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Chapter 15 counts ten kinds of head disease: from vata, pitta, kapha, blood and all doshas together, suryavarta, ardhavabhedaka, shankhaka, and the worm-caused and depletion types;…

Head pain that rises from morning to midday as the sun climbs and wanes as the sun goes down.

Snake poison is called the most dreadful of animal poisons; snakes are of five kinds, divine serpents poison by sight and breath and earthly snakes by their fangs, and the text lists why…

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 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.

A disease of drishti in which everything is seen as hazy, attributed to heat in the head, overexertion, grief and headache.

Excessive smoking causes constant ringing in the ears, headache, weak sight, loss of taste, burning and thirst; these are overcome with nourishing of the head, nasya and ghee.

Poisoned articles used on the whole body, such as scented decoction water and clothes, cause swelling and pain all over the body. A poisoned garland worn on the head makes the hair fall,…

A complication in which emesis or purgation removes too little of the doshas; the text lists its effects and treats it by repeating the procedure suitably.

Too small or weak an emetic does not remove all the doshas, causing headache, worsening of the disease and nausea, and a strong patient is made to vomit again; a purgative that fails causes…

In darvikara poisoning the text lists seven stages: the poison blackens the blood, then affects the flesh, then causes heaviness of the eyes and headache, then reaches the abdomen and…

In rajimanta poisoning the blood turns reddish and slimy, then the flesh turns very pale, then saliva flows profusely, then come neck stiffness and severe headache, then speech stops, then…

Bark, heartwood and exudate poisons cause headache, stiffness of the mouth, blindness and excess kapha. Latex poisons cause a heavy tongue, vomiting of much froth and excessive purging.

Sight afflicted by heat entering the head, excessive exertion, grief and headache sees everything as hazy; the learned call this dhumadarshi.

When smoking has been excessive, with ringing in the ears, headache, weak sight, loss of taste, burning and thirst, the complications are overcome with nourishing of the head…