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266 a sweet taste in the mouth are the features which mark the Kaphaja type of the heart-disease. 4-6.

Krimija Hridroga:— Nausea, salivation (spitting), piercing and cutting pain (in the heart), dark vision, an aversion to food, a dull yellow hue of the eyes, as well as emaciation of the body (D. R. swelling) are the indications which point to the presence of worms (Krimija Hridroga) as the exciting factor of the disease 7.

Supervening symptoms:— Vertigo and a sense of exhaustion attended with a feeling of physical lassitude and emaciation of the body exhibit themselves as the distressing concomitants in all the cases, while the supervening symptoms of Kaphaja worms exhibit themselves in case of Krimija Hridroga also. 8.

Medical treatment of the Vátaja type: — in a case of the Vátaja type, the patient should be first treated with a Sneha and then made to vomit (out the contents of his stomach) with a draught of the decoction of Dasá-mula mixed with salt and a Sneha. After being purged he should be made to take a pulverised compound consisting of Pippali, Elá, Vachá, Hingu, Yava-kshára, Saindhava-salt Sauvarchala, Śuthin and Ajamodá through the medium of the juice of (acid) fruits, fermented rice-boilings, decoction of kulattha, curd, wine, Ásava or with any kind of Sneha. The patient should be made to have his meal of matured Śáli rice, with the soup of any Jángala meat cooked with clarified butter. Oil duly cooked with the Váyu-subduing drugs should be applied as a Vasti in an adequate, quantity in the case. 9.

Treatment of Pittaja type:— In a case of Pittaja-Hridroga, vomiting should be induced with the