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256 viz., supression of stool and urine, difficult respiration, and numbness or stiffness of the limbs (in cases of aggravated Váyu), thirst, burning sensation, vertigo, ill-digestion of food, and excess of the colic pain (in cases of aggravated Pitta), and goose-flesh, aversion to food, vomiting, increase of pain after the taking of food and a sense of lassitude in the limbs (in cases of aggravated-Kapha). The course of medical treatment in such cases should be determined by the nature and number of the deranged bodily Doshas specifically lying at the root and should be as follows. 40. The following three compounds, viz., (1) Pathyâ, the three kinds of salt (Saindhava, Sauvarchala and Vit) Yava-Kshára, Hingu, Tumhuru, Pushkara, Yamáni, Haridrá, Vidanga and Amla-vetasa; (2) Vidári, Triphalá, Satávari, Śringáta, Guda-śarkará (Gángeri-phala), Káśmari-phala, Yashthi-madhu, Parushaka, Hima (sandal wood) and (3) Shad-granthá (Vacha), Ativishá, Devadáru, Pathyá, Maricha, Vrikshaka, Pippali-mula, Chavya, Nágara, Kshára (Yava-kshára) and Chitraka should be respectively given in the Vátaja, Pittaja and Kaphaja types of the disease. The medium through which these compounds should be given would be tepid Amla-Kánjika, luke-warm milk and tepid water respectively. The preceding three compounds should be jointly administered in sets of two or three when two or three Doshas are involved in any case. 41.

Sprinkling (of water), baths, plaster (Pradeha) unguents and dietetic treatment should be similarly applied in Vátaja cases. Contacts with vessels filled with cold water should be applied in Pittaja cases, while the use of emetics, rubbing, fomentation (Sveda), fasting and other Kapha-subduing remedies should be recommended in Kaphaja types. Applications of Sneha and such-like