Emaciation:

Causes: Chronic rheumatism of long standing, gonorrhea, sexual debility, fear, grief, bad thoughts, insomnia, poverty, fasting, excessive sexual enjoyment, insufficient food, etc.

Symptoms: Slenderness of waist, stomach, and neck; drying up of skin and bones, dryness of face, inertia, weakness, reluctance to work, profuse sleep, sleeplessness, indigestion.

Treatment: According to the cause. When the original disease is cured, but the patient remains a skeleton, give Amritapras Ghrita or Brihat Aswagandha Ghrita or Sukra Sanjiban. Before bath massage the body with Aswagandha Taila. For indigestion prescribe Bhaskar Lavan after noon meal and Mahasankha Bati with warm water after supper.