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In this connection Nadiprakasam speaks of the knowledge of bad diet of the patients suffering from fever in its verses 16-19 as noted here : the feeble and slow moving pulse of a male patient in fever is due to sexual enjoyment made with his wife, the restless or deranged pulse of a patient in fever caused by sexual passion (V. 16), the accelerated and hot pulse of a patient in his fever as a consequence of his taking curd, (V. 17), the hot pulse in fever or another disease if sour things are taken by a patient, and the slow pulse in fever, if Kanjika (sour rice gruel) is taken by him, different kinds of movement of the pulse of a person in feverless state due to exercise (vyayama), walking (bhramana), thought (chinta), and grief over the loss of wealth (dhanasokatah).1
Verses 20-22 state the conditions of the pulse in the case of Ajirna (indigestion), that of full-blooded pulse, that of the pulse in dysentery, and those of the pulses of a satisfied person and a hungry man respectively. That is to say, the slow movement of the pulse in both pakva ajirna (chronic or digested indigestion) and apakva ajirna (undigested indigestion or dyspepsia); soft, unsluggish and fast pulses in sujirna (well-digested case); undeveloped and slow pulse in pakvajirna; slightly hot and heavy pulse in fullblooded case; thick or large pulse with mucus
(1) vyayama bhramana caiva chintaya dhanasokatah NP. 19.3 Introduction
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