The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c6.59

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¹ *tatra dhanvantariyāṇām adhikāraḥ kriyāvidhau, vaidyānām kṛtayogānām vyadhaśodhanaropaṇe*: “in this case (when the phlegm is ripe), the technique to be employed is the affair of the Dhānvantarīya doctors, who have made themselves experts in cicatrisation by piercing and by detersion.”—Caraka, *Cikit.*, V, 42. *dāhe dhānvantarīyāṇām atrāpi bhiṣajam balam*: “as regards cauterisation, it is the Dhānvantarīyas who are strong.”—Caraka, *Cikit.*, V, 61.