“What is illness? By illness is meant
the non-compliance
[disharmony] of the poisonous serpents of the four great elements, which is of two kinds: 1) illness of the body and 2) illness of the mind. In illness of the body, there are five kinds of
cause, which are: 1) water, 2) wind, 3) heat, 4) various diseases, and 5) illnesses from external causes. Illnesses from external causes comprise: 1) incessant labour, 2) negligence, misdemeanours and degeneration, 3) sword, staff,
tiles, stones and 4) devils and spirits. Illnesses of the mind are also of four kinds,
which are: 1) madness (unbridled joy), 2) fear, 3) anxiety, and 4) ignorance. Also,
in addition, oh good man! Of the illnesses of body and mind, there are three kinds:
What are the three? They are: 1) karmic retribution, 2) inability to segregate oneself from what is evil, and 3) changes resultant
from the course of time. All such causal relations, the categorical nature, and changes in feeling call forth
illnesses. Causal
relations refer to illnesses such as of wind, water, heat, etc.; the categorical nature refers to swellings
[as result of] worries, coughs, dizziness and loose stools due to fright (mental surprise); changes
in feeling refer to headaches, sore eyes,
hands, feet, etc.. These are the illnesses.”
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