A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.358

v1.c23.358

Its subjects are: the incurability of vidradhi caused by all the doṣas together (16.3ab); 161 the other types should, in the unripe (āma) stage, be treated like a local swelling (śopha) (16.3cd); the treatment of abscesses caused by vāta (16.4–9) and pitta (16.10–16ab); the preparation of karañjādighṛta, useful in corrupted sores (duṣṭavraṇa) and other types of wounds and ulcers (16.16cd–22ab); 162 the treatment of abscesses caused by kapha (16.22cd–26), blood, and a trauma (16.27); the treatment of internal (ābhyantara) abscesses when still unripe (apakva) (16.28–33); directions for phlebotomy (16.34); the treatment of internal abscesses, when ripe (pakva) and bulging (16.35–39ab); the treatment of abscesses affecting the bone marrow (16.39cd–43). 163