A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c13.136

v1.c13.136

The section on treatment refers to atīsāra accompanied by partially digested food (vidagdhāhāramūrchita) or undigested matter (āmātīsāra) (19.14–15), and a form devoid of āma (nirāma; 19.42). Inadvertent treatment of āmātīsāra may lead to the disorder called daṇḍakālasaka (19.30, 34).505 Raktātīsāra (bloody diarrhoea) is regarded as a severe form of pittātīsāra (19.69–70);506 valīpāka (inflammation of the ano-rectal folds) may develop in the course of pittātīsāra (19.101cd–102ab).