Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c11.10

c11.10

From the mother are created the blood, flesh, fat, marrow, navel, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, rectum, intestines, anus, lungs, retina, peritonium, omentum, i. e. the soft parts of the body. From the father are created the hair, beard, nails, teeth, bones, vessels, sinews, nerves, sperm, i. e. the hard parts of the body. From the soul which is united with the sperm and menstrual blood while entering the uterus, are created the life, the knowledge of self (*ātman*), mind, senses, pleasure and pain, love and hatred, intelligence and recollection and other mental powers (Car 4.3.12-14; Su 3.3.33; AS 2.5.220; AHr 2.3.4-8). According to Suśruta liver and spleen are generated from the blood when it is boiled by the bodily heat which is kindled by the wind in the intestines (*samāna*). The lungs are created from the froth and the stomach (*uṇḍuka*) from the secretion of blood. From the essence (*prasāda*) of blood and fat the kidneys are created and from the essence of flesh, blood, phlegm and fat the testicles are created. According to AS intestines are created from the essence of blood and flesh. According to Su an essence of blood and phlegm is boiled by the bile when the wind is also present and by this boiling in the uterus are created the intestines, the anus and the bladder. The wind accompanied by heat opens canals for itself and penetrates into the flesh and produces muscles all over; it also forms the veins and sinews after it has received fatty stuff from the fat. The heart consists of an essence of phlegm and blood. It resembles a blooming lotus-cup which is opened when man is awakened and closes when he sleeps. It is especially the seat of intellectual activity (Su 3.4.25-31; AS 2.5.222 f.).