A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.513.3

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women who get fever due to an abnormal delivery or lactation should be given a treatment that appeases the doṣa(s) involved (39.167); appeasing (samśamanīya) kaṣāyas to be employed against fever by vāta (39.168–175ab) and pitta (39.175cd–178); preparations against complaints associated with fever due to pitta, such as thirst, a burning sensation, 518 desiccation of mouth and throat, and a bad taste in the mouth (vairasya) (39.179–186ab); kaṣāyas against fever caused by kapha (39.186cd–191), kapha and vāta (39.192–195ab), pitta and kapha (39.195cd–199ab), vāta and pitta (39.199cd–201ab), and all three doṣas (39.201cd–211ab); the treatment of irregular (viṣama) fevers (39.211cd–218ab); a medicated ghee against chronic (jīrṇa) fever and other disorders (39.218cd–221ab); the preparation and indications of guḍūcyādighṛta (39.221cd–223ab),519 kalaśyādighṛta (39.223cd–226ab), paṭolyādighṛta (39.226cd–229ab), kalyāṇakaghṛta (39.229cd–234ab),520 mahākalyā-ṇakaghṛta (39.234cd–240ab),521 pañcagavyaghṛta (39.240cd–242)522 and its varieties (39.243–244ab), pañcāvika-, pañcāja-, pañcamahiṣa- and caturuṣṭraghṛta (39.244c–f), triphalādighṛta (39.245–249), a second variety of paṭolādighṛta (39.250–254ab),523 pañcasāra (39.254cd–255), lākṣātaila (39.256), and kṣīrivṛkṣāditaila (39.257–258); treatments to be employed in particular kinds of irregular fever (39.259–261);524 fumigations for irregular fevers (39.262–263ab); a collyrium (39.263cd);