Hindu Medicine c8.118

c8.118

The wind “samāna,” “breathing together,” the concentrating breath, is closely associated with the central fire of the body. It moves in the “receptacle of raw food.” There, in the stomach, it assists in the cooking of the food and separates its various ingredients. When irritated, it causes morbid swellings in the belly (gulma), accumulation of fiery heat, dysentery and similar diseases.