A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.104

v1.c24.104

The subjects dealt with are: the aetiology of śvāsa and hidhmā are similar; both disorders should therefore be treated in the same way; 96 sudation should be applied first, followed by oleation; these measures liquefy kapha, which then goes to the koṣṭha, whence it can be expelled; vāta is normalized by the same measures (4.1–3ab); 97 emesis 98 and purgation 99 (4.3cd–9); fumigation and the inhalation of medicinal smoke (dhūmapāna) (4.10–14ab); 100 the importance of sudation (4.14cd–16a); 101 āma, if present, should be treated properly (4.16b); 102 causes of an increase of vāta, its effects, and the treatment to be employed (4.16cd–18); 103 particular types of śvāsa and hidhmā should be treated with sweet and oleaginous substances which are cold in potency (4.19); 104 beneficial broths and yūṣas (4.20–22), 105 peyās (4.23), 106 kaṣāyas (4.24–25ab), 107 articles of diet (4.25cd–28ab); 108 useful drinks when the patient is thirsty (4.28cd–29ab); 109 a medicated takra (4.29cd–30); other drinks (4.31–32); 110 recipes against śvāsa and hidhmā due to a combination of two doṣas (4.33–36); electuaries (4.37–43ab); 111 the formula of jīvantyādicūrṇa (4.43cd–45); 112 another cūrṇa (4.46); 113 errhines (4.47–50); 114 medicated ghees (4.51–52ab); 115 tejovatyādighṛta (4.52cd–55ab); 116 dhānvantara-, vṛṣa-, dādhika-, and hapuṣādighṛta are also useful (4.55cd–56ab); 117 treatments causing mental agitation (4.56cd–57ab); 118 any treatment subduing kapha and vāta may be adopted (4.57cd–58ab); 119 measures that are śamana and bṛṃhaṇa are preferable to those that are karṣaṇa (4.58cd–59); 120 kāsa, śvāsa, kṣaya, chardi and hidhmā may all be treated in the same way (4.60).