A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.11

v1.c24.11

Chapter four (rogānutpādanīya) begins with the statement that thirteen natural urges should not be suppressed; the urges distinguished are identical with those of the Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, apart from the replacement of udgāra (eructation) by kāsa (coughing) (4.1).³⁶ The symptoms caused by the suppression of each of these urges are listed and the treatment of these syndromes is described (4.2–21ab); the symptoms brought about by the suppression of the urge to eructate and the treatment to be adopted are, in spite of the absence of udgāra in the preceding list, also dealt with (4.7d–8).³⁷