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Excessive sleep, with coldness, stupor and stiffness, is among the signs of aggravated kapha.

Here the text describes dūṣīviṣa, latent or weakened poison: how a poison loses strength and lingers in the body, how it is later roused, and the many disorders it then causes.

Rajayakshma, also called kshaya and shosha, is described as a severe wasting disease of all three doshas that dries up the tissues and is the seat from which many other diseases arise.

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 lists the qualities of kapha as stable (sthira), unctuous (snigdha), smooth (ślakṣṇa), clay-like (mṛtsna), cold (śīta), heavy (guru) and slow (manda), and says kapha, like…

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…

Emesis is judged proper when first the medicine, then kapha and then pitta are expelled and the doshas and the disease subside.

Properly performed emesis is said to remove delirious talk, heaviness of the body, hoarseness, excessive sleep, bad taste in the mouth, weak digestion, foul breath, burning, heart disease,…

Loss of appetite, indigestion, discharge of phlegm, pinasa (a nasal disease), lethargy, excessive sleep, flies settling on the patient and sliminess of the mouth are the complications of…

If the nozzle is pressed with too much force, the oil rises too high, causing breathlessness, cough, loss of taste, much spitting, heaviness of the head and excessive sleep; the mouth…

When provoked, dūṣīviṣa causes vomiting, loss of appetite, thirst, fever, burning, breathlessness, cough, intermittent fever, swelling, insanity, diarrhoea and abdominal disease such as…

The text counts seventy-six eye diseases, lists their causes and their seats in the eye, and stresses that the eye must be protected in every way.

Ardita is said to arise from excessive yawning and talking, chewing hard food, agitation, sleeping on a high hard pillow, kapha and cold; the senses are disturbed, half the face becomes…

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…

Kushtha, the second of the major diseases in chapter 11, is said to arise from all the vitiated doshas and to take eighteen forms. The text gives its pathogenesis (wrong conduct or…

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,…

Prodromes listed: much thick phlegm, breathlessness, weakness of all limbs, vomiting, dry throat, weak digestion, intoxication, whiteness of the eyes, excessive sleep and rhinitis. Dreams…

Stiffness, coldness, swelling, heaviness, hardness, intense cold, severe itching, unctuousness and wetness, salivation, distaste for food, heaviness of the head, excessive sleep, weak…

Aggravated kapha is said to produce loss of touch sensation, itching, heaviness of the body, whiteness, coldness, stupor, excessive sleep, stiffness, loss of appetite and mild pain.

Kapha fever shows excessive sleep, loss of taste, great heaviness of the head, only mild heat, sweetness in the mouth, horripilation, obstruction of the channels, slight pain, fixed eyes,…

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…

Ardita is said to arise from excessive yawning and talking, chewing hard food, agitation, sleeping on a high hard pillow, kapha and cold; the senses are disturbed, the mouth becomes crooked…

Eye diseases arise from the doshas lodged in the eye through plunging into water when overheated, keeping a fixed posture, change of seasons, sweat or much walking, excess intercourse, loss…

Vāta is said to be aggravated by excessive exercise and sexual activity, long journeys on foot, riding, carrying loads, wrong times of sleep, immersion in water and blows of wind; by…