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90 food, and strengthens the different organs of the body.

is situated in the heart, the shoulder-joints, and the trik (sterno-clavicular joints).

is in the throat and the tongue, which it keeps moist, and by means of it we discriminate the tastes of different kinds of food.

is in the head, arid refreshes the organs of sense by keeping them moist.

is situated in the joints, which it lubricates and keeps ready to perform their actions.

It is easy to find out from certain signs as to which of the humours is in excess in a particular individual. For instance, a person constitutionally subject to excessive wind is generally dark, lean, has dry and scanty hair, is susceptible to cold, garrulous, jealous, impatient, in the habit of keeping awake, walks fast, is not very fond of women, and has few children. He often dreams of flying or climbing. Vagbhata says that the dog, the hare, the camel, the vulture, the rat, the cow and the owl, are by nature subject to wind hunoour.

A person with bilious temperament is fair, lean, red-eyed, prematurely gray, timid, intelligent,