Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c13.26

c13.26

(1) According to Dutt, Mat. Med. 141 the cauterizing juice of Bhallataka is used even at present for curing artificial wounds or scars. (2) These suka were employed also as stimulants when one applied them to the penis. Other similar stimulants were, therefore, called suka, cf. Kama-sutra 369. The 18 sukadosas pretendedly arising from these suka, inflammations and abscesses on the genitals, of which four are incurable, form a special subject of Indian medicine ( Cf. Su 2.14; AS 6.38 f.; AHr 6.33 f.; MN 289-93; Vang 645 ff.; Vr 50. ).