Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c10.1.2

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udāna, in throat, goes upwards and causes the speech, music etc., and by its derangement those diseases particularly occur which have their place above the collar-bone ( in throat and head ). 2. prāṇa, in heart, causes breath coming from the mouth that leads the food inside, and causes inward breath; by its derangement hiccup, asthma and similar diseases occur. 3. samāna, in stomach and intestines, digests the food by the digestive fire and analyses it into its elements ( chyle, excreta, urine etc. ); if deranged it causes weakness of digestion, diarrhoea and swelling of the body. 4. apāna, in lower body, drives the faeces, urine, sperm, menses and the foetus below and if deranged causes the dangerous diseases of the bladder, anus, sperm as well as diabetes. 5. vyāna, in the whole body, causes the division of fluids, the flow of sweat and blood, and the moving, opening and closing of the eyes etc. According to AS, AHr, Bhāv, the bodily functions of movement, filling with food, retention of secretions etc. rest on vyāna, while according to Suśruta ( Dallana ) these functions are distributed among the five kinds of vāyu. The diseases catching hold of the whole body are caused by the derangement of vyāna. By simultaneous derangement of the five vāyus, man is no more ( Bhāv. ). There are five kinds of pitta : 1. pācaka, paktikṛt, between the stomach and intestines, causes the digestion and secretion of chyle, urine and excreta. 2.