A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c13.155

v1.c13.155

Poultices (upanāha) are prescribed for inducing maturation (pāka) of an inflamed wound (25.49–51); the symptoms of an inflamed vraṇa in the maturational stage, when it is called vidagdha, are listed, followed by those when it is fully mature (saṃpakva) (25.52); drugs are described which are helpful in making an inflamed and ripe sore burst (pakvaśothaprabhedana; 25.53–54ab).703