Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

6o2 THE SUSHRUTA SAMIIITA [Chap. XXXVI.
strong solution produces epileptic fits, a burning sensa-
tion, diarrhoea and (an aggravated condition of the,
Pitta. The use of any extremely cold or mild medicine
for the purpose of a Vasti arrests the emission of the
flatus (Vayu\ and produces Adhmdna (distension of the
abdomen).* Antidotal measures should be adopted in
cases of the deficient or excessive quantity, etc The
fluid to be used in charging a Vasti should be thickened
in the event of its extremely attenuated consistency and
vice versa. The application of a Vasti charged with a
fluid consisting of an excessive quantity of Sneha
would produce a general inertness of the organism,
(dullness of organic functions), while one entirely
bereft of any Sneha would produce numbness of the
organism and a distension of the abdomen. The
remedy in either case consists in employing a Vasti
of the opposite kind {vh.^ an oily or non-oily Vasti
respectively). 5.
The application of a Vasti to a patient with his
head downward is attended with symptoms peculiar to
an act of over-pressing (the bladder of the Vasti), and
the remedy also would be similar. The application
of a Vasti to a patient with his head held up high
and erect would block the urethra, i.e., would suppress
the urine, in which case the patient should be treated
first with Sveda and then with an Uttara-vasti (urethral
syringe t which would give the patient much relief.
The injected fluid goes astray (within the abdomen)
* An additional reading says that a dry (thickend ?) Niruha-vasti
produces a slimy deposit in the rectum and in the pelvic region,
while one with its fluid of an extremely thin consistency would produce
only a Utile effect and might produce diarrhoea.
t Jejjata's reading of this passage does not include the application of
Sveda but means that the Uttara-vasti should be applied wiih a Sneha.