Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c15.2
Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c15.2
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c15.2
As treatment, anointing, perspiring and nourishing remedies, enemeta, purgative are mentioned in general (Vr 22.¹). Even a dry wood can be made flexible by greasing and warming, then what of a living part (AHr 4.21.5 f.) ? Firm bandages are also expedient. In lockjaw the physician should forcibly open the mouth (Su 4.4; AS 4.23; AHr 4.21; Car; Vang; Bhāv 1. c.; Vr 22).
Linked texts (3)
- Suśrutasaṃhitā — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit
- Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit