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CHAPTER XXXIY.
Now we shall discourse on the treatment of the dis-
orders resulting from an injudicious use of emetics or
purgatives (Vamana-Virechatia-Vyapach-
Chikitsitam). i.
Their Classes :—Fifteen different kinds of
disorders may result from an injudicious use of emetics
and purgatives owing to the ignorance of the physician
or of the patient. Of these fifteen), the upward coursing
in casesof purgatives and the downward coursing in cases
of emetics are peculiar to each of them respectively.
The fourteen other remaining disorders (Vy^pafi are
common to both. They are Sskvas'sshaushadhatva
(continuance of the drug in the stomach), Jimausha-
dhatva (complete digestion of the medicine), Hinadoshapahritatva
(insufficient elimination of the Doshas
from the system) Adhika-doshapahritatva (excessive
elimination of the Doshas from the system), Vaita-sula
(Vataja colic), Ayoga insufficient dosage\ Ati-yoga
(over dosage), Jivatdatna (^haemorrhage), Adhma'na
(tympanites), Pari-kartikai i^cutiing pain in the anus, etc.),
Parisrava (oozing out of stools), Prav2khika (diarrhoea),
Hridayopasaraaa (rising of the Doshas towards the
heart) and Vibandha (suppression of stool and urine). 2.
Causes and Treatment :—An emetic taken
by a hungry or a weak person or by one possessed
of a very keen digestive capacity (Tikshndgni) or
of lax bowels (Mridu koshtha), naturally drops down
into the intestines in virtue of the identical nature and
intensity of their attributes, in the event of its being
retained in the stomach, even for a short while. A
failure of the medicine to produce the wished-for result
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