Page:The Kural or The Maxims Of Tiruvalluvar.pdf/254

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

PART II WEALTH

CHAPTER 95

MEDICINE

941. Every one of the three humours described by sages, beginning with the windy one,^[1] would cause disease whenever they go to either extreme.

942. The body requireth no medicine if new food is eaten only after the old food is fully digested.

943. Eat with moderation and after the food that thou hast taken is digested : that is the way to prolong thy days.

944. Wait till thy food is digested and thy appetite is keen: then eat moderately the food that agreeth with thee.

945. If thou eat abstemiously the food that doth not disagree with thee thou wilt have no troubles in the body.

195