Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c8.40

c8.40

Caraka himself gives a survey of the contents of his work in 1.30. The work consists of eight sthānas¹¹:— 1. Sūtrasthāna deals with pharmacology, food, dietetics, certain diseases, curing methods, physicians and quacks, also physiology, philosophy and other things of the most varied character. 2. Nidānasthāna deals with eight main diseases. 3. Vimānasthāna deals with taste, nourishment, general pathology and medical studies. 4. Śārīrasthāna contains anatomy and embryology. 5. Indriyasthāna on diagnosis and prognosis. 6. Cikitsasthāna on special therapy. 7. Kalpasthāna and 8. Siddhisthāna on general therapy¹².