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Unmada (insanity) arises when the doshas leave their paths and pervade the mind-carrying channels; it is of five kinds, from vata, pitta, kapha, all three and grief, and is treated with…

Combined insanity shows the signs of all three dosha types and is hard to cure; insanity also arises (through grief) from loss of wealth, separation from close relatives, desire and fear.

When vata, pitta and kapha, together or singly, are aggravated and leave their own paths for wrong ones (pervading the mind-carrying channels), insanity (unmada) arises; it is of five…

Fainting, insanity and epilepsy arise from the doshas, which (aggravated by inner and outer causes) cover the faculties; they are treated with drugs suited to the strength of the doshas,…

In vata-type insanity the person, with scattered mental activity, trembles like a drunkard, dances, prattles a great deal, sings, abuses others, wanders aimlessly in the market and slaps…

The insane patient is laid in a dark, foul-smelling well full of corpses, and the physician lets blood by puncturing all the forehead veins.

The insane person is made to lie in a dark well, very foul-smelling and full of dreadful corpses, in thick darkness, and the skilled physician lets blood by puncturing all the veins of the…

The kapha-type insane person is stout, has little pain and much phlegm, eats little, likes warmth, is sleepy, speaks very little and is free of restlessness; at night his mind is greatly…

Nasya and anointing with sharp mustard oil are given, and the patient is frightened with harmless snakes, grass, fire, water, thieves, elephants and other trained acts.

The insane patient is oleated and sweated according to the doshas, purified by emesis and purgation, and then given sharp avapida nasya, head purgation and foul-smelling fumigation.

The pitta-type insane person likes cold things, is sharp and very wrathful, suspects flames of fire everywhere and has sight so keen that he sees stars even by day; the commentary says the…

The insane patient is given oleation and sudation according to the doshas, purified above and below by emesis and purgation, and then treated with many kinds of sharp pressed-juice nasal…

The insane patient is given many kinds of unctuous, very clean, sweet, heavy and sleep-inducing foods and drinks that steady the intellect and calm the intoxication, and the doshas are…

Apasmara is named for the loss of memory with deadly fear and fainting; it arises from the three doshas with vata predominant, shows falling, teeth gnashing, phlegm vomiting, upturned eyes…

If too much blood is let from a vein, vata disorders, wasting, breathlessness, cough, hiccup, anaemia, insanity and heat in the head are said to arise, and death may follow soon.

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.

Cow milk is one of the eight kinds of milk, all said to be wholesome for all beings.

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…

Murchha (fainting) is described as the doshas covering the channels of consciousness so that the patient sees darkness and falls; it is of six kinds (blood, poison, vata, pitta, kapha,…

The text says a newborn lives first on its mother's milk alone, then on mother's milk together with food, before taking food alone.

Chewing betel is said to increase happiness, good fortune, fragrance, contentment, lustre, cheerfulness and pleasant desire; it keeps the face bright, the mind content and the mouth moist,…

Ghee drunk for oleation that has not been digested; the text says it gives rise to anorexia, fever, prameha, insanity, kushtha and fainting, and manages it with hot salted water or emesis…

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

If drunk ghee is not digested it produces anorexia, fever, prameha, insanity, kushtha and fainting. The patient is then given hot water with rock salt to drink, or the physician makes him…