A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.534

v1.c23.534

The subjects dealt with are: a person who is not satisfied, although drinking water constantly, and craves for water again and again, suffers from the disorder called tṛṣṇā (48.3); aetiology and pathogenesis (48.4–5);⁷⁰⁸ the seven types of tṛṣṇā: due to each of the three doṣas, a trauma (kṣata), depletion (kṣaya), āma, and diet (bhakta) (48.6);⁷⁰⁹ the general prodromes (48.7);⁷¹⁰ the symptoms of tṛṣṇā due to vāta (48.8),⁷¹¹ pitta (48.9),⁷¹² kapha (48.10–11),⁷¹³ a trauma (48.12),⁷¹⁴ depletion of rasa (48.13–14ab),⁷¹⁵ āma (48.14cd),⁷¹⁶ and the excessive intake of oleaginous, sour, saltish, and heavy articles offood (48.15ab);⁷¹⁷ signs pointing to a bad prognosis (48.15cd);⁷¹⁸ general treatment (48.16–18);⁷¹⁹ the treatment of tṛṣṇā due to vāta (48.19),⁷²⁰ pitta (48.20),⁷²¹ and kapha (48.21);⁷²² measures against pitta are useful in all types of tṛṣṇā (48.22–23ab); the treatment of tṛṣṇā due to a trauma (48.23cd–27), depletion (48.28ab),⁷²³ āma (48.28cd–29ab), heavy articles of food (48.29cd),⁷²⁴ fatigue (48.30ab), abstention from food (bhaktoparodha) (48.30cd),⁷²⁵ the drinking of fatty substances (48.31ab), abuse of alcohol (48.31cd), heat (48.32ab), and the doṣas (48.32cd); measures which are beneficial in all types of tṛṣṇā (48.33).