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Chap. XXXIX. fever marked by the predominant action of the deranged Pitta in the event of there being laxity of the bowels (intestines). Nirudha-vasti should be applied in a case of Vátaja fever attended with aching pain in the limbs and with Udávarta (obstinate constipation of the bowels), whereas Anuvásana-vasti should be prescribed for a patient with a strong appetite, if there be pain in the regions of the back and the waist. Śiro-virechana (head-purgative) should be adiministered in cases marked by the accumulation of the deranged Kapha in the head, as the pain in and heaviness of the head would be relieved, and the sense-organs roused up thereby to their normal functions. 56-A.

A plaster composed of Deva-dáru, Vacha, Kushtha, Śatáhvá, Hingu and Saindhava pasted together with Kánjika should be applied lukewarm to the abdomen in a case of fever attended with painful tympanites if the patient be weak, whereas a medicated plug (Varti) prepared with the above drugs should be applied into the anus in a case marked by the upward coursing of the bodily Váyu attended with suppression of stool and urine, and Yavágu prepared with Pippali, roots of Pippali, Yamáni and Chavya should be given to the patient as a potion, it being remedial for the deranged bodily Váyu, 56.

Administration of Ghrita:— The residue of the deranged bodily Dosha having lurked in the system (of a patient) even after the exhibition of proper emetics and purgatives, the fever should be remedied by draughts of medicated clarified butter, if the system of the patient be sufficiently dry (Ruksha). 57.

A weak patient with only a small quantity of the deranged bodily Dosha should be treated with the help of soothing (Śamaniya) remedies. Fasting should be