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The six seasons, two months each, are listed from Caitra: vasanta (also called madhu, when flowers and fruits flourish) in Caitra and Vaiśākha, grīṣma in Jyeṣṭha and Āṣāḍha, varṣā in…

Cautery is avoided in summer and autumn; in an urgent disease curable only by fire it is done after measures opposing the season, such as cool coverings, cool food, a cool place and cool…

Six seasons of two months each from Caitra: spring (vasanta, also called madhu, when flowers and fruits flourish) in Caitra–Vaiśākha, summer in Jyeṣṭha–Āṣāḍha, the rains in…

Each day runs through the six seasons as the year does: forenoon is spring, midday summer, afternoon or evening prāvṛṭ, the first part of the night the rains, midnight autumn and the…

One who wants wealth and happiness should not speak to good or wicked people hurtful words about their birth or conduct, which give rise to attachment, hatred and delusion.

The introduction says the secret of treatment is to perform the particular action by which the body's dhātus return to balance (a footnote quotes Caraka Sūtra to this effect); the whole…

Among the factors to be weighed in treatment, the introduction says time (kāla) is of three kinds: cold, hot and rainy.

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.

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,…

The verse gives a threefold order of diet for children (milk only, milk with food, then good food) and says that for the other stages proper meals are best.

For the person of medium body, emesis is to be given in spring, enema therapy in the rainy season and purgation in autumn.

Two nāḍīs make a muhūrta, thirty muhūrtas a day, fifteen days a fortnight, and the bright and dark fortnights a month. The twelve months from Caitra hold six seasons; three seasons form an…

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…

Pox is said to arise from the anger of cruel grahas, smelling the poisonous flowers of poison trees, poisoning, irregular eating, disturbed seasons, transgressing religious duties,…

Sitting steadily on a clean, comfortable seat and considering one's constitution and strength, one should eat lukewarm food suited to all seasons, neither too slowly nor too fast, with…

Doshas accumulated by the seasons are to be removed at the time of their aggravation: vata by enema, pitta by purgation and kapha by emesis. The editor adds that elimination should start in…

The text says that for the medium (healthy) body emesis is given in spring, enema therapy in the rainy season and purgation in autumn, as the way the noble ones preserve the health of the…

The twelve kinds of diet are listed as cold, hot, unctuous, dry, liquid, solid, once a day, twice a day, medicated, reduced in quantity, dosha-pacifying and strengthening (vrishya) food.

The anger of cruel grahas, smelling poisonous flowers, poisoning, irregular eating, disturbed seasons, transgressing religious duties, sacrifices with killing, killing, and harassing or…

In śiśira, sour, milk-based, astringent, bitter, salty and markedly hot food is said to be especially wholesome, and pond water suits. Having learned the diet of all six seasons, one should…