Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

Chap. IV,] SARIRA STHANAM. 151
scanty perspiration, or of dry or parched constitution ;
and also to those who have been sufifering from indi-
gestion and who may sleep for a Muhurta (48 minutes)
in the day time. Those who have kept late hours in
the night may sleep in the day for half the time they
have watched in the night (and no more). Day sleep is
the outcome of perverted nature and all the Doshas of
the body are aggravated by a sleep in the day, bringing
on many a troublesome complaints such as couL,h,
asthma, catarrh,heaviness of the body, aching or lassitude
in the limbs, fever, loss of appetite etc. On the other
hand, the keeping of late hours in the night develops
symptoms (Upadrava) which are peculiar to the deranged
Vayu and Pittam, ^6.
lYIcmorable Verses:—Hence, one should not
sleep in the day,nor keep late hours. Having known both
these acts to be injurious, the wise should observe
moderation in sleep. A conformity to the preceding
rule of conduct is rewarded with health, good humour,
strength, healthful complexion, virility and beauty, a
frame which is neither too fat nor too thin, and a long life
of a hundred years). A day sleep may not prove injurious
to those who are habituated to it and conversely keeping
late hours at night may not tell upon the health of those
to whom it is customary, 37-39.
An aggravated condition of the bodily Vayu or
Pittam, an aggrieved state of the mind, loss of vital
fluid, and a hurt or an injury may bring on insomnia, the
remedy being the adoption of measures antagonistic to
those which destroy sleep. The following measures are
useful in cases of sleeplessness -such as anointing the
body, rubbing of oil on the head, soft massages of the
body (with cleansing paste) and shampooing ; a diet
consisting of cakes and pastiy made up of S'dli-rice and