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Chap. XXXIX. CHIKITSA STHANAM. 65
emission of blood-streaked semen and haemorrhage
from the vagina. 15- A.
Day-sleep under the circumstances, gives rise to the
affections of the deranged Kapha, viz., enlargement of
the spleen (Plihodara), catarrh, jaundice, edema, fever,
loss of consciousness, a sense of physical langour, in-
digestion, an aversion to food, and causes the patient to
become overwhelmed with the quality of Tamas which
produces in him a desire for sleep. 15-B.
Talking in a loud voice aggravates the Vdyu and is
attended with such grave consequences as pain in the
head, blindness, inertness, loss of the faculty of smell,
dumbness, deafness, dislocation of the jaw-bones (Hanu-
moksha), Adhi-mantha, facial paralysis, paralysis of the
eye-balls (Netra-stambha), thirst, cough, insomnia, shak-
ing of the teeth and similar other distempers (due to an
aggravation of the Vdyu). 15 C.
Riding (on horse-back, etc.) under the circumstances
may cause vomitings, swoons, vertigo, a sense of
fatigue, stiffness of limbs, and the serious functional
derangements of the sense organs. A long continuance
in a sitting posture or bathing may give rise to pain in
the region of the pelvis ;
while, on the contrary, excess-
ive walking under the circumstances aggravates the
Vayu and is attended with pain in the knee-joints, atro-
phy of the thighs, edematous swellings of the localities,
or the form of disease known as Pada-harsha (sensitive-
ness in the feet). 1 5-D.
The use of cold water and other cold things* (such as
paste of Sandal, etc.) under the circumstances tends to
aggravate the bodily Vayu and brings on an aching
* In place of "^cTWtJmt^Tt" Gayadasa reads] "^fWt5T^?[PTf'
which means the use of cold food and drink, This reading seems to b^
better.— ^^/.