A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c11.54

v1.c11.54

Factors leading to bodily growth, increase of strength and transformation of the food are dealt with (6.12–16). The constituents of the body are divided into two groups: mala and prasāda. The malas (waste products) are the various secretions (upadeha) which come out of the orifices of the body,¹²⁶ bodily elements (dhātu) which have been subject to excessive pāka (paripakva),¹²⁷ excited (prakupita) doṣas,¹²⁸ and other substances harmful to the body. The entities called prasāda are the (normal) seven bodily elements¹²⁹ (6.17).