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Condition
Nasal disorders (nasaroga)
नासारोग (नाक के रोग) · नासारोग
Chapter 15 counts thirty-one nasal diseases, among them pinasa, putinasya, nasapaka, puyarakta, diptanasa, kshavathu, bhramshathu, nasal blockage, discharge and dryness, and nasal tumours,…
Condition
Graha and bhuta afflictions
ग्रहरोग (भूतबाधा) · ग्रहरोग
Graha affliction is described as seizure by spirit beings (vyantaras and grahas), who the text says trouble people from enmity, for play or wishing to kill, and enter those who neglect…
Condition
Poisoning (visha)
विष (ज़हर) · विषरोग
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.
Condition
Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)
वात रोग · वातव्याधि
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…
Topic
Conclusion
उपसंहार
A physician skilled in Ayurveda should quickly conquer all mental (graha-seized) disorders with the drugs described and with similar tasteless, repulsive-looking and very foul-smelling…
Topic
Poison on riding animals and in nasal medicine and smoke
सवारी, नस्य और धूम में विष के लक्षण · वाहन-नस्य-धूपगत विष लक्षण
Poison put on the back of an elephant, horse or camel makes the animal discharge kapha from the mouth (its eyes turn red) and lose dhātu, while the rider gets eruptions and swelling on the…
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Quoted formula (Basavarājīya, 6th prakaraṇa, p.111), headed as Pūjyapāda's: Trikaṭukādi nasya…
Quoted formula (Basavarājīya, 6th prakaraṇa, p.111), headed as Pūjyapāda's: Trikaṭukādi nasya for vāta and other disorders. Fifteen ingredients in equal parts, the three pungents, citraka,…
Topic
Treatment of greatly increased vata
अति बढ़े हुए वात की चिकित्सा · अतिवृद्ध वात चिकित्सा
For greatly increased vata disorders the full range of procedures told earlier is to be used as needed: oleation, emesis, pastes, purgation, oil massage, fumigation, mouth-holding (kavala),…
Procedure
Treatment of poisoning from poisoned articles
विषचिकित्सा
Once strong burning, cracking, swelling and similar complications show that the articles described were poisoned, the resulting disorders are relieved with suitable nasal medicine, eye…