Ashtangasamgraha 23.16

23.16

'After a meal' means immediately after a meal.

That is at the end of the morning meal in disorders of vyāna, but at the end of the evening meal in disorders of udāna,

and to impart strength to the upper body, to pacify diseases located there, in those caused by śleṣman, and for the purpose of making stout.

One should treat that patient suffering from apatānaka with inunctions, affusions, tub baths, drinks, food, unctuous enemas, and nasal medications.

A feeling in the nose as if filled with bristles, and thence breathing with difficulty;

this is recorded as nasal dryness, while in nasal obstruction there occurs