A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c10.32

v1.c10.32

The ten concepts, consisting of kāraṇa, etc, are explained in their application to medicine (8.84–151). The kāraṇa is the physician (8.86), the karaṇa the remedy (8.87), the kāryayoni the imbalance of the dhātus (dhātuvaiṣamya), which leads to the emergence of a disorder (vikārāgama) (8.88), the kārya the equilibrium (sāmya) of the dhātus (9.89), kāryaphala welfare (sukha) (8.90), anubandha the preservation of one’s life span (āyus) (8.91).