A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c15.25

v1.c15.25

The symptoms of injury to heart, head and bladder are enumerated (9.6). The three vital organs should be protected in particular from vāta, which causes agitation (samudīraṇa) of pitta and kapha and constitutes the root of the prāṇas; enemas are for that reason the best therapeutic measures for protection of the vital organs (9.7). Some recipes are given (9.8). The importance of protection of the vital organs as the seats of the prāṇas is stressed once more (9.9–10).