A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.243

v1.c25.243

The groups dealt with are: the substances to be used in emetics (vamanopayogin)516 (14.2), purgatives (virecanapayogin)517 (14.3), both emetics and purgatives (ubhayātmaka),518 clysters (nirūhopayogin)519 (14.4), and preparations for evacuation of the head (śirovirecanapayogin) (14.5);520 substances employed for smoking in the healthy (prāyogikadhūmopayogin),521 oleaginous smokes (snaihikadhūmopayogin), and medicinal smokes with a sharp action (tīkṣṇadhūmopayogin) (14.6);522 substances appeasing (śamana) vāta,523 pitta524 and kapha525 (14.7).