Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

That fever which, persons habituated to wines and spirituous liquors get as the result of drink, becomes alleviated by taking food along with meat-juice and wines. 32I-322

The fever of persons afflicted with sores and boils becomes allevi¬ ated through treatment of the sores and the boils.

Fevers caused by lust, grief, and fear, become alleviated by con¬ solatory promises, by possession of the object desired, by subjugation of the wind, and by inducement of cheerfulness and joy.

Ferver that arises from wrath is quickly alleviated by acquisition of desirable and charming objects, by operations that are destructive of bile, and by agreeable and soothing words. 323-326

Fever caused by wrath becomes alleviated by the excitement of lust. Fever born of lust is alleviated by the excitement of wrath. By the excitement of either lust or of wrath, fever born of fear and grief becomes alleviated. 327

Of that man who catches fever by continually thinking of the time of its accession or of its violence, the memory should be obliter¬ ated by means of desirable and charming objects.}: 328

When fever is about to depart, the patient utters low and indis¬ tinct sounds, or vomits, or becomes restless, or breathes hard, or becomes pale, or perspires in every limb, or shivers, or sits up and lies down repeatedly ; 329

* ‘Daiva-vapaQraya’ means, literally, dependence on the deities. This implies the performance of propitiatory rites and sacrifices, &c. — T, t Some texts read ‘medhyaih,’ meaning clean. H is an adjective of the next substantive. The correct reading however, is ‘madyaih’, meaning wines or spirituous liquors.— T.

* The fact is, people sometimes get fever by continually thinking of the time when the accession takes place of their fever, or of its violence. In such cases, their minds should be iverted from such thoughts by surrounding them with -agreeable objects. — T,

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Or raves deliriously, or his whole body becomes hot or cold ; or, afflicted by the violence of the fever, loses consciousness, or looks like one whose wrath has been excited.* 33°

The patient evacuates, with great force, stools that are liquid, that are mixed with the faults, and that are accompanied by loud sound.

The physician possessed of intelligence should know that even these are the symptoms that manifest themselves at the time when fever is about to leave the patient. 33*

Of a person whose faults have been excited in an aggravated mea¬ sure, the fever is generally seen to be very strong. If such fever leaves the person in consequence of (good) treatment and the (speedy) digestion of the (excited) faults, it is then only that the excessively severe symptoms (mentioned above) manifest themselves (at the time the fever departs). 33*

Of those protracted fevers which abate gradually after having manifested their strength according to the aggravation of the faults, the departure is unaccompanied by 'severe symptoms (of the kind adverted to above). 333

That person should "be known to be freed from fever whose sense of fatigue and burning are gone, who no longer feels any pain, whose senses have all become unclouded, and whose mind has been restored to its normal condition. 334

A person who is afflicted with fever, as also one who is just freed from fever, should avoid such food and drink as are heavy, as create a burning sensation in the stomach, as are incapable of being assimi¬ lated, and as consist of inharmonious ingredients. 335

One who has fever, as also one who is just freed from it, should also abstain from sexual congress, excessive toil and exertion, baths, and excessive measure of food. It is by these means that fever is alleviated, and when alleviated, does not come back. 3 36

One who is freed from fever should not indulge, until one gets back one’s strength, in physical exercise, sexual congress, baths, and walking long distances. 337

That person who, without having got back his strength after being

* What is said here is this : when the fever is about to depart, the patient begins to perspire. His body becomes cold and hot successively, in consequence of perspiration. As regards the other symptoms, they are intelligible. — T.

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1 1 4S freed from fever, indulges in these forbidden acts, finds that his fever returns. 33*

Of that person whose fever departs in consequence of the (excited) faults having been suppressed (by violent remedies), the fever comes back if he indulges in acts of even trivial indiscretion.* 339

One that is afflicted for a long time, and that has been weakened and rendered cheerless, is killed speedily by that fever which returns (in consequence of indulgence in acts of indiscretion after cure). 34°

Or, (of such a person indulging in such acts after cure), the faults, entering the ‘dhatus,’ become digested (or assimilated) therein. , Even if they fail to cause a return of the fever, they succeed in producing the following baneful results : 34i