A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.482

v1.c23.482

The subjects dealt with are: the aetiology of pratiśyāya (24.3); its pathogenesis (24.4)³⁷⁰ and prodromes (24.5);³⁷¹ the symptoms of pratiśyāya due to vāta (24.6–7ab),³⁷² pitta (24.7cd–8),³⁷³ kapha (24.9–10ab),³⁷⁴ all three doṣas (24.10cd–11), and blood (24.12–14ab);³⁷⁵ the symptoms of duṣṭapratiśyāya, more difficult to cure than pratiśyāya (24.14cd–16ab);³⁷⁶ complications of pratiśyāya (24.16cd–17); the treatment of all types of pratiśyāya (24.18–21); the general treatment of pīnasa³⁷⁷ (24.22–23); the treatment of pīnasa caused by a combination of vāta and kapha (24.24); the treatment of pratiśyāya due to vāta (24.25–26ab), pitta and blood (24.26cd–30ab), kapha (24.30cd–33), and concerted action of all the doṣas (24.34–42).³⁷⁸