A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c13.153.1

v1.c13.153.1

The subjects dealt with are: the two groups of vraṇa: nija (endogenous), caused by the doṣas, and āganta (exogenous), caused by external agents; the causes of āgantuvraṇa;649 differences in treatment (25.5–8); exogenous vraṇas which do not heal should be treated like endogenous ones, having regard to the doṣa(s) involved (25.9);650 the characteristics and treatment of vraṇas caused by vāta, pitta, kapha (25.10–16);651 the classification, etc., of the two groups of vraṇa (25.17–19);