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children to know things. Sometimes parents in order to conceal their ignorance get angry with their children and evade answering them. The reaction to this kind of attitude appears when the children grow up. When at that phase, they do not get replies to their questions they grow angry. Does not such a thing happen?
The fourth point is this : You should not eat food when you are suffering from indigestion. Until the food you have taken is fully digested, you should not eat food again because indigestion is the mother of all maladies. All diseases originate from indigestion. If you eat food when you are suffering from indigestion, you may become ill.
अजीर्णप्रभवा रोगास्तत्राजीर्णं चतुर्विधम् ।
आमं विदग्धं विष्टब्धं रसशेषं तथ परम् ॥ The commentator on the grantha mentions four kinds of indigestion :
(1) The Ama type of indigestion. (2) The Vidagdha type of indigestion. (3) The Vishtabdha type of indigestion.
(4) The Rasashesha type of indigestion. THE AMA TYPE OF INDIGESTION
In the case of this kind of indigestion thin loose-motions appear with the smell of putrefied buttermilk. THE VIDAGDHA TYPE OF INDIGESTION
In this kind of indigestion, loose motions with a rotten and stinking smell appear. THE VISHTABDHA TYPE OF INDIGESTION
In the case of this type of indigestion, the body aches; and pain appears in all the organs. Mental restlessness also appears. THE RASASHESH TYPE OF INDIGESTION
In the case of this type of indigestion, the body grows inert and greatly weakened. :
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