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Symptom
Delirium (pralapa)
प्रलाप (बड़बड़ाना) · प्रलाप
Much delirious talk is among the signs of aggravated pitta.
Condition
Pitta disorders
पित्त रोग · पित्तरोग
Pitta is said to be aggravated by pungent, sour, dry, salty, hot and burning foods and alcohol, and to cause fainting, burning, drying, blisters, delirium and thirst; spread through the…
Condition
Pox disease (masurika)
मसूरिका (चेचक) · मसूरिका
Masurika (pox; called devi, mata or chechak in the commentary) is described as lentil-like eruptions of many colours and shapes, arising mainly from pitta, with dosha and blood types,…
Therapy
Enema therapy (basti)
बस्ति कर्म (एनिमा) · बस्तिकर्म
The quantity of enema fluid may be adjusted to age, strength, body, the state of the doshas and the heaviness or lightness of the drugs, but never beyond six kudava; medicated oil or ghee…
Therapy
Medicated smoke inhalation (dhumapana)
धूमपान (औषधि धूम) · धूमपान
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…
Topic
Benefits of smoking
धूमसेवन के गुण · धूमसेवन का गुण
Smoke is said to clear the senses, gladden the mind and firm the teeth and hair, and to remove breathlessness, cough, sneezing, vomiting, hoarseness, sleep disorder, kacha, delirium and…
Topic
Causes of pitta aggravation and the diseases it produces
पित्तप्रकोप के कारण और उससे होने वाले रोग · पित्तप्रकोप के कारण व तज्जन्य रोग
Constant excessive use of pungent, sour, dry, salty, hot and burning foods and of alcohol aggravates pitta, which gives rise to fainting, burning, drying (shosha), blisters, delirium,…
Topic
Fatal signs in pox
मसूरिका के असाध्य लक्षण · मसूरिका असाध्य लक्षण
When pox is accompanied by severe colic, stupor, bleeding from the mouth and nose, burning, swelling, confusion, excessive delirium, great thirst and deep fainting, it quickly takes life.
Formulation
Mahanaracha ghee
महानाराच घृत
Naracha ghee cooked again with a decoction of four purgative drugs and a paste of seven others; it acts quickly as a purgative and is called the best purgative for mahodara, ashthila,…
Topic
Mahanaracha ghee
महानाराच घृत
Naracha ghee is cooked again with a decoction of trivrit, danti, triphala and shankhini and a paste of aragvadha pulp, snuhi latex, chitraka, vidanga, chavya, turmeric and the three…
Topic
Signs of root, leaf, flower and fruit poisons
मूल, पत्र, पुष्प और फल विष के लक्षण · मूलादि विषजन्य लक्षण
Root poison causes delirium, fainting and udveṣṭana, explained in a footnote as a feeling as if the body were wrapped in a wet cloth. Leaf poison causes laboured breathing, yawning and…
Topic
Those unfit for enema therapy
बस्तिकर्म के अयोग्य व्यक्ति · बस्तिकर्म के लिए अपात्र
Enemas must never be given to those suffering from indigestion, fear, grief, pandu, intoxication, fainting, loss of taste, giddiness, breathlessness, cough, kushtha, abdominal disease,…