Ashtangasamgraha 6.18

6.18

Arising from the eastern, Avantī, and western regions, [they cause] piles; those born of the Mahendra, / abdominal swelling and elephantiasis; moreover, those arising from the Sahya and Vindhya [mountains cause] diseases / [The roots] of the blood-carrying [channels] are the liver and spleen; / of the flesh-carrying, the sinews and the skin; / of the fat-carrying, the kidneys and the flesh; / of the bone-carrying, the hips and the fat; / of the marrow-carrying, the joints and bones; / of the semen-carrying, the breasts, scrotum, and marrow; / of the urine-carrying, the bladder and the groins; / of the feces-carrying, the large intestine and the colon; / of the sweat-carrying, the fat and the hair follicles. / Their vitiation [arises from] various unsuitable diets and lifestyles; one should diagnose their individual complications and treatment according to their respective symptoms of increase and decrease, as stated in the [chapter on the] Understanding of Doṣas and the like. / In sleep he wanders, flies up, and talks with the spirits of the dead. / One should bring about pacification with unctuous [preparations] of meat juice and the like, not too hot, and with massages; / one should swiftly administer sharp herbal smokes, blow-powders, nasal drops, oral errhines, / purgations, and downwards-directing enemas. / Massage is performed with oil prepared with a paste of sarpasugandhā, deodar cedar, kuṣṭha, and nutgrass along with cow's urine and goat's urine.