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666 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XL.<br />

posture of the head or its movements during the appli-<br />

cation, the fact of its being used while the patient would<br />

be taking his meals, or its application in any forbidden<br />

case may produce such distressing symptoms as thirst<br />

eructations, etc., due to the action of the aggravated or<br />

decreased Doshas of the body. 32.<br />

:—The evils which are usually<br />

Metrical Texts<br />

found to attend an abuse of medicinal snuffs (Nasya)<br />

or errhines (S'iro-vireka) may be grouped into two classes<br />

—those incidental to the aggravation (Utkles'a) of the<br />

Doshas or to the loss or waste (Kshaya) of the same.<br />

The distempers due to an aggravation of the Doshas<br />

should he remedied with soothing (S'amana)and correct-<br />

ive ^^S'odhana) measures and remedies, while those<br />

resulting from the loss or waste of the Doshas should be<br />

remedied with such drugs and remedies as would make<br />

up the decreased Doshas (of the system). 33.<br />

Pratimarsha Nasya when to be<br />

used : -The Pratimarsha form of snuff should be<br />

resorted to on any of the following fourteen different<br />

occasions, z^z'-sr.:— after quitting the bed in the morning,<br />

after cleansing the teeth, on the occasion of going out<br />

of the house, after having been fatigued with physical<br />

exercise, after sexual intercourse and a journey, after<br />

defecation and urination, after the use of gargles (Kavala)<br />

and collyrium (Anjana), in an empty stomach, after<br />

vomiting, just after a day-sleep and in the evening. 34.<br />

Their Effects :—A Pratimarsha snuff used by<br />

a person just after rising from his bed tends to remove<br />

the waxy mucus (Mala) accumulated in the nostrils during<br />

the night and brings on a cheerful state of the mind, when<br />

used after having cleansed the teeth, it imparts a sweet<br />

aroma to the mouth and makes the teeth steady and<br />

firm (in their sockets). When used by a man on the

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