The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c8.143

c8.143

³ *gale ca śopham kurutaḥ prvṛddhau śleṣmānilau śvāsarujopapannam|* *marmacchidam dustaram etad āhur balāsasamjñam nipunā vikāram||* "*Śleṣman* and wind in excess provoke in the throat a tumefaction accompanied by breathlessness and pain and which injures the vulnerable points (of the throat); it is difficult to vanquish; the experts give this disorder the name of *balāsa*."