विध्येत्सिरां यथोक्तां वा तृप्तं मेद्यामिषस्य वा । निवाते शाययेदेवं मुच्यते मतिविभ्रमात् ॥ ४६ ॥
Veins should be cut (to let out blood) as described after making the patient satisfied with fatty meat, and made to lie in a place devoid of breeze by this he becomes cured of mental disorders.
The patient may be thrown into a waterless well and subjected to hunger (fasting); or a close friend should console him with words aligned with righteousness (dharma) and practical wisdom (artha).
ब्रूयादिष्टविनाशं वा दर्शयेदद्भुतानि वा । बद्धं सर्षपतैलाक्तं न्यसेद्वोत्तानमातपे ॥ ४८ ॥
Alternatively, he may be told news of the loss of a beloved person or object, or shown wondrous and astonishing spectacles. Or, the patient's body may be smeared with mustard oil, bound securely, and placed lying face-up under the hot sun.
He may be touched with kapikacchū (Mucuna pruriens, which causes severe itching) or with heated iron, oil, or water. He may also be whipped with lashes and thrown into a deep pit or ditch while bound.
अथवा वीतशस्त्राश्मजने सन्तमसे गृहे । सर्पेणोद्धृतदंष्ट्रेण दान्तैः सिंहैर्गजैश्च तम् ॥ ५० ॥
Or, he may be confined to a pitch-dark room devoid of weapons, stones, and other people, and frightened with a snake whose fangs have been extracted, or with tamed lions and elephants.