A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.479

v1.c23.479

The subjects dealt with are: the enumeration of the thirty-one diseases affecting the nose (22.3–5); the symptoms of apīnasa, 341 which is caused by vāta and kapha, and has features in common with pratiśyāya (22.6–7ab); 342 the pathogenesis and symptoms of pūtināsa (22.7cd–8ab), 343 nāsikāpāka (22.8cd–9ab), 344 nāsāraktapitta (22.9cd), 345 pūyarakta (22.10), 346 the two types 347 of kṣavathu (22.11–13ab), 348 bhramśathu (22.13cd–14ab), 349 dīpta (22.14cd–15ab), 350 nāsāpratīnāha (22.15cd–16ab), 351 nāsā-parisrāva (22.16cd–17ab), 352 and nāsāśoṣa (22.17cd–18ab); 353 nāsārśas 354 and nāsā-śopha 355 are caused by each of the doṣas separately and by the three doṣas collectively (22.18cd); a seventh type of arbuda (of the nose), 356 caused by all the doṣas, is added, according to the śālākya treatises, (to the usual six types) 357 (22.19ab); pratiśyāya, a disease of five types, will be described later 358 (22.19cd); thus, the thirty-one diseases of the nose have been described (22.20ab); a big mass, enclosed within a capsule (kośa), and present within the nasal passages, is called an arbuda (22.20cd); nāsāśoṣa possesses all the characteristics of śopha, but is confined to the nasal passages; nāsārśas should be diagnosed according to the characteristics of arśas as described in the Nidānasthāna 359 (22.21).