A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.366

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Chapter twenty-one is devoted to the treatment of śūkadoṣa. ¹⁸⁸ It deals with the following subjects: the treatment of sarṣapī (21.3), aṣṭhīlikā (21.4), grathita (21.5), kumbhīkā (21.6), alajī (21.7), mṛdita (21.8), sammūḍhapiḍakā (21.9), avamantha (21.10), puṣkarikā (21.11), sparśahānī (21.12), uttamā (21.13), and śataponaka (21.14); tvakpāka should be treated like visarpa, śoṇitārbuda (= raktārbuda) like vidradhi due to blood (21.15); some useful recipes in these conditions (21.16–17); arbuda (= māṃsārbuda), māṃsapāka, vidradhi and tilakālaka should properly be treated without giving hope of full recovery (21.18).