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580 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XXXIV.
feet or partial expulsion of the Doshas from the system
under the administration of a purgative remedy. The
remedy in such cases should consist in inducing stronger
purgings after a further application of Sneha and Sveda
to the patient. A mild medicine should b2 administered
on the third day to a strong-limbed patient, if there be a
large quantity of dislodged agitated Dosha in his
system. 7.
Vata-S'ula (Flatulent colicj :—The bodily YAyu
become enraged or agitated by the use of parching
(Ruksha) medicines by a person who has not been treated
with a previous application of Sneha and Sveda or by
one who does not observe a total abstinence in sexual
matters. The V^yu thus enraged tends to produce a
kind of pain (S'ula) in the sides, waist (S'roni), back,
tendons and the (principal) Marma (heart) and brings
on vertigo, epileptic fits and loss of consciousness. The
remedy under such circumstances consists in anointing
the patient's body with oil or clarified butter, fomenting
it with (hot and half-boiled i
paddy (Dhinya-Sveda) An
oil cooked with Yashti-madhu should then be employed
as an Anuvasana-Vasti. 8-A.
AyOga (Partial and deficient medfcation) :—
mild or an insufficient dose of an emetic or purgative,
administered without a previous application of Sneha
and Sveda to the patient, fails to find an outlet
either through the upper or the lower fissures of the
body and hence brings about an aggravation of the
Doshas incarcerated in the organism and produces a loss
of strength (Bala), as well as tympanites with a catching
pain in the chest (Hridaya-graha), thirst, epileptic fits and
a burning sensation in the body. This is called Ayoga.
The remedy in such cases should consist in inducing,
without any delay, vomiting with powered Madana
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