A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.108

v1.c24.108

The subjects dealt with are: reducing measures (laṅghana) and emesis (6.1–2ab), purgative and appeasing (śamana) measures (6.2cd–3) in chardi; 139 general therapeutic measures (6.4–6); 140 the treatment of chardi due to vāta (6.7–10ab), 141 pitta (6.10cd–17ab), 142 kapha (6.17cd–21), 143 and other causes (6.22–23ab); 144 chardi leads to excitement of vāta, due to depletion of the bodily elements (dhātu); for that reason, stambhana and bṛṃhaṇa measures should be adopted (6.23); 145 persistent vomiting should be treated with sarpirguḍa recipes, 146 broths, medicated ghees, such as kalyāṇaka-, 147 tryūṣaṇa- 148 and jīvanaghṛta, 149 medicated milk preparations, and electuaries (6.24); 150 the treatment of hṛdroga due to vāta (6.25cd–43), 151 pitta (6.44–49ab), 152 and kapha (6.49cd–55); 153 the treatment of piercing pain (śūla) arising after ingesting food, during digestion, and after digestion (6.56–58ab); 154 the treatment of excited vāta located in the āmāśaya (6.58cd–59ab); 155 the treatment of hṛdroga due to parasites (6.59cd); 156 the general treatment of tṛṣṇā (6.60–67); 157 the treatment of tṛṣṇā due to vāta (6.68), 158 pitta (6.69–72ab), 159 kapha (6.72cd–74), 160 āma (6.75), 161 fasting (annātyaya) (6.76ab), 162 exposure to the heat of the sun (6.77cd–78ab), 164 alcoholic drinks (6.78cd), 165 oleation (6.79), 166 a high-fat meal (6.80ab), 167 heavy foods (6.80cd), 168 and kṣaya (6.81ab); 169 the treatment of thirst in lean, weak and dry patients (6.81cd), 170 in those with upwards moving vāta (6.82ab), those suffering from long-standing diseases (rogopasarga) (6.82cd–83ab), and those who are emaciated by earlier diseases (6.83cd–85). 171