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652 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XXXIX.
pain in the limbs, Sula (gastralgia), stuffcdness of the
injestcd food in the stomach (Vishtambha) and inflation
of the abdomen (Adhm:ina) and shivering. An
undue exposure to the sun and wind produces fever
and discoloration of the complexion. The use of any
unwholesome and incompatible diet as well as food taken
before the complete digestion of the previous meal
tends to produce serious distempers and may ulti-
mately result in death. The use of incongenial fare
undoubtedly leads to the deterioration of the strength
and complexion of the body. A man of irregular and
intemperate habits, who cats voraciously like an animal,
suffers from indigestion which is the cause (source)
of a number of physical distempers. 15.
In all these instances the real cause of the distress
should be first ascertained, which should be then remedied
with proper antidotal measures and remedies 16.
Articles of Diet:—A diet consisting of
cooked Shashti grdi'm (Tandula) or matured S'dli rice,
Mudga pulse as well as (the soup of the flesh of) an
Ena, Lava, hare, peacock, Tittiri, or deer, and such
other light food should be given to a patient after the
exhibition of emetics and purg-atives. 17.
Thus' ends ihe Thirty-ninth Chapter of the Chikitsila Sthanam in the
Sus'ruta Samhita which deals with the treatment of distressing symptoms
which are manifested in a patient.