A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c13.115

v1.c13.115

Subjects dealt with are: the five types of pāṇḍuroga, caused respectively by vāta, pitta, kapha, sannipāta and the eating of earth (mṛdbhakṣaṇa)416 (16.3);417 the samprāpti and aetiology (16.4–11); 418 the prodromes (16.12b–d) 419 and general symptoms (16.13–16); the symptoms of pāṇḍuroga caused by vāta (16.17–18), 420 pitta (16.19–22), 421 kapha (16.23–25), 422 samnipāta (16.26), 423 and the eating of earth (16.27–30); signs indicating incurability (16.31–33); the aetiology and symptomatology of kāmalā (jaundice) 424 and kumbhakāmalā, due to pitta (16.34–37ab); 425 signs of incurability (16.37cd–39ab); 426 treatment of the diseases described 427 (16.39cd–132ab); 428 the symptoms of halīmaka, due to vāta and pitta (16.132cd–134ab); 429 its treatment (16.134cd–138ab). 430