Excerpt from The Garuda Puranam 'cakes, and excessive indulgence in cups may be Llikewise set down as the exciting causes of the disease. The bodily Vayu (nerve force), disturbed on account of either day-sleep, keeping of late hours, presence of worms in the intestines, and voluntary repression of any natural urging of the body, etc., takes lodgm'ent in the intestines and impairs the digestive function, causing a rush of blood to the nether regions of the body. The Vayu by continuing in the intestines with the feces and ingested food, serves to liquify the stool and give rise to the disease which is called Atisara. A breaking pain in the rectum, abdomen and cardiac region, together with a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.