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Chap. XXXVII.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 619
impair the di^sitive capacity* and to bring on an
aggravation of the deranged Kapha, while an excess of
the second (^firuha•vast^) tends to aggravate the bodily
Vayu. Hence an application of the Sneha-vasti should
[be followed by one of the Niruha-vasti and vice versa,
\^ order to avoid all apprehension of an aggravation of
Pitta, Kapha and Vayu. Daily applications of a Sneha-
vasti are not forbidden in respect of a person of parched
or dry (Ruksha) and Vaya-predominating temperament,
while in other instances they should be made on each
fourth day, so that the digestive capacity might not
be thereby imp lire i. The applicaion of a moderate
quantity of Sneha with a Sneha-vasti is always beneficial
to persons of parched or dry temperament. Similarly,
an application of the Niruha vasti in a small quantity
always proves beneficial to the persons who have been
already treated with a Sneha (Vasti). 26.
Distresses from Sneha-vasti :—Now
we shall describe the distresses which are found to attend
(an abuse or excess of) a Sneha vasti. Various kinds of
distressing symptoms are produced by the application
of a Sneha vasti of a mild or weak potency in the case
of a patient whose stomach is filled with the aggravated
Doshas so that the Snehi cannot flow back, being over-
whelmed, as it would be, by the aggravated Doshas. 27.
Specific Sy mptOmS : — An astringent taste
in the mouth, yawning, shivering and Vishama-Jvara
with the peculiar Vayuorigined distempers such as, pain
(in the limbs) are the symptoms which mark the reten-
tion of the injected Sneha in the bowels over-whelmed
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