A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.146.2

v1.c23.146.2

an aupasargika disease needs a type of treatment that is not in disagreement with the primary one, or the complication should be treated first; a prākkevala disease should be treated on its own merits; an anyalakṣaṇa disease should be treated like the particular disease in this early stage of its development (35.18);³⁵⁰ any disease should be treated according to the doṣa(s) involved (35.19); treatment according to the seasons (35.20–22); the definition of correct treatment (35.23); the four types of digestive fire: unaffected by the doṣas (doṣānabhipanna) or affected by these; it is viṣama (irregular) when affected by vāta, tīkṣṇa (sharp) when affected by pitta, manda (sluggish) when affected by kapha; the characteristic features of these types and those of an excessively (burning) digestive fire (atyagni) (35.24);³⁵¹ a viṣama fire gives rise to vāta diseases, a tīkṣṇa fire to pitta diseases, a manda fire to kapha diseases (35.25); the treatment of disorders of the digestive fire (35.26); the divine nature of the digestive fire, its subtlety and invisibility; its is stirred up and protected by prāṇa, apāna and samāna (35.27–28); the stages of life (vayas) are youth (bālya), adulthood (madhya) and old age (vṛddha);³⁵² youth extends up to the sixteenth year of life; the young are classified into those drinking milk only (kṣīrapa), those both drinking milk and taking solid food (kṣīrannāda) and those taking solid food only (annāda);