Astanga Hrudaya
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मद्योत्क्लिष्टेन दोषेण रुद्धः स्रोतःसु मारुतः । सुतीव्रा वेदना याश्च शिरस्यस्थिषु सन्धिषु ॥ ६ ॥
vibhrama – and severe giddiness. Vata getting obstructed in its passage by other doshas aggravated by wine, produces severe pain in the head, bones and joints.
english translation
जीर्णाममद्यदोषस्य प्रकाङ्क्षालाघवे सति । यौगिकं विधिवद्युक्तं मद्यमेव निहन्ति तान् ॥ ७ ॥
When these symptoms of undigested wine become old, and there is light feeling in the body along with a renewed desire for drinking, they (symptoms) get relieved by the same wine itself used judiciously and in the prescribed manner.
english translation
क्षारो हि याति माधुर्यं शीघ्रमम्लोपसंहितः । मद्यमम्लेषु च श्रेष्ठं दोषविष्यन्दनादलम् ॥ ८ ॥
Alkali attains sweetness soon by getting mixed with sour; among sour things wine is the chief and sufficient to liquefy and mitigate the doshas.
english translation
तीक्ष्णोष्णाद्यैः पुरा प्रोक्तैर्दीपनाद्यैस्तथा गुणैः । सात्म्यत्वाच्च तदेवास्य धातुसाम्यकरं परम् ॥ ९ ॥
Wine by its properties such as penetrating hot etc; described earlier (vide chapter 6 of nidanasthana) digestion kindling etc. action, (vide chapter 5 of sutrasthana) and by nature of becoming habituated / accustomed, it will be the best material to restore the normalcy of the tissues.
english translation
सप्ताहमष्टरात्रं वा कुर्यात्पानात्ययौषधम् । जीर्यत्येतावता पानं कालेन विपथाश्रितम् ॥ १० ॥
The treatment for alcoholism should be done for seven or eight days only; by that period (effect of time), the wine localized in abnormal passage (places other than alimentary tract) gets digested.
english translation