A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c13.61

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Chapter five, on gulma, deals with the following subjects: factors causing excitement of vāyu in the viscera (koṣṭha) (5.4–5); ¹⁴⁷ the samprāpti of the doṣic types of gulma (5.6–7); ¹⁴⁸ the five seats of gulma: the region of the urinary bladder (basti), umbilical region (nābhi), cardiac region (hṛd) and the two sides of the chest (pārśva) (5.8ab); ¹⁴⁹ the aetiology and symptomatology of gulma caused by vāta, pitta, kapha, two doṣas ¹⁵⁰ and all three doṣas ¹⁵¹ (5.8cd–17); the aetiology and symptomatology of gulma caused by blood, ¹⁵² occurring in fertile women only ¹⁵³ (5.18–19).