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Ashtangasamgraha 20.9

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20.9

Now, the aggravated [doṣas] such as vāta afflict the body with various disorders.

The eighty disorders of vāyu that are most manifest are as follows:
cracking of the nails, rhagades, foot pain, foot drop, numbness of the feet, vātakhuḍa, stiffness of the ankles, cramps in the calves, sciatica, cracking pain in the knees, dislocation of the knee, weakness of the thighs, thigh stiffness, lameness, prolapse of the rectum, rectal pain, retraction of the testicles, priapism, stiffness of the groin, pain in the pelvis, diarrhea, udāvarta, limping, hunchback, dwarfism, stiffness of the sacrum, stiffness of the back, crushing pain in the flanks, constriction of the abdomen, cardiac confusion, palpitation, friction in the chest, constriction of the chest, pricking pain in the chest, wasting of the arms, stiffness of the neck, torticollis, hoarseness of the throat, lockjaw, cracking of the palate and lips, cracking of the teeth, looseness of the teeth, muteness, slurred speech, delirium, astringent taste in the mouth, dry mouth, loss of taste, loss of smell, earache, hearing non-existent sounds, hard hearing, deafness, stiffness of the eyelids, ptosis of the eyelids, cataract, eye pain, squint, distortion of the eyebrows, cracking pain in the temples, cracking pain in the forehead, headache, cracking of the scalp, facial paralysis, monoplegia, hemiplegia/quadriplegia, convulsions, stiffening tetanus, exhaustion, dizziness, tremors, yawning, fatigue, depression, dryness, roughness, darkish-red complexion, sleeplessness, and instability of the mind.

Particularly in agnivisarpa, one should drink Mahātiktaka [ghee].

In granthivisarpa, observing the association of raktapitta, one should first employ [therapies] beginning with fasting and ending with purgation, as well as pacifying measures.

After that, treatment alleviating vāta and śleṣman [should be applied].

If it is still not relieved in this manner, an enema of the supernatant of ghee or milk, prepared with madhuka and combined with powder of śatāhvā, [should be given].

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