A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c13.166

v1.c13.166

Four types of mukharoga (diseases of the oral cavity) are described: caused by vāta, pitta, kapha, and saṃnipāta (26.119–122ab);747 their number is sixty-four748 with regard to their location (saṃsthāna), corruptible element(s) affected (dūṣya), symptoms (ākṛti),749 and name; the aetiology, symptomatology and treatment of these sixty-four diseases are discussed in surgical textbooks (śālākyatantra); the treatment of the four types mentioned will be described in the present treatise (26.122cd–123).750