A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.203.7

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the treatment of the vidagdha type of ajīrṇa (46.510); the treatment of vidāha occurring immediately after the ingestion of a meal (46.511); the treatment of the rasaśeṣa type of ajīrṇa (46.512); a warning regarding the āma type (46.513); the characteristic actions of a first series of ten guṇas: śīta (cold), uṣṇa (hot), snigdha (oleaginous), rūkṣa (dry), picchila (mucilaginous), viśada (clear), tīkṣṇa (sharp), mṛdu (soft), guru (heavy), and laghu (light) (46.514–519); the characteristic actions of a second series of ten guṇas: drava (liquid), sāndra (viscid), ślakṣṇa (smooth), karkaśa (rough), sugandha (fragrant), durgandha (bad-smelling), sara (flowing), manda (sluggish), vyavāyin (diffusive), vikāsin (relaxing), āśukārin (acting quickly), and sūkṣma (subtle) (46.520–525ab); ⁷⁷¹ the physiology of digestion (46.525cd–528); the impurities (mala) derived successively from the first six of the seven bodily elements (dhātu); kapha (phlegm) derives from rasa, pitta (bile) from rakta, the products excreted from the bodily orifices (khamala) from māṃsa, sveda (sweat) from medas, nails and hairs from asthi, the excretory product of the eyes (netraviṣ) and the sebum (sneha) of the skin from majjan (46.529); ⁷⁷² a meal at night is permissible when ajīrṇa is suspected, but not a meal next morning (46.530–531).