A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c15.5

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Chapter two, called pañcakarmīyasiddhi, is concerned with the types of persons suitable and unsuitable to treatment with pañcakarman (2.4–7), contra-indications and indications for treatment with emetics ((2.8–10)⁹, purgatives (2.11–13),¹⁰ anuvāsana¹¹ and nirūha (2.14–19),¹² and śirovirecana (2.20–22).¹³