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Prameha is the first of the major diseases treated in chapter 11. The text gives its causes (too much heavy, liquid, unctuous and cold food, day sleep, lack of exertion), its prodromes, its…

The kachnār tree is named among the five lavaṇī plants growing by the sea, said to remove vata, produce kapha, pitta and blood, cause wasting, digest with difficulty and suit urinary stone…

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

Lentil (masūra) is listed among the foods whose use aggravates vāta.

The pomegranate tree is named among the five lavaṇī plants growing by the sea, said to remove vata, produce kapha, pitta and blood, cause wasting, digest with difficulty and suit urinary…

Silk-cotton (semal) flowers are listed among flowers said to increase vata and kapha, calm pitta and blood, and expel worms from the belly.

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

The silk-cotton tree, lentil, the kachnār tree, the pomegranate tree and the kaṭāī plant are called the five lavaṇī plants, which always grow on the seashore.

A ghee cooked with a decoction of sixteen drugs, snuhi latex and a paste of haritaki, sea salt or devadaru and chavya is said to cure consumption, abdominal enlargement, all urinary…

Six parts of a decoction of khadira, kutaja, patha, patala, bilva, bhallataka, aragvadha, brihati, eranda, the two karanjas, barley, jujube, horse gram, vacha and chitraka are cooked with…

A paste of licorice and saffron with jaggery, churned in water, kept overnight and drunk cold, is said to remove all urinary disorders.

A paste of licorice and saffron with jaggery is churned in water and left overnight; drunk cold in the morning, it is said to remove all urinary disorders.

Five 'lavaṇī' plants growing on the seashore, glossed as silk-cotton, lentil, kachnār, pomegranate and kaṭāī, are said to remove vata, produce kapha, pitta and blood, cause wasting (śoṣa),…

The verse lists sour sauvīra (the commentary: sour kāñjī) and liquor and its products among the causes of pitta aggravation.

A footnote defines uttara basti as an injection with a syringe (basti) given into the penis or the vagina.

Uttarabasti is said to overcome the disorders from that vitiated blood, raktapradara, severe painful urination and urinary obstruction, bladder diseases from many doshas, diseases of the…