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402 should be used as food, and the bed to lie upon should be stretched inside a room where there is no blast of wind and should be covered over with a soft bed-sheet. The rain-water (in and after its descent on the earth) becomes poisoned with the excretions, urine, salivation, sputum, etc., of poisonous animals as well as with the poisonous atmosphere peculiar to the rainy season; its use should, therefore, be strictly avoided in this season. The naturally aggravated bodily Váyu(in this season) should be duly pacified, or the rules for Varshá (i.e. the rainy season) should be duly observed in this season*. 12.

Whoever observes these rules for the different seasons of the year does not suffer from the evil consequences due to the change of seasons. 13.

Different kinds Of food:— Now we shall deal with the twelve different kinds of food (and drink). They are -Cold, hot, Snigdha (demulcent), Ruksha (non-demulcent), liquid, dry, taken once a day, twice a day, taken with medicine, taken in smaller quantity, taken for the pacification of (any aggravated Dosha) and taken for subsistence. 14.

Persons afflicted with thirst, heat, alcoholism, burning sensation, Rakta-pitta, poisoning and epileptic fits as well as those suffering from the effects of sexual excess should be treated with cold food (and drink); while persons afflicted with the aggravation of bodily Kapha and Váyu as well as those already treated with purgatives or Sneha and those whose bodies are full of Kleda (physical moisture) should be treated with warm food (and drink). 15-16. Persons suffering from the aggravation of bodily Váyu and from a parched (Ruksha) condition of the