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Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine

Charaka Samhita

What is AyurvedaBuddhist Ayurvedic Medicine, Seven Dhatus – Bodily Tissues,  Srotamsi – Bodily Channels and Bodily Systems, Buddhist Ayurvedic Nutrition and Food Therapy

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1:

|| Ch. 1, Su. 1 || Divine awareness of healing 23

|| Ch. 1, Su. 2 || On understanding human beings 24

|| Ch. 1, Su. 3 || Energy – conscious connection 25

|| Ch. 1, Su. 4 – 5 || Svayambhu – the source of connection 25

|| Ch. 1, Su. 6 – 7 || The art of consciousness – the highest intelligence 26

|| Ch. 1, Su. 8 – 14 || Fiery concentration 28

|| Ch. 1, Su. 15 – 18 || To live in accordance with dharma 30

|| Ch. 1, Su. 19 – 23 || We are the extended energy of Brahma 32

|| Ch. 1, Su. 24 || Disease and a person’s choice of lifestyle 35

|| Ch. 1, Su. 25 – 26 || On a fortunate, long life 36

|| Ch. 1, Su. 27 – 29 || Conscious management of life – harmony 37

|| Ch. 1, Su. 30 – 31 || Compassion 40

|| Ch. 1, Su. 32 – 40 || Experiencing Ayurveda 40

|| Ch. 1, Su. 41 || The open embrace of Ayurveda 42

|| Ch. 1, Su. 42 || Experiencing joy 42

|| Ch. 1, Su. 43 || A treasure 43

|| Ch. 1, Su. 44 || Dosage 43

|| Ch. 1, Su. 45 || Similarity 43

|| Ch. 1, Su. 46 – 47 || Conscious control – connection – purusha 43

|| Ch. 1, Su. 48 || The principle of dravya 44

|| Ch. 1, Su. 49 || Orientation 45

|| Ch. 1, Su. 50 || Comprehension – samavaya 45

|| Ch. 1, Su. 51 || Manifestation and stagnation of the gunas 46

|| Ch. 1, Su. 52 || Naturalness is the priority 47

|| Ch. 1, Su. 53 || To permit renewal – dhatusamya kriya 48

|| Ch. 1, Su. 54 || A servant and a gift 49

|| Ch. 1, Su. 55 || The richness of the moment and the language of our own

thoughts 50

|| Ch. 1, Su. 56 || Silencing 50

|| Ch. 1, Su. 57 || Body and mind 51

|| Ch. 1, Su. 58 || Balanced attention 52

|| Ch. 1, Su. 59-61 || Tridosh 53

|| Ch. 1, Su. 62 – 63 || Diagnosis as the basis 53

|| Ch. 1, Su. 64 || Ras and its enormous force 54

|| Ch. 1, Su. 65 || Taste 55

|| Ch. 1, Su. 66 || Tastes affect the doshas 55

|| Ch. 1, Su. 67 || Three kinds of medicines 55

|| Ch. 1, Su. 68 || The source – dravya gun vigyan 56

|| Ch. 1, Su. 69 || Medicines from animal sources 57

|| Ch. 1, Su. 70 || Medicines as a gift of the earth 57

|| Ch. 1, Su. 71 || Medicines of plant origin 57

|| Ch. 1, Su. 72 || Fruit of the vanaspati kind 58

|| Ch. 1, Su. 73 || The use of plants 58

|| Ch. 1, Su. 74 || Understanding the construction of plants – the agni etc. 59

|| Ch. 1, Su. 75 || Mahasneha (primary fats) 59

|| Ch. 1, Su. 76 || Inspiration – the connoisseur of Ayurveda 59

|| Ch. 1, Su. 77 || Pharmacology 60

|| Ch. 1, Su. 78 || The creation of nomenclature 60

|| Ch. 1, Su. 79 || Variety of names – procedures 61

|| Ch. 1, Su. 80 || Virechan (emptying the bowels) 62

|| Ch. 1, Su. 81 || Medicinal plants and their hybridization 62

|| Ch. 1, Su. 82 || Gifts of the Earth 62

|| Ch. 1, Su. 83 || Gifts of the Earth 63

|| Ch. 1, Su. 84 || Herbs to induce vomiting 63

|| Ch. 1, Su. 85 || Nasal cleansing and laxatives 63

|| Ch. 1, Su. 86 || Description of fruits and fats 63

|| Ch. 1, Su. 87 || Procedures using fats 64

|| Ch. 1, Su. 88 || Effects of salts 64

|| Ch. 1, Su. 89 || Expansion and reduction of the tridosha 64

|| Ch. 1, Su. 90 || Mahabhut determines taste 64

|| Ch. 1, Su. 91 || Skin preparations 65

|| Ch. 1, Su. 92 || Procedures with salts and eight kinds of urine 65

|| Ch. 1, Su. 93 || Use of urines 66

|| Ch. 1, Su. 94 || Characteristics of urine 66

|| Ch. 1, Su. 95 || Working with urines 66

|| Ch. 1, Su. 96 || Uses of urines 66

|| Ch. 1, Su. 97 || Uses of urine 67

|| Ch. 1, Su. 98 || Exceptional characteristics of urine 67

|| Ch. 1, Su. 99 || Characteristics of each kind of urine 68

|| Ch. 1, Su. 100 || Sheep and goat urine 68

|| Ch. 1, Su. 101 || Cow’s urine 68

|| Ch. 1, Su. 102 || Buffalo and elephant urine 69

|| Ch. 1, Su. 103 || Elephant and camel urine 69

|| Ch. 1, Su. 104 || Horse and donkey urine 70

|| Ch. 1, Su. 105 || Various kinds of milk 70

|| Ch. 1, Su. 106 || Milk 70

|| Ch. 1, Su. 107 || Characteristics and effects of milk 70

|| Ch. 1, Su. 108 || Mucus is not a waste product, it is protective 72

|| Ch. 1, Su. 109 || Why we drink milk 73

|| Ch. 1, Su. 110 || Why we drink milk 73

|| Ch. 1, Su. 111 || Why we drink milk 73

|| Ch. 1, Su. 112 || Why we drink milk 74

|| Ch. 1, Su. 113 || Beverages and food 74

|| Ch. 1, Su. 114 || Plant milks 74

|| Ch.. 1, Su. 115 || Ashmantaka, Snuhi and Arka 75

|| Ch. 1, Su. 116 || Tree bark – putika, krshnagandha, tilvaka 75

|| Ch. 1, Su. 117 || Trees for virechan – putika and tilvaka 76

|| Ch. 1, Su. 118 || Six trees 77

|| Ch. 1, Su. 119 || Summary of this entire chapter 77

|| Ch. 1, Su. 120 || The Ayurvedic practitioner 78

|| Ch. 1, Su. 121 || Wise shepherds 78

|| Ch. 1, Su. 122 || Merging with a plant 79

|| Ch. 1, Su. 123 || The art and virtue of the Ayurvedic practitioner 79

|| Ch. 1, Su. 124 || Unrecognized – poison, recognized – nectar 79

|| Ch. 1, Su. 125 || Complications from the incorrect choice of medicines 80

|| Ch. 1, Su. 126 || What medicine can be poison and vice versa 80

|| Ch. 1, Su. 127 || The wisdom of footsteps 81

|| Ch. 1, Su. 128 || Ignorance of knowledge 81

|| Ch. 1, Su. 129 || Open hearts 81

|| Ch. 1, Su. 130 || Bad advice harms the adviser 82

|| Ch. 1, Su. 131 || It is not good to masquerade as a scholar 82

|| Ch. 1, Su. 132 || Principles of Ayurvedic practitioners 82

|| Ch. 1, Su. 133 || Implementing intention 83

|| Ch. 1, Su. 134 || Correct decision – knowledge 83

|| Ch. 1, Su. 135 || Siddhi 84

|| Ch. 1, Su. 136 || Summary of the first chapter 84

|| Ch. 1, Su. 137 || Summary of the first chapter 85

|| Ch. 1, Su. 138 || Summary of the first chapter 85

|| Ch.. 1, Su. 139 || Summary of the first chapter hrnutí první kapitoly 85

|| Ch. 1, Su. 140 || Summary of the first chapter 85

Chapter 2

|| Ch. 2, Su. 3-6 || Ingredients for nasya oil, incense, inhalation, etc. 87

|| Ch. 2, Su. 7-8 || Ingredients for vaman (inducing vomiting) 89

|| Ch. 2, Su. 9-10 || Purging of the doshas in the pakvashaya (colon) 89

|| Ch. 2 Su. 11-14 || Ingredients for nemastný enema 90

|| Ch. 2, Su. 15 || Snehan and svedan 91

|| Ch. 2, Su. 16 || The correct administration of medicine 91

|| Ch. 2, Su. 17 || Broths as medicine 92

|| Ch. 2, Su. 18 || Broths stimulating appetite and alleviating colic 92

|| Ch. 2, Su. 19 || Broths supporting digesting and addressing diarrhea

caused by increased vata 92

|| Ch. 2, Su. 20 || Broth for diarrhea caused by kaph or pitt 93

|| Ch. 2, Su. 21 || Broth alleviating bloody diarrhea 93

|| Ch. 2. Su. 22 || Broth for difficulties with urination 93

|| Ch. 2, Su. 23 || Broth removing parasites 94

|| Ch. 2, Su. 24 || Broth for disproportionate thirst 94

|| Ch. 2, Su. 25 || Pork broth can be used for weight gain or loss. 95

|| Ch. 2, Su. 26 || Broths that dessicate and broths that lubricate 95

|| Ch. 2, Su. 27 || Two broths with dashamul 95

|| Ch. 2, Su. 28 || Broth for evacuation of the colon and astringent broth 96

|| Ch. 2, Su. 29 || Broth for digestive disorders and for flatulence 96

|| Ch. 2, Su. 30 || Broth to alleviate overconsumption of ghee or oil 97

|| Ch. 2, Su. 31 || Broth for fevers and sore throat 97

|| Ch. 2, Su. 32 || Broth that enhances shukra dhatu 98

|| Ch. 2, Su. 33 || Broth for lethargy and broth to suppress appetite 98

|| Ch. 2, Su. 34 || Twenty-eight kinds of broth 99

|| Ch. 2, Su. 35 || Medicines used during panchkarma 99

|| Ch. 2, Su. 36 || Ayurvedic practitioner combines medicine 99

Chapter 3

|| Ch. 3, Su. 1-2 || About the aragvadha plant 100

|| Ch. 3, Su. 3-7 || Six mixtures for preparing ointment 100

|| Ch. 3, Su. 8-9 || Mixture alleviating itching, etc. 101

|| Ch. 3, Su. 10-11 || Powder for impetigo, etc. 102

|| Ch. 3, Su. 12 || Paste for ameliorating skin diseases 102

|| Ch. 3, Su. 13 || More pastes for skin diseases 103

|| Ch. 3, Su. 14 || More pastes for skin diseases 103

|| Ch. 3, Su. 15-16 || More pastes for alleviating skin diseases 104

|| Ch. 3, Su. 17 || Ubtan and abhyang oils 104

|| Ch. 3, Su. 18 || Paste alleviating vat 105

|| Ch. 3, Su. 19 || More pastes reducing vat 106

|| Ch. 3, Su. 20 || Recipe for abdominal pain and reducing vat 106

|| Ch. 3, Su. 21 || Paste for gout or vatarakt 107

|| Ch. 3, Su. 22 || Paste for raktavat 107

|| Ch. 3, Su. 23 || Another paste for raktavat 108

|| Ch. 3, Su. 24 || Paste for headache 108

|| Ch. 3, Su. 25 || Warm paste for back pain 109

|| Ch. 3, Su. 26 || Paste reducing daha (pálení – burning sensation) 109

|| Ch. 3, Su. 27 || Another paste reducing burning sensations 110

|| Ch. 3, Su. 28 || Paste reducing sensations of chill

and paste removing toxins 110

|| Ch. 3, Su. 29 || Powder for excess sweating and paste eliminating

body odor 111

|| Ch. 3, Su. 30 || Thirty-two effective powders and pastes 111

Chapter 4

|| Ch. 4, Su. 1-2 || Six kinds of purgatives 112

|| Ch. 4, Su. 3 || Introductory list 112

|| Ch.. 4, Su. 4 || Six hundred kinds of purgatives 113

|| Ch. 4, Su. 5 || Latex 113

|| Ch. 4, Su. 6 || Five tastes in combination with astringent 113

|| Ch. 4, Su. 7 || Five forms of healing preparations 114

|| Ch. 4, Su. 8 || Fifty healing preparations, of which the first part

is about juices 115

|| Ch. 4, Su. 9 || First group of healing preparations 118

|| Ch. 4, Su. 10 || Second group of healing preparations 119

|| Ch. 4, Su. 11 || Third group of healing prepatations 120

|| Ch. 4, Su. 12 || Fourth group of healing preparations 121

|| Ch. 4, Su. 13 || Fifth group of healing preparations 122

|| Ch. 4, Su. 14 || Sixth group of healing preparations 123

|| Ch. 4, Su. 15 || Seventh group of healing preparations 124

|| Ch. 4, Su. 16 || Eighth group of healing preparations 125

|| Ch. 4, Su. 17 || Ninth group of healing preparations 126

|| Ch. 4, Su. 18 || 10th group of healing preparations 127

|| Ch. 4, Su. 19 || Summary 128

|| Ch. 4, Su. 20 || Learning about medicines 128

|| Ch. 4, Su. 21 || Agnivesha’s query 129

|| Ch. 4, Su. 22 || Atreya’s answer 129

|| Ch. 4, Su. 23-29 || Summary of the preceding sutras 129

|| Ch. 4, Su. 30 || End of the fourth chapter 130

Chapter 5

|| Ch. 5, Su. 1 || Chapter on food 131

|| Ch. 5, Su. 2 || The teaching of Atreya 131

|| Ch. 5, Su. 3 || Reasonable amounts of food 131

|| Ch. 5, Su. 4 || Eating according to time of day 131

|| Ch. 5, Su. 5 || Food that is easy or hard to digest 132

|| Ch. 5, Su. 6 || Agnibala (digestive force) 132

|| Ch. 5, Su. 7 || Hunger means agni – digestive fire. 133

|| Ch. 5, Su. 8 || Correct amount of food 134

|| Ch. 5, Su. 9 || Do not eat anything heavy after a meal 134

|| Ch. 5, Su. 10-11 || Hard to digest 134

|| Ch. 5, Su. 12 || Foods recommended for regular use 135

|| Ch. 5, Su. 13 || Foodstuffs 135

|| Ch. 5, Su. 14 || Kadjal 136

|| Ch. 5, Su. 15-17 || Sauvira andjana 136

|| Ch. 5, Su. 18-19 || Rasandjan 136

|| Ch. 5, Su. 20-25 || Production of dhumapanu, also called dhum 137

|| Ch. 5, Su. 26 || Dhumapan against vat (lubractive smoking) 138

|| Ch. 5, Su. 27 || Ingredients to clean the sinuses 138

|| Ch. 5, Su. 28-33 || Indications for dhumapan 139

|| Ch. 5, Su. 34-35 || Dhumapan technique 139

|| Ch. 5, Su. 36 || Frequency of smoke inhalation 140

|| Ch. 5, Su. 37 || Signs of correct smoke inhalation 140

|| Ch. 5, Su. 38 || Complications with over-smoking and

inappropriate smoking 140

|| Ch. 5, Su. 39-40 || Addressing complications caused by over-smoking

and inappropriate smoking 141

|| Ch. 5, Su. 41-45 || Contraindications for smoke inhalation 141

|| Ch. 5, Su. 46-47 || Smoking technique 142

|| Ch. 5, Su. 48 || Nadishodhana and nasal procedure 142

|| Ch. 5, Su. 49 || Pipe size according to type of smoking 142

|| Ch. 5, Su. 50 || Making a pipe to order 143

|| Ch. 5, Su. 51 || Correct smoke inhalation 143

|| Ch. 5, Su. 52-56a || Signs of incorrect smoke inhalation 144

|| Ch. 5, Su. 56b-62 || Anutaila 144

|| Ch. 5, Su. 63-70 || Recipe for anutaila 145

|| Ch. 5, Su. 71-75 || Cleaning the oral cavity 146

|| Ch. 5, Su. 76-77 || For a feeling of freshness 147

|| Ch. 5, Su. 78-80 || Gandusha – swishing oil in the mouth 147

|| Ch. 5, Su. 81-83 || Usefulness of rubbing the head with oil 148

|| Ch. 5, Su. 84 || Oil in the ears – karnapurna (dripping oil into the ears) 148

|| Ch. 5, Su. 85-86 || Abhyang 149

|| Ch. 5, Su. 87 || Recommended for vata types 149

|| Ch. 5, Su. 88-89 || Effect of oil massage 149

|| Ch. 5, Su. 90-92 || Foot massage 150

|| Ch. 5, Su. 93 || Effects of abhyang before bathing 150

|| Ch. 5, Su. 94 || Effects of bathing 151

|| Ch. 5, Su. 95 || The weating of cotton clothing 151

|| Ch. 5, Su. 96 || Fragrance and decoration 151

|| Ch. 5, Su. 97 || Rare jewels – gems and semi-precious stones 152

|| Ch. 5, Su. 98 || Beneficial effect of cleansing 152

|| Ch. 5, Su. 99 || Care for the hair, beard and nails 152

|| Ch. 5, Su. 100 || Shoes as protection 153

|| Ch. 5, Su. 101 || Umbrella as protection 153

|| Ch. 5, Su. 102 || Walking stick 152

|| Ch. 5, Su. 103 || A wise person takes care of the body 154

|| Ch. 5, Su. 104 || A life full of study 154

|| Ch. 5, Su. 105-111 || Summary of the fifth chapter 154

Chapter 6

|| Ch. 6, Su. 1-2 || Atreya presents the chapter on diet 156

|| Ch. 6, Su. 3 || Ahar and vihar per the seasons 156

|| Ch. 6, Su. 4 || The six seasons 156

|| Ch. 6, Su. 5 || Visarg and adan kal 157

|| Ch. 6, Su. 6 || The adan period 158

|| Ch. 6, Su. 7 || The strengthening time of year 158

|| Ch. 6, Su. 8 || Influence of the seasons on human strength 159

|| Ch. 6, Su. 9-18 || Hemant – November and December

(recommendations for India’s climatic zone) 160

|| Ch. 6, Su. 19-21 || The period of hemanta and shishira 161

|| Ch. 6, Su. 22-26 || Springtime 162

|| Ch. 6, Su. 27-32 || Summertime 163

|| Ch. 6, Su. 33-40 || The period between summer and the rainy season 164

|| Ch. 6, Su. 41-48 || The autumn season 165

|| Ch. 6, Su. 49-50 || Satmya 166

|| Ch. 6, Su. 51 || Recapitulation 166

Chapter 7

|| Ch. 7, Su. 1-2 || Chapter on not suppressing needs 168

|| Ch. 7, Su. 3-4 || Natural needs 168

|| Ch. 7, Su. 5 || Disorders that come from suppressing natural needs 169

|| Ch. 7, Su. 6-7 || Symptoms of suppressing the need to urinate 169

|| Ch. 7, Su. 8-9 || Consequences of suppressing the need to excrete stool 169

|| Ch. 7, Su. 10-11 || Symptoms of sperm retention 170

|| Ch. 7, Su. 12-13 || Consequences of suppressing stool, urine and gas 170

|| Ch. 7, Su. 14-15 || Consequences of suppressing vomiting 171

|| Ch. 7, Su. 16-17 || Consequences of suppressing sneezing 171

|| Ch. 7, Su. 18 || Consequences of suppressing burping 171

|| Ch. 7, Su. 19 || Consequences of suppressing yawning 172

|| Ch. 7, Su. 20 || Consequences of suppressing hunger 172

|| Ch. 7, Su. 21 || Consequences of suppressing thirst 172

|| Ch. 7, Su. 22 || Consequences of suppressing tears 173

|| Ch. 7, Su. 23 || Consequences of suppressing sleep 173

|| Ch. 7, Su. 24 || Consequences of suppressing breathing after exertion 173

|| Ch. 7, Su. 25 || Disorders caused by suppressing needs 174

|| Ch. 7, Su. 26 || Suppressing the urge to commit evil 174

|| Ch. 7, Su. 27 || Suppressing the needs of insatiability, etc. 174

|| Ch. 7, Su. 28 || Suppression of the need to speak, etc. 175

|| Ch. 7, Su. 29 || Suppression of the need to cause pain, etc. 175

|| Ch. 7, Su. 30 || A virtuous person acts according to dharma,

artha and karma 175

|| Ch. 7, Su. 31 || Physical exercise 176

|| Ch. 7, Su. 32 || The benefits of physical exercise 176

|| Ch. 7, Su. 33 || Consequences of excessive physical exercise 176

|| Ch. 7, Su. 34 || Nothing in excess 177

|| Ch. 7, Su. 35 || When physical exercise is inappropriate 177

|| Ch. 7, Su. 36-37 || Gradually abandoning incorrect habits 177

|| Ch. 7, Su. 38 || Prevent deficiencies and retain advantages 178

|| Ch. 7, Su. 39-40 || Physical constitution 178

|| Ch. 7, Su. 41 || We heal through absorbing the opposite qualities 178

|| Ch. 7, Su. 42 || The importance of eliminating waste 179

|| Ch. 7, Su. 43 || Consequences of the elimination apertures 179

|| Ch. 7, Su. 44 || Treatment procedure for elimination disorders 179

|| Ch. 7, Su. 45 || The cause of disorders 180

|| Ch. 7, Su. 46-50 || Methods of preventing disorders from arising 180

|| Ch. 7, Su. 51-52 || Consequences of pragyaparadha 181

|| Ch. 7, Su. 53-54 || Ridding oneself of a feeling of guilt 181

|| Ch. 7, Su. 55 || Following instructions 182

|| Ch. 7, Su. 56-57 || What to avoid 182

|| Ch. 7, Su. 58-59 || Appropriate company 182

|| Ch. 7, Su. 60 || Recommendation 183

|| Ch. 7, Su. 61-62 || Dadhi (yogurt) 183

|| Ch. 7, Su. 63-66 || Summary of the Seventh Chapter 184

Chapter 8

|| Ch. 8, Su. 1-2 || The sense organs 185

|| Ch. 8, Su. 3 || The five sense organs in context 185

|| Ch. 8, Su. 4 || Chitta, also called chetas 185

|| Ch. 8, Su. 5 || Suggestions for the mind 186

|| Ch. 8, Su. 6 || The mind and the three gunas 185

|| Ch. 8, Su. 7 || The mind supports the senses 186

|| Ch. 8, Su. 8 || The five sense organs 187

|| Ch. 8, Su. 9 || The five elements of the sense organs 187

|| Ch. 8, Su. 10 || Five locations of the sense organs 187

|| Ch. 8, Su. 11 || Five objects of sensory perception 188

|| Ch. 8, Su. 12 || The five centers of sensory perception 188

|| Ch. 8, Su. 13 || The feeling of happiness and unhappiness 188

|| Ch. 8, Su. 14 || Sense organs and the mahabhuts 189

|| Ch. 8, Su. 15 || Four causes of the destruction of the senses 190

|| Ch. 8, Su. 16 || Chinattya 190

|| Ch. 8, Su. 17 || Dharma 191

|| Ch. 8, Su. 18 || Correct behavior 191

|| Ch. 8, Su. 19 || Recommendations for preserving health 193

|| Ch. 8, Su. 20 || Recommended lifestyle 194

|| Ch. 8, Su. 21 || Rules of elimination 196

|| Ch. 8, Su. 22 || Appropriate behavior of a man 197

|| Ch. 8, Su. 23 || Criticism and impure intentions 198

|| Ch. 8, Su. 24 || Recommendations for study and speech 198

|| Ch. 8, Su. 25 || Other recommendations 199

|| Ch. 8, Su. 26 || Various other recommendations 200

|| Ch. 8, Su. 27 || Behavior leading to a balanced mind 200

|| Ch. 8, Su. 28 || Performing agnihotra in an environment of sattva 201

|| Ch. 8, Su. 29 || A harmonized life 202

|| Ch. 8, Su. 30-33 || Summary of Chapter Eight 202

|| Ch. 8, Su. 34 || The word of Atreya 203

Chapter 9

|| Ch. 9, Su. 1-2 || Chatushpad, or about the lesser foursomes 204

|| Ch. 9, Su. 3 || The chatushpad of treatment 204

|| Ch. 9, Su. 4 || Vikrti and prakrti 204

|| Ch. 9, Su. 5 || Four units of treatment 205

|| Ch. 9, Su. 6 || The four qualities of the Ayurvedic practitioner 205

|| Ch. 9, Su. 7 || Four characteristics – dravya 205

|| Ch. 9, Su. 8 || Four qualities of an assistant 206

|| Ch. 9, Su. 9 || The four qualities of the invalid 206

|| Ch. 9, Su. 10 || These four foursomes are the basis of successful treatment 206

|| Ch. 9, Su. 11-12 || The Ayruvedic practitioner 207

|| Ch. 9, Su. 13 || The meaning of the foursome 207

|| Ch. 9, Su. 14 || Importance of the Ayurvedic practitioner 207

|| Ch. 9, Su. 15-16 || The ignorant Ayurvedic practitioner 208

|| Ch. 9, Su. 17 || The bogus Ayurvedic practitioner 208

|| Ch. 9, Su. 18 || The Ayurvedic practitioner who understands the tracts 209

|| Ch. 9, Su. 19 || The best Ayurvedic practitioner treats the king 209

|| Ch. 9, Su. 20 || The Ayurvedic practitioner with a calm mind 209

|| Ch. 9, Su. 21-23 || Vaidhdji 210

|| Ch. 9, Su. 24-25 || One’s own intellect and knowledge 210

|| Ch. 9, Su. 26 || The four actions of the Ayurvedic practitioner 211

|| Ch. 9, Su. 27-28 || Summary of the foursomes 211

Chapter 10

|| Ch. 10, Su. 1-2 || Maha chatushpad, or, about the great foursome 212

|| Ch. 10, Su. 3 || Bheshadj 212

|| Ch. 10, Su. 4 || Maitreya on the great foursome 212

|| Ch. 10, Su. 5 || Atreya responds 213

|| Ch. 10, Su. 6 || Atreya continues 214

|| Ch. 10, Su. 7-8 || Successfulness of the Ayurvedic practitioner 214

|| Ch. 10, Su. 9-10 || Kinds of maladies 215

|| Ch. 10, Su. 11-13 || The characteristics of easily curable maladies 215

|| Ch. 10, Su. 14-16 || Characteristics of maladies that are difficult to cure 216

|| Ch. 10, Su. 17-18 || Characteristics of diseases that are very

difficult to cure 217

|| Ch. 10, Su. 19-20 || Characteristics of incurable diseases 217

|| Ch. 10, Su. 21-22 || Recognizing these diseases 218

|| Ch. 10, Su. 23-24 || Summary of Chatper 10 218

Chapter 11

|| Ch. 11, Su. 1-2 || Eshana – desire 219

|| Ch. 11, Su. 3 || Three desires 219

|| Ch. 11, Su. 4 || Praneshana 219

|| Ch. 11, Su. 5 || Dhanshana 220

|| Ch. 11, Su. 6 || Paralokeshana 221

|| Ch. 11, Su. 7 || The importance of guesswork 221

|| Ch. 11, Su. 8 || Extrasensory perception 222

|| Ch. 11, Su. 9-10 || Forms of atma 222

|| Ch. 11, Su. 11 || Chaturvidhiyoni 223

|| Ch. 11, Su. 12 || The appearance and disappearance of life 224

|| Ch. 11, Su. 13 || Atma 224

|| Ch. 11, Su. 14-15 || The theory of accident? 225

|| Ch. 11, Su. 16 || Realization 225

|| Ch. 11, Su. 17 || Sat and asat 225

|| Ch. 11, Su. 18-19 || Definition of an Ayurvedic practitioner 226

|| Ch. 11, Su. 20 || Pratyaksha 226

|| Ch. 11, Su. 21-22 || Anumana 227

|| Ch. 11, Su. 23-24 || Sanyog Yukti 227

|| Ch. 11, Su. 26 || Any and all research 228

|| Ch. 11, Su. 27 || Aptagam 229

|| Ch. 11, Su. 28 || Liberation 229

|| Ch. 11, Su. 29 || Reincarnation 230

|| Ch. 11, Su. 30 || Pratyaksha 230

|| Ch. 11, Su. 31 || Deva 231

|| Ch. 11, Su. 32 || Fertilization 232

|| Ch. 11, Su. 33 || Four research methods supporting reincarnation 233

|| Ch. 11, Su. 34 || Three pillars 234

|| Ch. 11, Su. 35 || Three pillars 235

|| Ch. 11, Su. 36 || Three kinds of strength 235

|| Ch. 11, Su. 37 || Senses and disease 236

|| Ch. 11, Su. 38 || Skin and touch 238

|| Ch. 11, Su. 39 || Influence of words, thoughts, and the body 238

|| Ch. 11, Su. 40 || Mithyayog – inappropriate use 240

|| Ch. 11, Su. 41 || Pragyaparadha 240

|| Ch. 11, Su. 42 || Correlation of climate and time 240

|| Ch. 11, Su. 43 || Causes of disease assessed in context 241

|| Ch. 11, Su. 44 || Bhav – satisfaction with life 242

|| Ch. 11, Su. 45 || Kinds of maladies 242

|| Ch. 11, Su. 46 || Pragyaparadh malady 243

|| Ch. 11, Su. 47 || Remedies for maladies 243

|| Ch. 11, Su. 48 || How maladies enter the body 244

|| Ch. 11, Su. 49 || Classification of maladies according to their

path into the body 245

|| Ch. 11, Su. 50-53 || Classification of Ayurvedic practitioners 245

|| Ch. 11, Su. 54 || Basic divisions of treatment 246

|| Ch. 11, Su. 55 || Three kinds of remedies 247

|| Ch. 11, Su. 56-63 || Why one should learn to observe one’s body 248

|| Ch. 11, Su. 64-65 || Summary of the eight matters from Krshnatreya 249

Chapter 12

|| Ch. 12, Su. 1-2 || Vata dosha according to Atreya 251

|| Ch. 12, Su. 3 || The sages’ questions 251

|| Ch. 12, Su. 4 || Characteristics of vata 252

|| Ch. 12, Su. 5 || Bhardvadj says more about vayu 252

|| Ch. 12, Su. 6 || Kankayana’s confirmation 252

|| Ch. 12, Su. 7 || The words of Badish Dhamargava 253

|| Ch. 12, Su. 8 || Vayorvida on the five vayus 253

|| Ch. 12, Su. 9 || Marichi’s question 256

|| Ch. 12, Su. 10 || Vayorvida on the importance of vayu 256

|| Ch. 12, Su. 11 || Marichi on agni 256

|| Ch. 12, Su. 12 || Kapya about soma 257

|| Ch. 12, Su. 13 || Atreya on the harmony of the tridosha 257

|| Ch. 12, Su. 14 || Agreement of the sages 258

|| Ch. 12, Su. 15 || Appreciation for the wise words of Atreya 258

|| Ch. 12, Su. 16-17 || Summary of Chapter 12 258

Chapter 13

|| Ch. 13, Su. 1-2 || Lubricants and lubrication 259

|| Ch. 13, Su. 3 || Agnivesha’s doubts 259

|| Ch. 13, Su. 4-8 || Questions about sneh (lubricants and lubrication) 260

|| Ch. 13, Su. 9 || Two types of substances for lubrication 260

|| Ch. 13, Su. 10-11 || Sources of animal and plant sneh (lubricants) 261

|| Ch. 13, Su. 12 || Sesame oil nourishes and castor oil removes impurities 261

|| Ch. 13, Su. 13 || Ghee nourishes and is a wonderful conveyor 262

|| Ch. 13, Su. 14 || Ghee 263

|| Ch. 13, Su. 15 || General characteristics of oil 263

|| Ch. 13, Su. 16 || Lard 263

|| Ch. 13, Su. 17 || Madjdja 264

|| Ch. 13, Su. 18 || Internal, seasonal use 264

|| Ch. 13, Su. 19 || Sneh pan – when to use it 264

|| Ch. 13, Su. 20-21 || Correct temperature of the environment 265

|| Ch. 13, Su. 22 || Warm water and sneh pan 266

|| Ch. 13, Su. 23-25 || Twenty-four ways sneh can be delivered 266

|| Ch. 13, Su. 26 || Achhapey is the drinking of pure fat 268

|| Ch. 13, Su. 27-28 || Sixty-four kinds of sneh pan 268

|| Ch. 13, Su. 29-40 || Amount and dosage 269

|| Ch. 13, Su. 41-43 || Ghee is a panacea 270

|| Ch. 13, Su. 44-46 || Oil like a remedy 270

|| Ch. 13, Su. 47-49 || Lard as a remedy 271

|| Ch. 13, Su. 50 || Bone marrow as a remedy 271

|| Ch. 13, Su. 51 || Length of absorption of sneh 272

|| Ch. 13, Su. 52 || Snehan as a medical procedure 272

|| Ch. 13, Su. 53-56 || Contraindications for snehan 272

|| Ch. 13, Su. 57 || Manifestations of dehydration 273

|| Ch. 13, Su. 58 || Characteristics of a lubricated person 273

|| Ch. 13, Su. 59 || Symptoms of excessive lubrication 274

|| Ch. 13, Su. 60-61 || Preparations prior to snehan 274

|| Ch. 13, Su. 62-64 || Recommendations after snehan 275

|| Ch. 13, Su. 65-69 || Absorption in the gut and its cleansing 276

|| Ch. 13, Su. 70-78 || Complications during incorrect performance of snehan 276

|| Ch. 13, Su. 79 || Reasons for snehan complications 277

|| Ch. 13, Su. 80 || Snehan as preparation for virechan 277

|| Ch. 13, Su. 81 || Snehan as preparation for vaman 278

|| Ch. 13, Su. 82-90 || Various forms of snehan 279

|| Ch. 13, Su. 91-94 || What is forbidden and what is recommended

during snehan 279

|| Ch. 13, Su. 95 || Snehan for improving shukra dhatu 280

|| Ch. 13, Su. 96-97 || Absorption of fat 280

|| Ch. 13, Su. 98 || Salt during snehan 281

|| Ch. 13, Su. 99 || Sequence of procedures 281

|| Ch. 13, Su. 100 || Closing summary 281

Chapter 14

|| Ch. 14, Su. 1-2 || Svedan (sweat) procedure 282

|| Ch. 14, Su. 3-5 || Sved kriya – sweating (heating) procedures 282

|| Ch. 14, Su. 6 || Circumstances determining an outcome 283

|| Ch. 14, Su. 7-8 || Characteristics and intensity of the materials

used for svedan 283

|| Ch. 14, Su. 9 || Using materials after svedan amashaya and pakvashaya 284

|| Ch. 14, Su. 10 || Places where heating should be performed cautiously 284

|| Ch. 14, Su. 11-12 || Protecting sensitive places during svedan 285

|| Ch. 14, Su. 13 || When to stop the heating 285

|| Ch. 14, Su. 14-15 || Excessive heating 286

|| Ch. 14, Su. 16-19 || Contraindications of svedan 287

|| Ch. 14, Su. 20-24 || Indications for svedan 288

|| Ch. 14, Su. 25-27 || Pindasved (warm compresses using a pouch) 288

|| Ch. 14, Su. 28 || Prastarsved (sauna) 289

|| Ch. 14, Su. 29-33 || Nadisvedan (steam svedan with the aid of a hose) 290

|| Ch. 14, Su. 34 || Avgahasvedan (broth bath) 290

|| Ch. 14, Su. 35-37 || Upnahsved dravya (ingredients for

poultices and wraps) 291

|| Ch. 14, Su. 38 || The length of time for using heating poultices 291

|| Ch. 14, Su. 39-40 || Agni sanskar 292

|| Ch. 14, Su. 41 || Sankarasveda (heating using a pouch) 292

|| Ch. 14, Su. 42 || Prastara sveda (heating on a bed) 293

|| Ch. 14, Su. 43 || Ingredients and necessaries for performing nadi svedan 293

|| Ch. 14, Su. 44 || Parishek (heating through sprinkling) 294

|| Ch. 14, Su. 45 || Ingredients for the vatika concoction 295

|| Ch. 14, Su. 46 || Djentaka (sauna) 295

|| Ch. 14, Su. 47-49 || Heating with stone 297

|| Ch. 14, Su. 50-51 || Karshusveda (heating using a pit) 298

|| Ch. 14, Su. 52-54 || Kutirsved (circular room) 298

|| Ch. 14, Su. 55 || Bhusved (heating with the aid of the earth) 299

|| Ch. 14, Su. 56-58 || Kumbhimsved heating with the aid

of containers with herbs 299

|| Ch. 14, Su. 59-60 || Kupasved (another kind of heating) 300

|| Ch. 14, Su. 61-62 || Holaka sved 300

|| Ch. 14, Su. 63 || Summarizing sutra 301

|| Ch. 14, Su. 64 || What heats us 301

|| Ch. 14, Su. 65-66 || Various kinds of heating 301

|| Ch. 14, Su. 67 || Recommendations for heating 302

|| Ch. 14, Su. 68-71 || Summarizing sutra 302

Chapter 15

|| Ch. 15, Su. 1-2 || Rules of procedures 303

|| Ch. 15, Su. 3 || Equipment 303

|| Ch. 15, Su. 4 || Successful and unsuccessful treatment 303

|| Ch. 15, Su. 5 || Considerations about treatment 304

|| Ch. 15, Su. 6 || Basic equipment for the space 305

|| Ch. 15, Su. 7 || Description of an Ayurvedic hospital 306

|| Ch. 15, Su. 8 || Necessity of stopping a procedure 307

|| Ch. 15, Su. 9 || Preparing the invalid for the procedure 308

|| Ch. 15, Su. 10 || Correct dosage of vaman medicine 309

|| Ch. 15, Su. 11 || Preparation for vaman 309

|| Ch. 15, Su. 12 || Performance of vaman 310

|| Ch. 15, Su. 13 || Indices and symptoms of vaman 311

|| Ch. 15, Su. 14 || What follows vaman 312

|| Ch. 15, Su. 15 || Other recommendations after vaman 312

|| Ch. 15, Su. 16 || Diet regime after vaman 313

|| Ch. 15, Su. 17 || Preparation for virechan 314

|| Ch. 15, Su. 18 || Who should undergo virechan 315

|| Ch. 15, Su. 19-21 || Virechan for the impoverished 315

|| Ch. 15, Su. 22 || Positive effects of virechan 316

|| Ch. 15, Su. 23-25 || Summary of procedures 316

Chapter 16

|| Ch. 16, Su. 3-4 || Results depend on the quality of

the Ayurvedic practitioner 317

|| Ch. 16, Su. 5-10 || Correct and incorrect performance 318

|| Ch. 16, Su. 11-12 || Excessive vaman 319

|| Ch. 16, Su. 13-16 || Indications for vaman and virechan 319

|| Ch. 16, Su. 17-19 || Benefits of vaman and virechan 320

|| Ch. 16, Su. 20-21 || The permanent effect of vaman and virechan 320

|| Ch. 16, Su. 22-23 || Renewal of strength after vaman and virechan 321

|| Ch. 16, Su. 24-26 || Dealing with complications from procedures 321

|| Ch. 16, Su. 27 || Natural revival of balance 322

|| Ch. 16, Su. 28 || The cause of origination versus destruction 322

|| Ch. 16, Su. 29-30 || The role of the Ayurvedic practitioner 322

|| Ch. 16, Su. 31-32 || About the cause of destruction 323

|| Ch. 16, Su. 33 || The root of destruction is in origination itself 323

|| Ch. 16, Su. 34-38 || The reason for and aim of treatment 324

|| Ch. 16, Su. 39-41 || Summary 325

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