Vira Simhavaloka · Chapter 55
मेदोरोग — ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
This Medoroga astrology chapter gives one chart rule: Venus in the 12th house. The text says it makes a lazy, happy, stout person who likes sweet food.
Classical view, not medical advice.
For peace it points back to the earlier rite.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
Next, the cause of excess fat from the astrology view is told.
Medoroga (excess fat) - the stars
यथोक्तं जातके ॥अलसं सुखिनं स्थूलं पतितं मिष्टाशनं भृगोस्तनयः ।शयनोपचारकुशलं द्वादशगः स्त्रीजितं जनयेत् ॥
As a jataka (birth chart reading) text says: Venus in the 12th house makes a lazy and happy person. He is stout and falls from the right path. He likes sweet food. He is skilled in the comforts of the bed and is ruled by women.
Medoroga (excess fat) - the stars
व्ययभावगतशुक्रजनितमेदःप्रशमनार्थं पूर्वविधानं विधेयम् ।
For peace from excess fat caused by Venus in the 12th house, do the earlier rite.
Unit 55.2 names Venus in the 12th house, with a lazy, happy and stout nature.
Unit 55.3 says to do the earlier rite, the one that pleases Venus.