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A footnote says kapha is aggravated in spring by the nature of the season, so emesis is given then.

The use of nasal therapy and emesis in spring is said to be very beneficial, as taught by the Jina.

In spring, food and drink that are mostly dry, alkaline (glossed as salty), astringent, bitter and pungent are said to be wholesome; drinking water may come from a well or the village, or…

In spring, food and drink that are mostly dry (rūkṣa), alkaline (kṣāra, glossed as salty), astringent, bitter and pungent are said to be wholesome, and drinking water may be well water or…

If vata has entered the bones, a horn applied to draw blood is said to cure it; alternatively the part is rubbed with the hand, incised, and the vata drawn out through a tube.

The introduction says the gross dhātus appear in increasing order as animal bodies become more complex: some creatures have only rasa and rakta, some rasa, rakta and māṁsa, and some rasa,…

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

Hemanta is placed in Mārgaśīrṣa and Pauṣa, when it is extremely cold; the editor's second scheme puts it in Pauṣa and Māgha, and within each day the pre-dawn hours (about 4 a.m.) correspond…

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…

Semen (śukra), like fat and brain matter, is said to measure one añjali in the body.

The introduction says Ayurvedic diagnosis mainly considers the vitiation of the doṣas, which arises from many different causes: the doṣas accumulate, become aggravated and spread (caya,…

The seasonal rules name the drinking water for each season: in spring well or village water, or water heated, clean and cooled; in summer well water; in the rains hot water; in autumn water…

For the medium body, emesis is to be given in spring, enema therapy in the rainy season and purgation in autumn; this is how the noble ones preserve the health of the healthy. A footnote…

Kapha gathered in hemanta is aggravated in spring, vata gathered in summer in prāvṛṭ, and pitta gathered in the rains in autumn; at aggravation they are to be removed, vata by enema, pitta…

Pure menstrual blood (artava) is described as red like liquid realgar, the paste of hamsapadi, the blood of a hare, lac juice or bright saffron, and as coming out of a cloth on washing…

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…

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…

Pure menstrual blood is red like liquid realgar, the paste of hamsapadi, hare's blood, lac juice or bright saffron, and when washed from a cloth it comes out without staining it; the…

By this method semen is purified. Semen that is very unctuous, fragrant, sweet, like crystal, like honey and like (white) sesame oil is to be known as pure, and the commentary says…

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…

Emesis is given in the moderate season (the commentary: the early rains, autumn and spring, without great cold or heat), on the morning after the evening meal, by giving emetic drugs as…

In the moderate season (neither very cold nor very hot: the early rains, autumn and spring, per the commentary), on the morning after the meal, the physician gives emetic drugs in a proper…