Use Of Decoction, Arishta and Asava: — Decoctions of the drugs of the Mustádi and Áragvadhádi or Daśa-mulagroups as well as the different lambatives with honey, the different Ásavas prepared with any officinal urine and with treacle as well as the different Arishtas and the different Ásavas prepared from any Kshára and resembling in scent, the wine prepared from honey, should be used in conquering an attack of Arochaka. The aforesaid measures should also be employed for the purpose of re-kindling the digestive fire (appetite) impaired through the action of deranged Váyu and Kapha. 16.
Treatment of Mánasa Arochaka:— In a case of impaired digestion due to the effects of any ungratified desire, fear, grief, etc., the lost longing for food should be restored in the patient by holding out to him the near prospect of its realisation and by consoling him with the prospects of fresh joy and safety. In a case due to the loss of a splendid fortune, the bitter apathy and loathsomeness of the patient towards taking any food should be removed by infusing fresh hopes into his heart and by narrating to him the balmy stories of the Puránas. A case due to dejection or despondency should be conquered by sincere sympathy and cheering up. In short any impairment of appetite due to any disturbed or agitated state of the mind should be remedied with discourses gratifying to the patient under the circumstances. 17.
Thus ends the fifty-seventh chapter in the Uttara-Tantra of the Sus'ruta Samhitá which deals with the (symptoms and) treatment of Arochaka.
