कषायकटुतिक्ताम्लरूक्षाहारादिभोजनात् । चिन्ताव्यवयव्यायामभयशोकप्रजागरात् ॥ १,१६८.
From food that is astringent, pungent, bitter, sour, dry, and similar, as well as from worry, sexual activity, exercise, fear, grief, and sleeplessness.
उच्चैर्भाषातिभाराच्च कर्मयोगातिकर्षणात् । वायुः कुप्यति पर्जन्ये जीर्णान्ने दिनसंक्षये ॥ १,१६८.
From loud speech, excessive weight, strenuous activity, and overexertion, wind is aggravated during storms, after digestion, and at the end of the day.
उष्णाम्ल लवणक्षारकटुकाजीर्णभोजनात् । तीक्ष्णातपाग्निसन्तापमद्यक्रोधनिषेवणात् ॥ १,१६८.
From hot, sour, salty, alkaline, pungent, and indigestible foods, intense heat, fire, distress, alcohol, and anger, bile is aggravated.
विदाहकाले भुक्तस्य मध्याह्ने जलदात्यये । ग्रीष्मकालेर्ऽद्धरात्रेऽपि पित्तं कुप्यति देहिनः ॥ १,१६८.
At the time of burning, after eating, at midday, after the end of clouds, in summer, and at midnight, bile is aggravated in the body.
स्वाद्वम्ललवणस्निग्धगुरुशीतातिभोजनात् । नवान्नपिच्छिलानूपमांसादेः सेवनादपि ॥ १,१६८.
From sweet, sour, salty, oily, heavy, and cold foods, as well as from eating new rice, slimy foods, fish, and meat.
अव्यायाम दिवास्वप्नशय्यासनसुखादिभिः । कफप्रदोषो भुक्ते च वसन्ते च प्रकुप्यति ॥ १,१६८.
From lack of exercise, daytime sleep, comfort of bed and seat, and similar pleasures, phlegm is aggravated after eating and in spring.
देहपारुष्यसंकोचतोदविष्टम्भकादयः । तथा च सुप्ता रोमहर्षस्तम्भनशोषणम् ॥ १,१६८.
Roughness of the body, contraction, obstruction, and similar symptoms; likewise, numbness, goosebumps, stiffness, and dryness.
श्यामत्वमङ्गविश्लेषबलमायासवर्धनम् । वायोर्लिङ्गानि तैर्युक्तं रोगं वातात्मकं वदेत् ॥ १,१६८.
Darkness of complexion, separation of limbs, weakness, and increased fatigue are signs of wind; a disease with these should be called wind-based.
दाहोष्मपादसंक्लेदकोपरागपरिश्रमाः । कट्वम्लशववैगन्ध्यस्वेदमूर्छातितृट्भ्रमाः ॥ १,१६८.
Burning, heat, moistening of feet, redness, exhaustion, bitterness, sourness, foul smell, sweating, fainting, excessive thirst, and dizziness.
हारिद्रं हरितत्वञ्च पित्तलिङ्गान्वितैर्नरः । देहे स्निग्धत्वमाधुर्यचिरकारित्वबन्धनम् ॥ १,१६८.
Yellowing, greenness, and other signs of bile; in the body, oiliness, sweetness, prolonged actions, and binding.
स्तैमित्यतृप्तिसङ्घातशोथशतिलगौरवम् । कण्डूनिद्राभियोगश्च लक्षणं कफसम्भवम् ॥ १,१६८.
Stillness, lack of satisfaction, heaviness from swelling and oiliness, itching, drowsiness, and lethargy—these are the signs arising from phlegm.
हेतुलक्षणसंसर्गाद्विद्याद्व्याधिं द्विदोषजम् । सर्वहेतुसमुत्पन्नं त्रिलिङ्गं सान्निपातिकम् ॥ १,१६८.
From the combination of causes and symptoms, one should recognize a disease arising from two humors; when all causes are present, it is triple-marked and called sannipātika.
दोषधातुमलाधारो देहिनां देह उच्यते । तेषां समत्वमारोग्यं क्षयवृद्धेर्विपर्ययः ॥ १,१६८.
The body is said to be the support of humors, tissues, and wastes; their balance is health, while their decrease or increase is the opposite.
वसासृङ्मांसमेदोऽस्थिमज्जाशुक्राणि धातवः । वातपित्तकफा दोषा विण्मूत्राद्या मलाः स्मृताः ॥ १,१६८.
Fat, blood, flesh, marrow, bone, and semen are the tissues; wind, bile, and phlegm are the humors; feces, urine, and others are considered wastes.
वायुः शीतो लघुः सूक्ष्मः स्वरनाशीस्थिरो बली । पित्तमम्लकटूष्णञ्चापङ्क्ती रोगकारणम् ॥ १,१६८.
Wind is cold, light, subtle, causes loss of voice, steady, and strong; bile is sour, pungent, hot, and foul-smelling, and is the cause of disease.
मधुरो लवणः स्निग्धो गुरुः श्लेषमातिपिच्छिलः । गुदश्रोण्याश्रयो वायुः पित्तं पक्वाशयस्थितम् ॥ १,१६८.
Sweet, salty, unctuous, heavy, and very slimy is phlegm; wind resides in the rectum and hips, bile is situated in the colon.
कफस्यामाशयस्थानं कण्ठो वा मूर्धसन्धयः । कटुतिक्तकषायाश्च कोपयन्ति समीरणम् ॥ १,१६८.
The seat of phlegm is the stomach, or the throat and joints of the head; pungent, bitter, and astringent tastes provoke wind.
कट्वम्ललवणाः पित्तं स्वादूष्णलवणाः कफम् । एत एव विपर्यस्ताः शमायैषां प्रयोजिताः । भवन्ति रोगिणां शान्त्यै स्वस्थाने सुखहेतवः ॥ १,१६८.
Pungent, sour, and salty tastes increase bile; sweet, hot, and salty increase phlegm; these, when used oppositely, bring their pacification, and for the sick, their calming, while in the healthy, they are causes of well-being.
चक्षुष्यो मधुरो ज्ञेयो रसधातुविवह्द्धनः । अम्लोत्तरो मनोहृद्यं तथा दीपनपाचनम् ॥ १,१६८.
Sweet taste is known to be good for the eyes and increases the tissue fluids; sour, when predominant, is pleasing to the mind and heart, and also stimulates digestion.
दीपनोज्वरतृष्णाघ्नस्तिक्तः शोधनशोषणः । पित्तलो लेखन स्तम्भी कषायो ग्राहिशोषणः ॥ १,१६८.
Bitter stimulates digestion, destroys fever and thirst, purifies and dries; astringent is bile-reducing, scraping, constricting, absorbent, and drying.
रसवीर्यविपाकानामाश्रयं द्रव्यमुत्तमम् । रसपाकान्तरस्थायि सर्वद्रव्याश्रयं द्रुतम् ॥ १,१६८.
The substance is the primary support of taste, potency, and post-digestive effect; it remains stable through the transformation of taste, and is the quick support of all substances.
शीतोष्णं लवणं वीर्यमथ वा शक्तिरिष्यते । रसानां द्विविधः पाको कटुरेव च ॥ १,१६८.
Potency is considered to be either cold, hot, or salty; the transformation of tastes is twofold, and especially pungent.
भिषग्भेषजरोगार्तपरिचारकसम्पदः । चिकित्साङ्गानिचत्वारि विपरीतान्यसिद्धये ॥ १,१६८.
The four limbs of treatment are: physician, medicine, patient, and attendant; if any are contrary, success is not achieved.
देशकालवयोवह्निसाम्यप्रकृतिभेषजम् । देहसत्त्वबलव्याधीन्बुद्ध्वा कर्म समाचरेत् ॥ १,१६८.
Having understood the region, season, age, digestive fire, constitution, and medicine, as well as the body, mind, strength, and diseases, one should perform the treatment.
संसृष्टलक्षणोपेतो देशः साधारणः स्मृतः । बाल आ षोडशान्मध्यः सप्ततेर्वृद्ध उच्यते ॥ १,१६८.
The region with mixed characteristics is called common; childhood is up to sixteen, middle age up to seventy, and after that is called old age.
कफपित्तानिलाः प्रायो यथाक्रममुदीरिताः । क्षाराग्निशस्त्ररहिता क्षीणे प्रवयसि क्रियाः ॥ १,१६८.
Phlegm, bile, and wind generally manifest in order; treatments without alkali, fire, or surgery are prescribed in advanced age.
कृशस्य वृंहणं कार्यंस्थूलदेहस्य कर्षणम् । रक्षणं मध्यकायस्य देहभेदास्त्रयो मताः ॥ १,१६८.
For the emaciated, nourishing therapy is to be done; for the obese, reducing therapy; for those of medium build, protection—these are considered the three types of bodies.
स्थैर्यव्यायामसन्तोषैर्बोद्धव्यं यत्नतो बलम् । अविकारी महोत्साहो महासाहसिको नरः ॥ १,१६८.
Strength should be carefully understood by firmness, exercise, and contentment; a man who is unchanging, highly energetic, and very courageous.
पानाहारादयो यस्य विरुद्धाः प्रकृतेरपि । श्वसुखायोपकल्प्यन्ते तत्साम्यमिति कथ्यते ॥ १,१६८.
When a person's food and drink are contrary even to their own nature, yet are adopted for their own comfort, this is said to be the state of equilibrium.
गर्भिण्याः श्लैष्मिकैर्भक्ष्यैः श्लैष्मिको जायते नरः । वातलैः पित्तलैस्तद्वत्समधातुर्हिताशनात् ॥ १,१६८.
If a pregnant woman eats foods that increase phlegm, a child with a phlegmatic constitution is born; likewise, with foods that increase wind or bile, or with balanced nourishment, the child's constitution follows accordingly.