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it-neither less nor more. In the case of our brother when he betook himself to Pranayama he had not abstained from fish and meat even. Such being the case, it is no wonder that he felt as if his viens would crack, in is much as his ida and Pingla nadis (nerves ?), upon which Prana (breath) moves having the nadis as its vehicles, were stiff. It is only when these two nadis are pliant that a practioner will not feel unpleasant sensations.
A teacher of Yoga should be near, both to give proper directions and to prescribe proper medicines to allay heat, etc. If through excess of heat in the body generated through Yoga, there is a feeling within as if the internal parts were ulcerated, one should take once or twice a decoction of poppy-seed rind. To allay the general heat produced by Yoga, Yogis, in addition to their milk diet, will have to take every morning a decoction of horse-grass root mixed with 7 pepper corns and 3 fingerfuls of cuminins ( in Tamil. ) This latter applies to those only upon milk diet. For the present, I would advise our brother, in order to assist the subsiding of the fiery influence within, to either mix a small spoonful of pure castor oil with his food or take it just before going to bed.
Finally I shall have to advise our brother to give up Pranayama, unless he means to restrict himself to proper diet, etc., and to abstain from sexual interShould our brother be a married person, he
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