A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c13.207

v1.c13.207

The subjects dealt with are: the general aetiology of the twenty types of yonivyāpad⁸⁴⁹ (30.7–8); the aetiology and symptomatology of yonivyāpad⁸⁵⁰ caused by vāta⁸⁵¹, pitta⁸⁵², kapha⁸⁵³ and all three doṣas⁸⁵⁴ (30.9–15);⁸⁵⁵ the aetiology and symptomatology of sixteen more types of yonivyāpad: sāsrjā⁸⁵⁶ (30.16), arajaskā⁸⁵⁷ (30.17), acaraṇā⁸⁵⁸ (30.18),⁸⁵⁹ aticaraṇā⁸⁶⁰ (30.19), prākcaraṇā⁸⁶¹ (30.20), upaplutā⁸⁶² (30.21–22), pariplutā⁸⁶³ (30.23–24), udāvartinī⁸⁶⁴ (30.25–26), karṇinī⁸⁶⁵ (30.27–28ab), putraghni⁸⁶⁶ (30.28cd–29ab), antarmukhī⁸⁶⁷ (30.29cd–31ab), sūcīmukhī⁸⁶⁸ (30.31cd–32ab), yonimukhaśoṣa⁸⁶⁹ (30.32cd–33ab), vāminī⁸⁷⁰ (30.33cd–34ab), saṇḍhī⁸⁷¹ (30.34cd–35ab), and mahāyoni⁸⁷² (30.35cd–37ab); the twenty types of yonivyāpad prevent conception and lead to various other disorders (30.37cd–39ab); sāsrjā and arajaskā are caused by pitta, pariplutā and vāminī by vāta and pitta, upaplutā and karṇinī by vāta and kapha, the remaining ones by vāta (30.39cd–40);⁸⁷³ treatment of yonivyāpad (30.41–86ab);⁸⁷⁴ treatment of raktayoni = asṛgdara⁸⁷⁵ (bleeding from the genital tract) and its doṣic types; treatment of yonidoṣa = rajodoṣa⁸⁷⁶ (discharges from the genital tract) (30.86cd–99);⁸⁷⁷ treatment of all kinds of yonivyāpad (30.100–126ab);⁸⁷⁸ the eight śukradoṣas⁸⁷⁹ (defects of the semen): semen that is phenila (frothy), tanu (thin), rūkṣa (dry), vivarṇa (of an abnormal colour), pūti (foul-smelling), picchila (mucilaginous), anyadhātūpasamṛṣṭa (combined with other bodily constituents)⁸⁸⁰ and avasādin (sinking when placed in water); the characteristics of semen affected by one of the doṣas; the characteristics of normal semen (30.127cd–146ab);⁸⁸¹ the treatment of the disorders mentioned (30.146cd–153ab);⁸⁸² the four types of klaibya (disorders of potency): brought about by injury (upaghāta) to the seed (bīja) or the penis (dhvaja),⁸⁸³ old age (jarā), and deficiency (saṃkṣaya) of the semen (śukra); the aetiology and symptoms of each of these types (30.153cd–187);⁸⁸⁴ some regard klaibya caused by injury to the penis (dhvajabhaṅga) and deficiency of the semen as incurable, as well as the types caused by amputation (cheda) of the penis and removal of the testicles (vṛṣaṇapāṭana) (30.188);⁸⁸⁵ a kind of incurable impotency is described that is due to a disorder of the parental seed (bījadoṣa) and transgressions in previous existences (30.189–191ab); the treatment of these disorders⁸⁸⁶ (30.191cd–204ab);⁸⁸⁷ the general aetiology and pathogenesis of the group of disorders called pradara or asṛgdara (menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, and related disorders)⁸⁸⁸ (30.204cd–209);⁸⁸⁹ the specific aetiology and symptomatology of pradara⁸⁹⁰ caused by vāta,⁸⁹¹ pitta,⁸⁹² kapha⁸⁹³ and saṃnipāta (30.210–224);⁸⁹⁴ the characteristics of a normal menstrual discharge (ārtava) (30.225–226);⁸⁹⁵ general principles of the treatment of pradara (30.227–228);⁸⁹⁶ the general aetiology and pathogenesis of the eight kinds of disorders of the breast milk (kṣīradoṣa) (30.229–236);897 the aetiology of kṣīradoṣa caused by vāta, pitta and kapha, the characteristics of the milk in these types, and the children’s disorders resulting from drinking this milk (30.237–250); the treatment of these disorders (30.251–282ab);898 general rules for the treatment of children (30.282cd–287).