[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.jolly-1901) › c9.26 # Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c9.26 Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c9.26 - **Language:** English ### [c9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.jolly-1901.c9.26) Every medicine further possesses its own power (\*virya\*) : hot or cold. This is the usual doctrine, yet Su I. c. mentions a different theory according to which there are eight kinds of virya : hot, cold, oily or softening, dry or desicative, clear or purifying, slippery, mild and pungent. - [Previous: c9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.jolly-1901.c9.25) - [Next: c9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.jolly-1901.c9.27) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.jolly-1901.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Suśrutasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta-school.susruta) — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.jolly-1901.c9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.jolly-1901.c9.26) · Pramāṇa