The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c9.81

c9.81

According to medical texts, therefore, the *sirās* are, in principle, more specialised than the *dhamánis*. These latter are a type of quite big vessels whereas the former are more numerous, 700³ instead of 24,⁴ are finer and in them habitually circulate only extremely thin liquids. They have ramifications throughout the body. "By them, the body is like a garden or like a field with water-channels".⁵