A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c13.89

v1.c13.89

Some localized varieties of śvayathu are described; śiraḥśotha (12.75ab);³⁰⁹ śālūka of the throat (12.75cd);³¹⁰ biḍālikā (12.76);³¹¹ tāluvidradhi (12.77ab);³¹² upajihvikā³¹³ and adhijihvikā³¹⁴ (12.77cd); upakuśa (12.78ab);³¹⁵ dantavidradhi (12.78cd);³¹⁶ galagaṇḍa³¹⁷ and gaṇḍamālā;³¹⁸ curable and incurable forms of these disorders, and their treatment (12.79–80);³¹⁹ granthi and its treatment (12.81–86);³²⁰ arbuda, to be treated in the same way as granthi (12.87);³²¹ ala jī (12.88ab);³²² akṣata, located at the junction of skin and nails (carmanakhāntara), caused by corruption of muscular tissue and blood (12.88cd);³²³ vidārikā (12.89a-c);³²⁴ the treatment of alajī, akṣata and vidārikā (12.89d–90ab); visphoṭaka (12.90cd);³²⁵ kakṣā (12.91ab);³²⁶ various other piḍakās, caused by pitta (12.91cd);³²⁷ romāntikā (12.92);³²⁸ masūrikā (12.93ab);³²⁹ the treatment of visphoṭaka, kakṣā, romāntikā and masūrikā, which is similar to the treatment of visarpa and kuṣṭha (12.93cd);³³⁰ bradhna, a disorder in which the intestine repeatedly comes out and enters the scrotum;³³¹ it is caused by each of the three doṣas, which present their characteristic signs; a similar swelling is brought about by urine³³² and medas (fatty tissue); bradhna is to be treated on conservative lines or by means of surgery (12.94–95);³³³ bhagandara³³⁴ and its treatment by means of conservative measures or surgery³³⁵ (12.96–97); ślīpada³³⁶ and its treatment³³⁷ (12.98);³³⁸ jālakagardabha and its treatment (12.99–100).³³⁹