A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.110

v1.c24.110

The subjects dealt with are: the doṣa to be treated first in cases of madātyaya (7.1–2ab); 172 a disease caused by the improper use of a particular alcoholic drink is relieved by that same drink (7.2cd–3ab); 173 since alcoholic drinks are similar to poisons, another poison is required in counteracting their effects (7.3cd–4ab); 174 the pathogenesis of intoxication (mada) and its accompanying symptoms; 175 the proper circumstances for alleviating these complaints by the same drink that caused them (7.4cd–7); 176 the explanation of this effect (7.8–9); 177 pānātyaya (= madātyaya) should be treated during seven or eight days; the reason for this (7.10–11); the treatment of madātyaya due to vāta (7.12–19ab), ¹⁷⁸ pitta, combinations of pitta and kapha, vāta, or blood (7.19cd–33ab), ¹⁷⁹ and kapha (7.33cd–43ab); ¹⁸⁰ the treatment of the ten varieties of (madātyaya due to) saṃnipāta (7.43cd–44ab); ¹⁸¹ a pānaka against all types of madātyaya (7.44cd–46ab); ¹⁸² in refractory cases of madātyaya, milk is beneficial, because its properties are similar to those of ojas and opposite to those of alcohol; after this treatment with milk, the patient should consume only small quantities of alcoholic drinks, in order to prevent the development of vikṣaya and dhvaṃsaka (7.47cd–51); ¹⁸³ the treatment of these two disorders (7.52); ¹⁸⁴ the proper way of enjoying alcoholic drinks does not result in disease (7.53); ¹⁸⁵ a eulogy of alcoholic beverages (7.54–67); ¹⁸⁶ diseases arising from medas, vāta and kapha do not occur in those drinking judiciously (7.68); alcoholic drinks are to be avoided in particular diseases, with the exception of those drinks which are prepared from various drugs (7.69); examples of articles of diet and drugs to be taken along with some alcoholic beverage (7.70–71); medical interventions that can better be endured after drinking (7.72); ¹⁸⁷ the advantages of drinking judiciously (7.73–74); ¹⁸⁸ the correct practice of consuming alcohol for those who are wealthy (7.75–93); ¹⁸⁹ a self-possessed person should stop drinking before his vision and mind are affected (7.94); rules to be observed regarding drinking by those with a constitution dominated by vāta, pitta or kapha (7.95–99); ¹⁹⁰ the treatment of mada and mūrchāya (7.100–109); ¹⁹¹ the treatment of saṃnyāsa (7.110–115). ¹⁹²