Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

CHAPTER XXXIIT.
Now we shall discourse on the treatment of the
distresses which prove amenable to the use of purgatives
and emetics (Vamana-Virechana-
Sadhyopadrava). I.
The principal maxims to be followed are to augment
the loss or deficiency, to pacify the aggravation and
reduce the increment of the Doshas and maintain
them in a state of healthy equilibrium. Emetics and
purgatives are the principal remedies in cleansing the
system of all the Doshas (morbific principlesX Now
hear me, therefore, discourse on the mode of their
administration. 2.
The body of the patient should be first anointed
with a Sneha (oil, etc) and Sveda should then be applied
thereto. He should then be made to partake of meals
which would produce internal secretions from the
system, so that all the Doshas (morbific diathesis, etc.)
accumulated in the organism would bs loosened and
dislodged from their seats. Thus having observed the
liquefaclion and dislodgment of the Doshas (morbific
diathesis) from their locations, the physician should feed
the patient to his satisfaction, if he be found to be
sufficiently strong with a strong digestive capacity and
habituated to the use of emetics, but troubled with
a plethora of Doshas and subject to serious diseases
(Mahd-vyadhi), telling him at the same time that an
6metic medicine will be given to him on the day
following. 3.
IVIemorable Verse :-An emetic medicine
does its fullest action, when given to a man after having