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अथातः स्वेदाध्यायं व्याख्यास्यामः ॥१॥

Now we shall expound the chapter "Sweda"(sudation).

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इति ह स्माह भगवानात्रेयः ॥२॥

Thus said Lord Atreya.

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अतः स्वेदाः प्रवक्ष्यन्ते यैर्यथावत्प्रयोजितैः। स्वेदसाध्याः प्रशाम्यन्ति गदा वातकफात्मकाः ॥३॥

[Importance of swedana] Now the various techniques of sudation will be explained. A well administered sudation cures various disorders of vata and kapha origin,

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स्नेहपूर्वं प्रयुक्तेन स्वेदेनावजितेऽनिले। पुरीषमूत्ररेतांसि न सज्जन्ति कथञ्चन ॥४॥

provided they have been identified among a set of diseases that are curable by inducing sweat. Administering sudation, especially after oleation, controls vata and prevents clogging of feces, urine as well as semen.

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siva.sh/caraka-samhita/sutra-sthana/14/5

शुष्काण्यपि हि काष्ठानि स्नेहस्वेदोपपादनैः। नमयन्ति यथान्यायं किं पुनर्जीवतो नरान् ॥५॥

If oleation and sudation could soften dried out timber, then why not a human being?

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Chapter 14

Verses 6-10