[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa) › [འཕགས་པ་གསེར་འོད་དམ་པ་མཆོག་ཏུ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའི་མདོ་སྡེའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo) › [The Sutra of the Sublime Golden Light (1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo~en-84000) › 9.19 # འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 9.19 The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (1) 9.19 - **Language:** English ### [9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo~en-84000.9.19) In winter, astringent, sour, oily, and sweet. “ ‘If someone consumes accordingly Whatever medicine, food, or drink Should be consumed in these four seasons, Then many illnesses will not occur. “ ‘After eating, there is the power of phlegm. It is during digestion that there is the activity of bile. Following digestion, there arises the power of air. You should know the illnesses in relation to such times. “ ‘When the root of an illness is known, Provide the corresponding medicine for that illness. Illnesses have particular, individual forms, But you should know their roots in the past. “ ‘For air illnesses, give that which has oil. For bile illnesses, laxatives are good. For phlegm illnesses, use emetics. For an aggregation, all three treatments are needed. “ ‘That which has air, bile, and phlegm Is what is known as an aggregation. The time when the illness occurs is known, But the nature of the illness needs to be known. “ ‘Reaching a diagnosis by examining in that way, Give the medical treatment that accords with the time. If the food, drink, and medicine are not inimical, Then that is what is called a skilled doctor. “ ‘If the eight branches of Āyurveda are known, That will include all medical treatments. When these have been elucidated, The illnesses of beings will be healed. “ ‘They are bloodletting, wounds, Body ailments, and demons; Virulent poisons and children; And life lengthening and virility. “ ‘First, the person’s complexion, Speech, and nature are examined. Afterward they are asked about their dreams, And then it will be known whether it is air, bile, or phlegm. “ ‘If a person’s hair is thin and in poor condition, And the nature of their mind is unstable, If they talk a lot and have dreams of flying, Then their nature is that of air. “ ‘If they have white hair while young And have a great deal of perspiration,¹¹³⁶ Have a clear mind, and have dreams of fire, Then their nature is that of bile. “ ‘If the mind is stable and the body straight and even; They are concerned with details and have shiny, greasy hair; And if they see water and white substances in their dreams, Then know that this is the nature of phlegm. “ ‘As for having the nature of combination, Some have two and some have three, But know that their nature will be Whichever one aspect is dominant. “ ‘When you have understood what is their nature, - [Previous: 9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo~en-84000.9.18) - [Next: 9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo~en-84000.9.20) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo~en-84000.9) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་གསེར་འོད་དམ་པ་མཆོག་ཏུ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའི་མདོ་སྡེའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo.9.19) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo~en-84000.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo~en-84000.9.19) · Pramāṇa