Chapter 6.19: Diarrhea Treatment (Atisara Chikitsa / अतिसारचिकित्सा)

Grahani and atisara - both manifest due to the vitiation of agni and share common features of impairment of digestion resulting in indigestion and loose motions. Therefore, this chapter should logically precede or succeed the chapter on grahani. But it is described three chapters after that on grahani. The reason for this unusual sequencing of these topics is that since pandu is a common symptom and sequelae of the malabsorption syndrome (grahani), the chapter on pandu follows grahani. Now, dysp

Source: Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan by Vagbhata