A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.208

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Its subjects are: the four types of aśmarī, caused by kapha, vāta, pitta, and semen (śukra) respectively (3.3);⁶⁷ the aetiology and pathogenesis (3.4); the prodromes (3.5–6); the symptoms (3.7);⁶⁸ the aetiology, pathogenesis, symptomatology, form, colour, consistence, etc., of calculi caused by kapha,⁶⁹ pitta,⁷⁰ and vāta⁷¹ (3.8–10); the occurrence of these three types of calculi in children;⁷² calculi due to semen occur in adults (3.11); the aetiology, pathogenesis and symptomatology of calculi due to semen (śukrāśmarī) (3.12); changes occurring in calculi may give rise to gravel (śarkarā) and related substances, resembling sand (sikatā) or ashes (bhasman); the way these substances are produced and the symptoms they bring about (3.13–16ab);⁷³ complications of gravel (3.16cd–17); the anatomy of the urinary bladder (basti) (3.18–20ab); its physiology (3.20cd–24ab); the pathogenesis of calculi (3.24cd–27ab); disorders caused by abnormal actions of vāta on the bladder: the various types of mūtrāghāta, prameha, śukradoṣa and mūtradoṣa (3.17cd–28).