catarrh, burning sensation in the body, fits of unconsciousness, vomiting, fever, thirst, hiccough troubles in the head, defective functional activity of the Manas (mind) and of the ear and such like symptoms, in consequence, pre-eminently mark the deranged action of the bodily Váyu. 30.
Treatment: — The patient's body should be made emulsive (Snigdha) by the application of unguents composed of salt and oil. Fomentation should then be applied under the circumstances, and intestinal injections should be applied after the manner of a Nirudha Vasti. Intestinal enemas (Vasti) of the Anuvásana kind should also be applied after meal, if the case be attended with loose motions in virtue of the specific nature of the deranged bodily Uoshas involved therein. Fatty purgtives should be exhibited after having fully fomented the body of the patient, when the foregoing remedies would fail to give any relief from attacks of Udávarta and he should be made to drink a potion of any acid cordial together with the compound of Pilu, Trivrit and Yaváni or with the compound consisting of Hingu, Kushtha, Vacha, Svarjika-kshára and Vidanga*[1] each succeeding drug weighing double the one immediately preceding it in the order of enumeration. These two medicinal compounds may be employed with advantage in relieving attacks of Śula and Udávarta. 31—32.
The drugs known as Deva-dáru, Chitraka, Kushtha, Vacha (D. R — Śunthi), Haritaki, Palamkashá (Guggulu) and Pushkara-roots should be duly boiled with half an Ádhaka measure (thirty-two Palas) of water and taken down from the oven with a quarter part of the original
- ↑ • Chakradatta roads " " (and Vit salt) in place of " ".
