A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.360

v1.c23.360

The subjects dealt with are: the first three of the (five) types of visarpa are curable, but those caused by concerted action of the doṣas and by a trauma (kṣata) are incurable (17.3ab);¹⁶⁵ general directions for the treatment of the curable types (17.3cd); the treatment of visarpa caused by vāta (17.4–5) and pitta (17.6–9); the preparation of gauryādighṛta, useful in visarpa and nāḍī caused by pitta, as well as in a series of other disorders (17.10–13);¹⁶⁶ the treatment of visarpa caused by kapha (17.14–15); procedures useful in all types of visarpa (17.16–17ab); a nāḍī caused by all the three doṣas together is incurable; the other four types require efforts in curing them (yatna-sādhya) (17.17cd); the treatment of sinuses caused by vāta (17.18–20ab), pitta (17.20cd–22), kapha (17.23–25), and a foreign body (śalya) (17.26–28); the treatment of a sinus by means of a kṣārasūtra, i.e., a thread impregnated with a caustic substance (17.29–33);¹⁶⁷ medicated wicks (varti) (17.34–36), powders, etc. (17.37–38), oils (17.39–42ab) in the treatment of sinuses; the treatment of disorders of the breastmilk (17.42cd–45ab);¹⁶⁸ the treatment of mastitis¹⁶⁹ and mammary abscesses (17.45cd–47).