A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c10.10

v1.c10.10

Chapter five, called srotasām vimānam, is about the channels (srotas) in the human body,²⁷ which transport constituents (dhātu) subject to physiological transformations (pariṇāma). These constituents are: prāṇa (vital breath), udaka (water), anna (digested food), rasa (nutrient fluid), rakta (blood), māṃsa (muscular tissue), medas (fatty tissue), asthi (bone tissue), majjā (bone-marrow), śukra (semen), mūtra (urine), purīṣa (faeces), and sveda (sweat) (5.3–7).