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A decoction of vasa, guduchi, nut grass, patola leaves and dry ginger is drunk in all vata fevers.

Vasa, guduchi, punarnava, arka flowers and other bitter and pungent vegetables are cooked in water of amaltas, bhallataka and neem and eaten in kushtha, with regular drinks of khadira…

Ghee cooked with the flowers and roots of vasa is to be drunk by the consumptive; the commentary names it vrisha ghee or vasa ghee.

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

Shvasa is described as prana vayu moving the wrong way and rising upward, alone or with kapha. It has five kinds: kshudra and tamaka are curable, the other three are to be abandoned.

Aggravated vata spread through the whole body is to be calmed by asthapana and anuvasana enemas given in due order.

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 (rūkṣa), alkaline (kṣāra, glossed as salty), astringent, bitter and pungent are said to be wholesome, and drinking water may be well water or…

A blistering disease spreading over the whole mouth (also called mukhapaka), of vata, pitta and kapha types, each treated with drugs removing the respective dosha.

The body holds three añjali of fat (vasā), six prasṛti each of pitta and kapha, and half an āḍhaka of blood. Footnotes give one prasṛti as 8 tolā and one āḍhaka as 256 tolā.

A person with a dry body and strongly aggravated doshas is given two, three or more anuvasana enemas; when the body has become unctuous, niruha is given by the rule after weighing the…

Vichari and the vata, pitta and kapha types of sarvasara; sarvasara is so called because it spreads to seven places of the mouth.

Chhinna shvasa has a distended abdomen, burning in the bladder and severe pain in all limbs, with interrupted breathing. Maha shvasa has a fixed gaze, a dry throat, loud sound and colic…

Breathlessness that arises on slight exertion and settles by itself on rest is kshudra shvasa. Breathlessness in a weak person with kapha and cough that worsens on eating food is tamaka…

After the bowel has been cleansed by niruha, the patient is bathed in warm water, given a light meal prepared with dosha-pacifying medicines and then given an anuvasana enema by rule. To…

Rough blisters in the mouth with pricking, splitting and many kinds of intense pain mark vata-type sarvasara, to be overcome with vata-removing drugs. A footnote on the next page says it is…

When a downward-tilted nozzle has let the fluid fall and burn the receptacle, an asthapana enema of milk, decoction of milky-sap trees and licorice is given, and an anuvasana enema of ghee.

Kshudra and tamaka shvasa are curable, though tamaka in a very weak person is very hard to cure. The sages say the remaining types should be abandoned.

When prana vayu moves in the reverse direction and rises upward, alone or with kapha, pressing as it goes, this is called shvasa. It is of five kinds; a footnote names them as maha, urdhva,…

Urdhva shvasa is strong upward breathing with piercing pain at the vital points, loss of voice and eyes turned upward; the text attributes this name to the Jinas.

The strong patient first gets emesis and then oil enema and other purifications; the weak patient gets pacifying medicines only.