A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c8.85

v1.c8.85

The signs of proper, inadequate and excessive treatment with emetics and purgatives are described (16.5–11), 212 followed by the symptoms of someone full of doṣas who is in need of evacuative therapy (16.13–16). The merits of evacuative measures are dealt with (16.17–21) 213 and the treatment of disorders due to their improper application (16.22–26). 214