A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.543

v1.c23.543

The subjects dealt with are: the aetiological factors of kāsa are the same as those of hikkā and śvāsa (52.3);784 pathogenesis (52.4–5);785 cough is of five types: due to vāta, pitta, kapha, a trauma (kṣata), and wasting (kṣaya); aggravation of cough may lead to the development of yakṣman786 (52.6);787 the prodromes (52.7);788 the symptomatology of cough due to vāta (52.8),789 pitta, (52.9)790 and kapha (52.10);791 the aetiology and symptomatology of coughing due to (uraḥ)kṣata792 (52.11);793 the symptoms of cough caused by wasting (52.12),794 which is extremely difficult to cure (52.13ab);795 cough occurring in old age is only amenable to palliative treatment (52.13cd);796 recipes against cough in general (52.14–25);797 the treatment of cough due to vāta (52.26–28ab)798 and kapha (52.28cd–30ab);799 a recipe against all types of cough (52.30cd–32ab); the treatment of the types caused by pitta,800 kṣata,801 and kṣaya802 (52.32cd–37); the preparation of kalyāṇakaguḍa and its indications (52.38–41); the preparation and indications of agastyāvaleha (52.42–46);803 the preparation of kulīrādiḥṛta, useful against the kṣataja and kṣayaja types of cough (52.47); a ghee against all types of cough (52.48).