A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.486

v1.c23.486

The subjects dealt with are: the treatment of śiroroga caused by vāta (26.3–11),³⁹³ pitta³⁹⁴ and blood (16.12–18ab), kapha (26.18cd–23),³⁹⁵ all three doṣas (26.24),³⁹⁶ kṣaya (26.25–26ab), and parasites (26.26cd–30ab);³⁹⁷ the general treatment of sūryāvarta (26.30cd–31ab) and ardhabhedaka³⁹⁸ (26.31cd); the specific treatment of sūryāvarta³⁹⁹ and ardhāvabhedaka⁴⁰⁰ (26.32–35); the same measures are useful in śiroroga due to kapha (26.36ab); the treatment of anantavāta (26.36cd–38ab)⁴⁰¹ and śaṅkhaka (26.38cd–41);⁴⁰² general rules for the treatment of diseases of the head (26.42–44ab);⁴⁰³ thus, the aetiology and treatment of the seventy-six diseases of the eyes, twenty-eight diseases of the ears, thirty-one diseases of the nose, eleven diseases of the head, and sixty-seven diseases of the mouth, oral cavity and throat⁴⁰⁴ have been dealt with; these are the diseases of the upper main part of the body (uttamāṅga), described according to their number, characteristics and treatment (16.44cd–46).