Nari vijnana or an exposition of the pulse / by the renowned physician-sage ... Kanada, translated into English by Kaviraj Dhurmo Das Sen Gupta.

  • Kaṇāda, Maharshi
Date:
1893
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Credit: Nari vijnana or an exposition of the pulse / by the renowned physician-sage ... Kanada, translated into English by Kaviraj Dhurmo Das Sen Gupta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be granted, then all cases come under the category of the incurable. Some assert that Bile courses first (in time), in consonance with the saying, ‘That which is in any particular hu¬ mour &c.(i) * * * 5 Further : ‘(First) the Pulse courses with excess of Air, in the middle it is charged with Phlegm, and at the end it is overladen with Bile. In the morbid condition of the three hu¬ mours combined, all the three characteristics are present.5 This opinion is also like the others. ‘First courses Phlegm, and in the middle Bile in the same way, and Air should be understood as cours¬ ing last.5 This reading refers to morning, noon, etc., agreeably to the reason already given, (i) ‘X^TT-TT^-TT'Rn ^TW^Tfw” 11 8 11 (i) “With reference to the preponderance of Phlegm, Bile and Air ( respectively ) in the morning, at noon and in the evening, Susruta has it, ‘This [Phlegm] gets predomi¬ nant in winter from cold, and, in especial, in spring, in the morning and evening, and just after one has taken one’s meal. This (Bile) gets powerful in the summer season on account of heat, and specially after cloudiness is cleared up, as well as at mid-day, midnight, and while the food is digesting. This (Air) grows energetic in winter, in cloudy and windy weather; particularly after the perspiration has dried up,—also in the early morning, near the close of day, and just after the food is digested.”