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(or typhoid stage). There is another statement that there is first the movement of phlegm (slesma), the movement of bile (pitta) is in the middle, and the movement of air (vayu) will be felt last. It seems that this statement has been made by observing the morning, the noon and the evening. Because in the morning there takes place an excess or agitation of phlegm, that of bile (pitta) at noon and that of air (vayu) in the evening.
So in the morning the movement of phlegm is first felt due to the intensity of phlegm. For the same reasons the movement of bile (pitta) is first felt at noon and the movement of air (vayu) is first felt in the evening.
अथ स्वास्थ्यज्ञानार्थमाह
Next the meaning of the knowledge of health is stated :
a17779791 FareT FATFETHOTT TT 11V. 411 The movement of the pulse of a healthy man is often like that of an earthworm (bhulatagamanapraya). There does not exist any kind of dullness or sluggishness in his pulse. (V. 4)
In other works of medical science it is said that the pulse of a healthy person is steady (FEATTT), i.e. slow or gentle-moving (Arafa) and strong, i. e. although the pulse is thick, yet it is free from dullness
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