation; the text promises their treatment together with the method of…
Principle
Vata dosha
वात दोष · वात
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…
Topic
Angagraha and atiyoga after enema: signs and treatment
अंगग्रह और अतियोग के लक्षण व चिकित्सा · अंगग्रह, अतियोग लक्षण व चिकित्सा
In a person full of vata, dry by nature or lying improperly, an enema of weak drugs causes hard-to-cure angagraha (stiffness of the limbs) with fatigue, yawning, tremor and other vata…
Topic
Giving the purgative; the three kinds of bowel
विरेचक औषध देने की विधि और कोष्ठ के तीन प्रकार · विरेचक औषधदान विधि
On the next day, before sunrise, the physician considers whether the previous day's food has been digested and examines the patient's digestive power and the soft or hard nature of the…
Topic
The seats of vāta
वात के स्थान · वात का स्थान
Vāyu, which moves through the whole body, resides especially in the buttocks, waist, groin and private parts; by its nature it carries the doshas and tissues to their places, and when…