Hindu Medicine c7.4

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c7.4

Jaundice (hariman: “yellowness”), when accompanied by heart-burn, requires the propitiation of two demons through a cumulative series of charms. These charms (Atharva-Veda I, 22) form part of a magic treatment, the single stanzas accompanying, step by step, the medical ritual.

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Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit