A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.102

v1.c24.102

The subjects dealt with are: general measures to be adopted in the treatment of kāsa due to vāta (3.1–3ab);67 specific prescriptions (3.3cd–25ab);68 prescriptions against kāsa due to pitta (3.25cd–40),69 kapha (3.41–55),70 vāta and kapha (3.56–57ab);71 prescriptions against kāsa in general (3.57cd–58);72 the formulae of kaṇṭakārīghṛta (3.59–63ab)73 and vyāghrīleha (3.63cd–67ab); dhūmas against kāsa due to kapha (3.67cd) 74 and vāta in combination with kapha (3.68–69); tamaka, when appearing during kāsa caused by kapha, should be treated like kāsa due to pitta (3.70);75 the treatment of kāsa due to uraḥkṣata (3.73–94ab);77 the formulae of amṛtaprāśaghṛta (3.94cd–101),78 śvadaṃṣtrādighṛta (3.102–105),79 madhukādighṛta (3.106–107), dhātryādighṛta (3.108–110ab); special rules regarding the use of ghees (3.110cd–113); the formulae of kūṣmāṇḍakarasāyana, devised by the Aśvins (3.114–118ab),80 nāgabalārāsayana (3.118cd–120ab),81 nāgabalāsarpis (3.120cd–125); some rules for the treatment of kṣatakāsa (3.126); the formulae of agastyaharītaki, devised by Agastya (3.127–132), 82 vasiṣṭhaharītakī, devised by Vasiṣṭha (3.133–141ab), 83 ṣaḍavacūrṇa (3.141cd–144ab), and another ṣaḍava (3.144cd–146); 84 the treatments for (rāja)yakṣman are also useful in kṣatakāsa (3.147ab); dhūmas to be employed when the injury (kṣata) in the chest, occurring in cases of kṣatakāsa, has healed, but kapha has increased (3.147cd–151ab); 85 the treatment of kāsa due to kṣaya (3.151cd–158); 86 the formulae of cavikādighṛta (3.159–161), kāsamardādighṛta (3.162–163), 87 vṛṣādighṛta (3.164); two more medicated ghees (3.165–166ab); 88 the actions of these ghees (3.166cd–167ab); 89 the formula of harītakīleha (3.167cd–169ab); 90 electuaries (3.169cd–171); 91 some cūrṇas (3.172–173); 92 various preparations (3.174–177); 93 prescriptions against kṣatakāsa and (rāja)yakṣman that can also be used against kṣayakāsa (3.178–179); 94 a dreadful disease arising from all the doṣas (3.180). 95