Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c12.62

c12.62

A physician aspiring for fame should not treat a consumptive who is affected with the eleven symptoms (see above) or the six : cough, diarrhoea, pain in sides, hoarseness, loss of appetite and fever, or has the three : fever, cough and haemorrhage. On the other hand, he should treat a strong patient who has got a good digestion, is not thin and is not sick for a long time. After a year the ailment can be lessened (Su, MN). Of the numerous remedies for consumption mention may be made of the long revered recipe *Cyavanaprāśa* (Bower MS 188-200 = Car 6.1.25 = Vr 10.29-42 = Cakr 101) "the food of Cyavana" that made this aged seer young. It consists of a decoction of butter and molasses with many medicinal substances. Purgatives, emetics and the like suit only to a strong patient; in the case of a weak patient they would work as a poison. One must also cheer up the mind of the patient by fragrance, music, friendly talk, intercourse with beloved friends and women and the like (Car 2.6; 6.8; Su 6.41; AS 3.5; 4.7; AHr 3.5; 4.5; MN 111-20; Vr 10).