A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.477

v1.c23.477

The subjects dealt with are: general measures (21.3); the common treatment of karṇaśūla, karṇapraṇāda, bādhirya, and karṇakṣveḍa 331 (21.4–5); the treatment of karṇaśūla due to kapha and vāta by means of nāḍīsveda (21.6–7); piṇḍasveda in cases of karṇaśūla (21.8); a warm medicated oil against karṇaśūla (21.9–10); 332 fumigation in cases of karṇaśūla (21.11); 333 dietary rules (21. 12ab); the use of śatapākabalātaila 334 (21.12cd–13ab); several recipes for karṇapūraṇa 335 (21.13cd–19); the preparation of dīpikātaila 336 and its use in cases of karṇaśūla (21.20–22); recipes for karṇapūraṇa (21.23–26); 337 more recipes for karṇapūraṇa (21.27–33); the treatment of karṇaśūla due to blood (21.34); the treatment of bādhirya (21.35–39ab); the general treatment of karṇasrāva, pūtikarṇa, and kṛmikarṇa (21.39cd–41ab); 338 the specific treatment of karṇasrāva (21.41cd–49ab), 339 pūtikarṇa (21.49cd–51ab), and kṛmikarṇa (21.51cd–53); the treatment of karṇakṣveḍa (21.54ab), karṇavidradhi (21.54cd), karṇaviṭka 340 (21.55), karṇakaṇḍū (21.56), karṇapratīnāha (21.57), and karṇapāka (21.58ab); the removal of kīṭas, cerumen, and dirt from the auditory canal (21.58cd–59ab); the treatment of the remaining ear diseases has already been described (21.59cd).