The Compendium of Caraka 6.26.123

6.26.123

Their causes, symptoms, forms, and remedies have been declared in the treatise on minor surgery; / but I shall set forth in due order the treatment of the fourfold mouth disease. / Thus ends the etiology of mouth diseases. / Anorexia arises from vāta and the rest, from grief, fear, excessive greed, anger, and disagreeable food, smell, and visual appearance; / from vāta, one's teeth are sensitive and the mouth is astringent.