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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.

Opening of the tenth chapter, on kapha disorders. It begins with an invocation, the signs of aggravated kapha and the measures that calm it, followed by powders, pastes, gargles and…

In kapha disorders, the ghee for oleation is drunk mixed with trikatu and alkali (kshara).

In pitta disorders ghee is drunk with sugar, in vata disorders with rock salt and hot water, and in kapha disorders mixed with trikatu and alkali (kshara); the commentary calls this the…

Vata is presented as the root cause of many local and whole-body diseases. Each of the five vayus, aggravated in its own seat, causes the diseases of that seat; joined with kapha, pitta or…

Chapter 15 describes twenty-eight ear diseases arising mainly from aggravated vata, alone or with other doshas, and treats them by dosha with ear oils, fomentation, washes and other…

Kaṭerī (verse kāsaghnī) leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

White arka (verse amalina arka) is named among the five bṛhatīs, said to suit kapha disorders, remove kuṣṭha, destroy worms, counter poison and always suit fever.

Aśmantaka fruit (glossed पाषाणभेद in the commentary) is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Pīpal (sacred fig) fruit, as one of the milky trees, is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Marking nut (bhilāvā; verse āruṣkara) fruit is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Bael fruit heads a list of fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Bṛhatī (baḍī kaṭelī) is named among the five bṛhatīs, said to suit kapha disorders, remove kuṣṭha, destroy worms, counter poison and always suit fever.

Sandalwood fruit is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Jāmun fruit is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Mañjiṣṭhā (verse citralatā) is named among the five bṛhatīs, said to suit kapha disorders, remove kuṣṭha, destroy worms, counter poison and always suit fever.

Gaṅgeran (verse gāṅgerukī) fruit is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Fruits of the milky trees (kṣīrī vṛkṣa)—listed in the commentary as banyan, cluster fig, pīpal's pākhar, phāras and pīpal—are among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to…

Phalsa (the commentary's gloss for the verse word pārāvata) is listed among very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy and unctuous, cause…

Pākhar fruit (written 'पीपल की पाखर'), as one of the milky trees, is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Tendū fruit is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Cluster fig fruit, as one of the milky trees, is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Banyan fruit, as one of the milky trees, is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Ajwain (the commentary's gloss for the verse word karabī) is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.