A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.320.3

v1.c23.320.3

deep wounds with small openings should be filled with cakrataila by means of a thin tube,38 after removal of all the blood (2.72cd–73ab);39 medicated oils which promote wound healing (2.73cd–76ab); the treatment of the kṣata, piccita and ghṛṣṭa types of sadyovraṇa (2.76cd–77ab); the treatment of patients with multiple injuries due to a fall or other causes; these patients should be placed in a tub (droṇī) filled with oil (2.77cd–78); the external and internal use of oils and ghee in the treatment of patients with recent wounds (sadyovraṇa) (2.79–81); the recipe of a wound-healing oil (2.82–85ab); some rules for the treatment of recent wounds in general (2.85cd–86ab); the treatment of corrupted wounds (duṣṭavraṇa) (2.86cd–92); the treatment of wounds corrupted by vāta, pitta, or kapha (2.93–94ab); the rules for the treatment of corrupted wounds also apply to the sores occurring in meha and kuṣṭha (2.94cd); the defense of the distinction of six types of sadyovraṇa, and the rejection of the views of those admitting a larger number (2.95–97).