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Chap. XXXIV,] CHIKITSA STHANAM, 587
(emetic or purgative) medicine. The Doshas (conse-
quently) try to pass out of the body constantly but in
small quantities and bring on weakness, numbness and
rigidity of the abdomen, aversion to food and lassitude
of the limbs. The deranged Pitta (bile) and Kapha
(mucus) are constantly emitted with pain through the
anus) in such a case, and the disease is called Parisraiva.
Asthapana-vasti with a decoction of Aja-kafna, Dhava,
Tints'a and Paids'a saturated with honey is recommended
in such cases. After the subsidence of the bodily
Doshas involved in the case, the patient should be
treated with Sneha and Sams'odhana * (emetic or
purgative) remedies should again be employed. 17.
Pravahika (Diarrhoea^ :—A medicine (purgative
or emetic) administered to a person who has been
excessively treated with Sveda or with Sneha produ-
ces PraVJfchikai in him by making him pass his stool
and flatus without any straining or by restraining
altogether those natural urgings respectively. Constant
passing of slimy, black, white or red-coloured mucus
(Kapha) with cramps^ loud flatus and burning sensation
form the chief characteristics of this disease. Its medical
treatment should be similar to that of a case of
Parisrava. 18.
Hridayopasarana (Overwhelming the heart);
—Urgings towards vomiting or purging being injudi-
ciously checked by a person from ignorance, causes
a downward or upward coursing of the Do.ihas of the
body to and in the heart, thus pressing the greatest of the
Marmas and giving rise to an excruciating pain in that
locality. The patient, in such a case, drops down
unconscious in a swoon with upturned eyes, violently
* Dallana recommends that a strong purgative or emetic should be
employed.