Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 168

GaP 1 168.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १६८ निदानं समाप्तम् । धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । सर्वरोगहरं सिद्धं योगसारं वदाम्यहम् । शृणु सुश्रुतं संक्षेपात्प्राणिनां जीवहेतवे

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 168 nidānaṃ samāptam / dhanvantariruvāca / sarvarogaharaṃ siddhaṃ yogasāraṃ vadāmyaham / śṛṇu suśrutaṃ saṃkṣepātprāṇināṃ jīvahetave

Here ends the section on diagnosis (nidāna) of the Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 168. Dhanvantari said: I shall declare the essence of the (medical) formulations, proven and removing all diseases. Hear it briefly, well-heard (i.e., as taught by Suśruta), for the sake of the life of living beings.

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GaP 1 168.2

कषायकटुतिक्ताम्लरूक्षाहारादिभोजनात् । चिन्ताव्यवयव्यायामभयशोकप्रजागरात्

kaṣāyakaṭutiktāmlarūkṣāhārādibhojanāt / cintāvyavayavyāyāmabhayaśokaprajāgarāt

From eating food that is astringent, pungent, bitter, sour and dry, from worry, sexual intercourse, exertion, fear, grief and sleeplessness,

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GaP 1 168.3

उच्चैर्भाषातिभाराच्च कर्मयोगातिकर्षणात् । वायुः कुप्यति पर्जन्ये जीर्णान्ने दिनसंक्षये

uccairbhāṣātibhārācca karmayogātikarṣaṇāt / vāyuḥ kupyati parjanye jīrṇānne dinasaṃkṣaye

and from loud speech, excessive burdens, and overexertion in work and effort, wind (vāta) becomes disturbed—in the rainy season, when the food is digested, and at the day's close.

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GaP 1 168.4

उष्णाम्ल लवणक्षारकटुकाजीर्णभोजनात् । तीक्ष्णातपाग्निसन्तापमद्यक्रोधनिषेवणात्

uṣṇāmla lavaṇakṣārakaṭukājīrṇabhojanāt / tīkṣṇātapāgnisantāpamadyakrodhaniṣevaṇāt

From eating hot, sour, salty, alkaline and pungent things and undigested food, from indulging in sharp sunlight, the heat of fire, liquor and anger,

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GaP 1 168.5

विदाहकाले भुक्तस्य मध्याह्ने जलदात्यये । ग्रीष्मकालेर्ऽद्धरात्रे ऽपि पित्तं कुप्यति देहिनः

vidāhakāle bhuktasya madhyāhne jaladātyaye / grīṣmakāler'ddharātre 'pi pittaṃ kupyati dehinaḥ

at the time when what has been eaten burns (in digestion), at midday, at the passing of the rains, and in the summer season and also at midnight, the bile (pitta) of an embodied being becomes disturbed.

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GaP 1 168.6

स्वाद्वम्ललवणस्निग्धगुरुशीतातिभोजनात् । नवान्नपिच्छिलानूपमांसादेः सेवनादपि

svādvamlalavaṇasnigdhaguruśītātibhojanāt / navānnapicchilānūpamāṃsādeḥ sevanādapi

From excessive eating of what is sweet, sour, salty, oily, heavy and cold, and also from the use of new grain, slimy foods, and the flesh of marshland animals and the like,

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GaP 1 168.7

अव्यायाम दिवास्वप्नशय्यासनसुखादिभिः । कफप्रदोषो भुक्ते च वसन्ते च प्रकुप्यति

avyāyāma divāsvapnaśayyāsanasukhādibhiḥ / kaphapradoṣo bhukte ca vasante ca prakupyati

through lack of exercise, sleeping by day, and the comforts of bed and seat and the like, the derangement of phlegm (kapha) arises, and it becomes disturbed when one has eaten and in spring.

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GaP 1 168.8

देहपारुष्यसंकोचतोदविष्टम्भकादयः । तथा च सुप्ता रोमहर्षस्तम्भनशोषणम्

dehapāruṣyasaṃkocatodaviṣṭambhakādayaḥ / tathā ca suptā romaharṣastambhanaśoṣaṇam

Roughness of the body, contraction, piercing pain, obstruction and the like; and likewise, when (a limb) has gone to sleep, bristling of the hair, stiffness and drying up,

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GaP 1 168.9

श्यामत्वमङ्गविश्लेषबलमायासवर्धनम् । वायोर्लिङ्गानि तैर्युक्तं रोगं वातात्मकं वदेत्

śyāmatvamaṅgaviśleṣabalamāyāsavardhanam / vāyorliṅgāni tairyuktaṃ rogaṃ vātātmakaṃ vadet

darkness (of complexion), the coming apart of the limbs, the increase of strain upon strength—these are the signs of wind; a disease joined with them one should call of the nature of vāta.

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GaP 1 168.10

दाहोष्मपादसंक्लेदकोपरागपरिश्रमाः । कट्वम्लशववैगन्ध्यस्वेदमूर्छातितृट्भ्रमाः

dāhoṣmapādasaṃkledakoparāgapariśramāḥ / kaṭvamlaśavavaigandhyasvedamūrchātitṛṭbhramāḥ

Burning, heat, moistening of the feet, redness from inflammation, weariness; pungent and sour, corpse-like foulness of smell, sweating, fainting, excessive thirst and dizziness,

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GaP 1 168.11

हारिद्रं हरितत्वञ्च पित्तलिङ्गान्वितैर्नरः । देहे स्निग्धत्वमाधुर्यचिरकारित्वबन्धनम्

hāridraṃ haritatvañca pittaliṅgānvitairnaraḥ / dehe snigdhatvamādhuryacirakāritvabandhanam

and a turmeric-yellow and greenish (colour): a man affected by these signs of pitta (has a bilious disease). Oiliness in the body, sweetness, slowness of action, binding,

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GaP 1 168.12

स्तैमित्यतृप्तिसङ्घातशोथशतिलगौरवम् । कण्डूनिद्राभियोगश्च लक्षणं कफसम्भवम्

staimityatṛptisaṅghātaśothaśatilagauravam / kaṇḍūnidrābhiyogaśca lakṣaṇaṃ kaphasambhavam

wetness, lack of appetite (or repletion), congealing, swelling, and heaviness (as of sesame), itching, and excessive sleep—this is the mark of what arises from phlegm.

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GaP 1 168.13

हेतुलक्षणसंसर्गाद्विद्याद्व्याधिं द्विदोषजम् । सर्वहेतुसमुत्पन्नं त्रिलिङ्गं सान्निपातिकम्

hetulakṣaṇasaṃsargādvidyādvyādhiṃ dvidoṣajam / sarvahetusamutpannaṃ triliṅgaṃ sānnipātikam

From a combination of causes and signs one should know a disease to be produced by two humours; one arising from all the causes and having the signs of all three is of the sannipāta (tridoṣa) type.

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GaP 1 168.14

दोषधातुमलाधारो देहिनां देह उच्यते । तेषां समत्वमारोग्यं क्षयवृद्धेर्विपर्ययः

doṣadhātumalādhāro dehināṃ deha ucyate / teṣāṃ samatvamārogyaṃ kṣayavṛddherviparyayaḥ

The body of embodied beings is said to be the receptacle of the humours, the tissues and the waste products. Their being in balance is health; the reverse of that comes from their diminution or increase.

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GaP 1 168.15

वसासृङ्मांसमेदो ऽस्थिमज्जाशुक्राणि धातवः । वातपित्तकफा दोषा विण्मूत्राद्या मलाः स्मृताः

vasāsṛṅmāṃsamedo 'sthimajjāśukrāṇi dhātavaḥ / vātapittakaphā doṣā viṇmūtrādyā malāḥ smṛtāḥ

Fat, blood, flesh, adipose tissue, bone, marrow and semen are the tissues; wind, bile and phlegm are the humours; faeces, urine and the rest are held to be the wastes.

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GaP 1 168.16

वायुः शीतो लघुः सूक्ष्मः स्वरनाशीस्थिरो बली । पित्तमम्लकटूष्णञ्चापङ्क्ती रोगकारणम्

vāyuḥ śīto laghuḥ sūkṣmaḥ svaranāśīsthiro balī / pittamamlakaṭūṣṇañcāpaṅktī rogakāraṇam

Wind is cold, light, subtle, destructive of the voice, steady and strong; and bile is sour, pungent and hot, and, when it fails to digest, a cause of disease.

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GaP 1 168.17

मधुरो लवणः स्निग्धो गुरुः श्लेषमातिपिच्छिलः । गुदश्रोण्याश्रयो वायुः पित्तं पक्वाशयस्थितम्

madhuro lavaṇaḥ snigdho guruḥ śleṣamātipicchilaḥ / gudaśroṇyāśrayo vāyuḥ pittaṃ pakvāśayasthitam

Phlegm is sweet, salty, oily, heavy and very slimy. Wind has its seat in the anus and the hips; bile is located in the lower (digestive) tract,

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GaP 1 168.18

कफस्यामाशयस्थानं कण्ठो वा मूर्धसन्धयः । कटुतिक्तकषायाश्च कोपयन्ति समीरणम्

kaphasyāmāśayasthānaṃ kaṇṭho vā mūrdhasandhayaḥ / kaṭutiktakaṣāyāśca kopayanti samīraṇam

and the place of phlegm is the stomach, or the throat and the joints of the head. Pungent, bitter and astringent (tastes) provoke the wind;

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GaP 1 168.19

कट्वम्ललवणाः पित्तं स्वादूष्णलवणाः कफम् । एत एव विपर्यस्ताः शमायैषां प्रयोजिताः । भवन्ति रोगिणां शान्त्यै स्वस्थाने सुखहेतवः

kaṭvamlalavaṇāḥ pittaṃ svādūṣṇalavaṇāḥ kapham / eta eva viparyastāḥ śamāyaiṣāṃ prayojitāḥ / bhavanti rogiṇāṃ śāntyai svasthāne sukhahetavaḥ

pungent, sour and salty (provoke) bile; sweet, hot and salty (provoke) phlegm. These very same, when reversed, applied for the calming of these (humours), serve for the quieting of the sick, and, when (the humours are) in their own place, are causes of well-being.

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GaP 1 168.20

चक्षुष्यो मधुरो ज्ञेयो रसधातुविवह्द्धनः । अम्लोत्तरो मनोहृद्यं तथा दीपनपाचनम्

cakṣuṣyo madhuro jñeyo rasadhātuvivahddhanaḥ / amlottaro manohṛdyaṃ tathā dīpanapācanam

The sweet (taste) is to be known as good for the eyes and as increasing the rasa tissue; the predominantly sour is pleasing to the mind and heart, and likewise kindles (digestion) and promotes digestion.

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GaP 1 168.21

दीपनोज्वरतृष्णाघ्नस्तिक्तः शोधनशोषणः । पित्तलो लेखन स्तम्भी कषायो ग्राहिशोषणः

dīpanojvaratṛṣṇāghnastiktaḥ śodhanaśoṣaṇaḥ / pittalo lekhana stambhī kaṣāyo grāhiśoṣaṇaḥ

The bitter (taste) is kindling (of digestion), fever- and thirst-destroying, purifying and drying; the astringent is bile-producing, scraping, arresting, binding and drying.

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GaP 1 168.22

रसवीर्यविपाकानामाश्रयं द्रव्यमुत्तमम् । रसपाकान्तरस्थायि सर्वद्रव्याश्रयं द्रुतम्

rasavīryavipākānāmāśrayaṃ dravyamuttamam / rasapākāntarasthāyi sarvadravyāśrayaṃ drutam

The substance is the best, being the seat of taste, potency, and post-digestive transformation; standing between taste and digestion, it is the support of all substances, and swift.

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GaP 1 168.23

शीतोष्णं लवणं वीर्यमथ वा शक्तिरिष्यते । रसानां द्विविधः पाको कटुरेव च

śītoṣṇaṃ lavaṇaṃ vīryamatha vā śaktiriṣyate / rasānāṃ dvividhaḥ pāko kaṭureva ca

Potency (vīrya) is cold, hot, and saline — or else it is held to be (simply) power; the post-digestive transformation of the tastes is of two kinds: (sweet) and pungent.

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GaP 1 168.24

भिषग्भेषजरोगार्तपरिचारकसम्पदः । चिकित्साङ्गानिचत्वारि विपरीतान्यसिद्धये

bhiṣagbheṣajarogārtaparicārakasampadaḥ / cikitsāṅgānicatvāri viparītānyasiddhaye

The excellences of the physician, of the medicine, of the one afflicted by disease, and of the attendant — these four are the limbs of treatment; when they are the reverse, (they lead) to failure.

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GaP 1 168.25

देशकालवयोवह्निसाम्यप्रकृतिभेषजम् । देहसत्त्वबलव्याधीन्बुद्ध्वा कर्म समाचरेत्

deśakālavayovahnisāmyaprakṛtibheṣajam / dehasattvabalavyādhīnbuddhvā karma samācaret

Having understood the region, the season, the age, the digestive fire, habituation, constitution, the medicine, and the body, the mental strength, the (bodily) strength, and the diseases, one should carry out the procedure.

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GaP 1 168.26

संसृष्टलक्षणोपेतो देशः साधारणः स्मृतः । बाल आ षोडशान्मध्यः सप्ततेर्वृद्ध उच्यते

saṃsṛṣṭalakṣaṇopeto deśaḥ sādhāraṇaḥ smṛtaḥ / bāla ā ṣoḍaśānmadhyaḥ saptatervṛddha ucyate

A region possessing mixed characteristics is called 'ordinary'; (a person) is a child up to sixteen, middle-aged (thereafter), and from seventy is called old.

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GaP 1 168.27

कफपित्तानिलाः प्रायो यथाक्रममुदीरिताः । क्षाराग्निशस्त्ररहिता क्षीणे प्रवयसि क्रियाः

kaphapittānilāḥ prāyo yathākramamudīritāḥ / kṣārāgniśastrarahitā kṣīṇe pravayasi kriyāḥ

Phlegm, bile, and wind are in general said to (predominate) in that order; in one who is wasted and advanced in years, the procedures are to be free of caustics, cautery, and the knife.

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GaP 1 168.28

कृशस्य वृंहणं कार्यंस्थूलदेहस्य कर्षणम् । रक्षणं मध्यकायस्य देहभेदास्त्रयो मताः

kṛśasya vṛṃhaṇaṃ kāryaṃsthūladehasya karṣaṇam / rakṣaṇaṃ madhyakāyasya dehabhedāstrayo matāḥ

For the lean, fattening is to be done; for the stout body, reducing; for the middling body, maintenance — three types of body are recognised.

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GaP 1 168.29

स्थैर्यव्यायामसन्तोषैर्बोद्धव्यं यत्नतो बलम् । अविकारी महोत्साहो महासाहसिको नरः

sthairyavyāyāmasantoṣairboddhavyaṃ yatnato balam / avikārī mahotsāho mahāsāhasiko naraḥ

Strength is to be ascertained with effort by (a person's) steadiness, exercise, and contentment; (strong is) the man who is free from disorder, of great enthusiasm, and greatly daring.

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GaP 1 168.30

पानाहारादयो यस्य विरुद्धाः प्रकृतेरपि । श्वसुखायोपकल्प्यन्ते तत्साम्यमिति कथ्यते

pānāhārādayo yasya viruddhāḥ prakṛterapi / śvasukhāyopakalpyante tatsāmyamiti kathyate

When someone's drinks, foods and the rest, though contrary to his constitution, turn out to his comfort, that is called habituation (sāmya).

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GaP 1 168.31

गर्भिण्याः श्लैष्मिकैर्भक्ष्यैः श्लैष्मिको जायते नरः । वातलैः पित्तलैस्तद्वत्समधातुर्हिताशनात्

garbhiṇyāḥ ślaiṣmikairbhakṣyaiḥ ślaiṣmiko jāyate naraḥ / vātalaiḥ pittalaistadvatsamadhāturhitāśanāt

From a pregnant woman's phlegm-producing foods a phlegmatic man is born; likewise from wind-producing and bile-producing ones (a windy and a bilious one); from wholesome eating, one of balanced humours.

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GaP 1 168.32

कृशो रूक्षो ऽल्पकेशश्च चलचित्तो नरः स्थितः । बहुवाक्यरतः स्वप्नेवातप्रकृतिको नरः

kṛśo rūkṣo 'lpakeśaśca calacitto naraḥ sthitaḥ / bahuvākyarataḥ svapnevātaprakṛtiko naraḥ

A man who is lean, dry, with scant hair, fickle of mind, unsteady, fond of much talk (even) in dreams — such a man is of windy constitution.

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GaP 1 168.33

अकालपलितो गौरः प्रस्वेदी कोपनो बुधः । स्वप्ने ऽपि दीप्तिमत्प्रेक्षी पित्तप्रकृतिरुच्यते

akālapalito gauraḥ prasvedī kopano budhaḥ / svapne 'pi dīptimatprekṣī pittaprakṛtirucyate

Grey-haired before his time, fair-skinned, sweating much, irascible, intelligent, and seeing bright things even in dreams — he is said to be of bilious constitution.

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GaP 1 168.34

स्थिरचित्तः स्वरः सूक्ष्मः प्रसन्नः स्निग्धमूर्धजः । स्वप्ने जलशिलालोकी श्लेष्म प्रकृतिको नरः

sthiracittaḥ svaraḥ sūkṣmaḥ prasannaḥ snigdhamūrdhajaḥ / svapne jalaśilālokī śleṣma prakṛtiko naraḥ

Steady of mind, with a soft voice, serene, with oily hair, seeing water and rocks in dreams — such a man is of phlegmatic constitution.

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GaP 1 168.35

संमिश्रलक्षणैर्ज्ञेयो द्वित्रिदोषान्वयो नरः । दोषस्येतरसद्भावे ऽप्यधिका प्रकृतिः स्मृताः

saṃmiśralakṣaṇairjñeyo dvitridoṣānvayo naraḥ / doṣasyetarasadbhāve 'pyadhikā prakṛtiḥ smṛtāḥ

A man in whom two or three humours are combined is to be known by the mixed characteristics; even when the other humour is present, the constitution is reckoned by the one that predominates.

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GaP 1 168.36

मन्दस्तीक्ष्णो ऽथ विषमः समश्चैति चतुर्विधाः । कफपित्तानिलाधिक्यात्तत्साम्याज्जाठरो ऽनलः

mandastīkṣṇo 'tha viṣamaḥ samaścaiti caturvidhāḥ / kaphapittānilādhikyāttatsāmyājjāṭharo 'nalaḥ

Dull, sharp, irregular, and even — thus the digestive fire of the belly is of four kinds, from the predominance of phlegm, bile, and wind (respectively), and from their equality.

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GaP 1 168.37

समस्य पालनं कार्यं विषमे वातनिग्रहः । तीक्ष्णे पित्तप्रतीकारो मन्दे श्लेष्मविशोधनम्

samasya pālanaṃ kāryaṃ viṣame vātanigrahaḥ / tīkṣṇe pittapratīkāro mande śleṣmaviśodhanam

For the even (fire) maintenance is to be done; in the irregular, restraint of wind; in the sharp, counteraction of bile; in the dull, purging of phlegm.

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GaP 1 168.38

प्रभवः सर्वरोगाणामजीर्णं चाग्निनाशनम् । आमाम्लरसविष्टम्भ लक्षणन्तच्चतुर्विधम्

prabhavaḥ sarvarogāṇāmajīrṇaṃ cāgnināśanam / āmāmlarasaviṣṭambha lakṣaṇantaccaturvidham

Indigestion is the origin of all diseases and the destroyer of the digestive fire; it is of four kinds, marked by rawness (āma), sourness, (defective) taste, and obstruction.

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GaP 1 168.39

आमाद्विषूचिका चैव हृदालस्यादयस्तथा । वचालवणतोयेन छर्दनं तत्र कारयेत्

āmādviṣūcikā caiva hṛdālasyādayastathā / vacālavaṇatoyena chardanaṃ tatra kārayet

From the raw (type) arise cholera, heart (trouble), sluggishness and the rest; there one should induce vomiting with water of sweet flag and salt.

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GaP 1 168.40

शुक्राभावो भ्रमो मूर्छा तर्षो ऽम्लात्संप्रवर्तते । अपक्वं तत्र शीताम्बुपानं वातनिषेवणम्

śukrābhāvo bhramo mūrchā tarṣo 'mlātsaṃpravartate / apakvaṃ tatra śītāmbupānaṃ vātaniṣevaṇam

From the sour (type) there arise loss of semen, dizziness, fainting, and thirst; there (the food remains) undigested — (the causes are) drinking cold water and exposure to wind.

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GaP 1 168.41

गात्रभङ्गं शिरोजाड्यं भक्तदोषादयो गदान् । तस्मिन्स्वापो दिवा कार्योलङ्घनं च विवर्जनम्

gātrabhaṅgaṃ śirojāḍyaṃ bhaktadoṣādayo gadān / tasminsvāpo divā kāryolaṅghanaṃ ca vivarjanam

Breaking pain in the limbs, heaviness of the head, and the diseases arising from faulty food (occur); in that case sleeping by day is to be done, and skipping meals is to be avoided.

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GaP 1 168.42

शूलगुल्मौ च विण्मूत्रस्थानविष्टम्भसूचकौ । विधेयं स्वेदनं तत्र पानीयं लवणोदकम्

śūlagulmau ca viṇmūtrasthānaviṣṭambhasūcakau / vidheyaṃ svedanaṃ tatra pānīyaṃ lavaṇodakam

And colic and abdominal tumour are indicators of an obstruction in the region of the faeces and urine; there sudation should be applied, and salt water as drink.

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GaP 1 168.43

आममम्लं च विष्टब्धं कफपित्तानिलैः क्रमात् । आलिप्य जठरं प्राज्ञो हिङ्गुत्र्यूषणसैन्धवैः

āmamamlaṃ ca viṣṭabdhaṃ kaphapittānilaiḥ kramāt / ālipya jaṭharaṃ prājño hiṅgutryūṣaṇasaindhavaiḥ

Indigestion (of the) undigested type, the sour type, and the obstructed type (arise) from phlegm, bile and wind respectively; the wise man, having smeared the belly with asafoetida, the three pungents and rock salt,

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GaP 1 168.44

दिवास्वप्नं प्रकुर्वीत सर्वाजीर्णविनाशनम् । अहितान्नै रोगराशिरहितान्नं ततस्त्यजेत्

divāsvapnaṃ prakurvīta sarvājīrṇavināśanam / ahitānnai rogarāśirahitānnaṃ tatastyajet

should take sleep by day, which destroys all indigestion. From unwholesome foods (comes) a mass of diseases; therefore one should give up unwholesome food.

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GaP 1 168.45

उष्णाम्बु वानुपानं च माक्षिकैः पाचनं भवेत् । करीरदधिमत्स्यैश्च प्रायः क्षीरं विरुध्यते

uṣṇāmbu vānupānaṃ ca mākṣikaiḥ pācanaṃ bhavet / karīradadhimatsyaiśca prāyaḥ kṣīraṃ virudhyate

Hot water as a drink taken after (food), together with honey, becomes digestive. Milk is generally incompatible with bamboo shoots, curd and fish.

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GaP 1 168.46

बिल्वः शोणा च गम्भारी पाटला गणिकारिका । दीपनं कफवातघ्नं पञ्चमूलमिदं महत्

bilvaḥ śoṇā ca gambhārī pāṭalā gaṇikārikā / dīpanaṃ kaphavātaghnaṃ pañcamūlamidaṃ mahat

Bilva, śoṇā, gambhārī, pāṭalā and gaṇikārikā — this is the great group of five roots, kindling (digestion) and destroying phlegm and wind.

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GaP 1 168.47

शालपर्णो पृश्रिपर्णो बृहतीद्वयगोक्षुरम् । वातपित्तहरं वृष्यं कनीयः पञ्चमूलकम्

śālaparṇo pṛśriparṇo bṛhatīdvayagokṣuram / vātapittaharaṃ vṛṣyaṃ kanīyaḥ pañcamūlakam

Śālaparṇī, pṛśniparṇī, the two bṛhatīs and gokṣura — this is the lesser group of five roots, removing wind and bile, and aphrodisiac.

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GaP 1 168.48

उभयं दशसूलं स्यात्सन्निपातज्वरापहम् । कासे श्वासे च तन्द्रायां पार्श्वशूले च शस्यते

ubhayaṃ daśasūlaṃ syātsannipātajvarāpaham / kāse śvāse ca tandrāyāṃ pārśvaśūle ca śasyate

Both together make up the ten roots, which remove the fever of the combined humours; it is commended in cough, in laboured breathing, in drowsiness, and in pain in the sides.

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GaP 1 168.49

एतैस्तैलानि सर्पोषि प्रलेपादलकां जयेत् । क्वाथाच्चतुर्गुणं वारि पादस्थं स्याच्चतुर्गुणम्

etaistailāni sarpoṣi pralepādalakāṃ jayet / kvāthāccaturguṇaṃ vāri pādasthaṃ syāccaturguṇam

With these, oils and ghees — by application one may overcome (the disease) alakā. Water four times the decoction (is to be used), and reduced to a quarter it becomes four times (the drug).

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GaP 1 168.50

स्नेहञ्च तत्समं क्षीरं कल्कश्च स्नेहपादकः । संवर्तितौषधैः पाको बस्तौ पाने भवेत्समः । खरो ऽभ्यङ्गे मृदुर्नस्ये पाको ऽपि संप्रकल्पयेत्

snehañca tatsamaṃ kṣīraṃ kalkaśca snehapādakaḥ / saṃvartitauṣadhaiḥ pāko bastau pāne bhavetsamaḥ / kharo 'bhyaṅge mṛdurnasye pāko 'pi saṃprakalpayet

And the oily substance equal to that, the milk (likewise), and the paste a quarter of the oily substance; the cooking, with the drugs stirred in, should be even for an enema and for drinking; (the cooking is) hard for massage, soft for nasal application — one should prepare the cooking accordingly.

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GaP 1 168.51

स्थूलदेहन्द्रियाश्चिन्त्या प्रकृतिर्या त्वधिष्ठिता । आरोग्यमिति तं विद्यादायुष्मन्तमुपाचरेत्

sthūladehandriyāścintyā prakṛtiryā tvadhiṣṭhitā / ārogyamiti taṃ vidyādāyuṣmantamupācaret

The constitution that is established (in a man) is to be inferred from the gross body and the senses; one should know it as health, and treat him as one who is long-lived.

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GaP 1 168.52

यो गृह्णातीन्द्रियैरर्थान्विपरीतान्स मृत्युभाक् । भिषङ्मित्रगुरुद्वेषी प्रियारातिश्च यो भवेत्

yo gṛhṇātīndriyairarthānviparītānsa mṛtyubhāk / bhiṣaṅmitragurudveṣī priyārātiśca yo bhavet

He who apprehends objects with the senses in a reversed way has a share in death; and he who hates his physician, his friends and his teacher, and who is a foe to those dear to him (is likewise doomed).

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GaP 1 168.53

गुल्फजानुललाटं च हनुर्गण्डस्तथैव च । भ्रष्टं स्थानच्युतं यस्य स जहात्यचिरादसून्

gulphajānulalāṭaṃ ca hanurgaṇḍastathaiva ca / bhraṣṭaṃ sthānacyutaṃ yasya sa jahātyacirādasūn

He whose ankle, knee, forehead, and likewise jaw and cheek are fallen away and displaced from their place, gives up his breath before long.

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GaP 1 168.54

वामाक्षिमज्जनं जिह्वा श्यामा नासा विकारिणी । कृष्णौ स्थानच्युतौ चोष्ठौ कृष्णास्यं यस्यतं त्यजेत्

vāmākṣimajjanaṃ jihvā śyāmā nāsā vikāriṇī / kṛṣṇau sthānacyutau coṣṭhau kṛṣṇāsyaṃ yasyataṃ tyajet

Sinking of the left eye, a dark tongue, a distorted nose, lips black and displaced, a black mouth — him one should abandon.

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