A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.112

v1.c24.112

The subjects dealt with are: the treatment of haemorrhoids with caustics or by means of cauterization; after-treatment (8.1–9); ¹⁹³ the signs of proper treatment (8.10); ¹⁹⁴ the treatment required when piercing pains (śūla) occur in the region of the bladder (8.11), ¹⁹⁵ or problems arise in the elimination of faeces or urine (8.12–14ab); ¹⁹⁶ the treatment of haemorrhoids when caustics cannot be applied and cauterization is impracticable (8.14cd–17); ¹⁹⁷ prescriptions (8.18–28ab); ¹⁹⁸ blood-letting (8.28cd–30ab); ¹⁹⁹ treatment with medicated milk (8.30cd–31ab) and takra or dadhi (8.31cd–49); ²⁰⁰ medicated drinks, peyās, etc. (8.50–51); ²⁰¹ the mentioned treatments are suitable to patients with loose bowels (bhinnaśakṛt) (8.52a); ²⁰² the treatment of patients with hard bowels (gādhavarcas) (8.52b–55ab); ²⁰³ prescriptions (8.55cd–62ab); ²⁰⁴ vardhamānapippalī (8.62cd–63ab); a recipe (8.63cd–64ab); the formulae of abhayāriṣṭa (8.64cd–69) ²⁰⁵ and durālabhāriṣṭa (8.70–71); ²⁰⁶ medicated ghees (8.72–79ab); ²⁰⁷ beneficial articles of diet (8.79cd–87ab); ²⁰⁸ signs indicating alleviation (8.87cd–88ab); treatment with enemas (8.88cd–94ab); ²⁰⁹ the treatment of haemorrhoids arising from blood (raktārśas) and associated with either vāta or kapha (8.94cd–04ab); ²¹⁰ the formulae of two kinds of kuṭajāvaleha (8.104cd–112ab); ²¹¹ prescriptions against haemorrhoids due to blood (8.112cd–120) and due to blood and vāta (8.121); prescriptions against bleeding haemorrhoids (8.122–125ab); ²¹² a picchābasti (8.125cd–129ab); ²¹³ an anuvāsana (8.129cd–130ab); ²¹⁴ a medicated ghee (8.130cd–133); ²¹⁵ general measures (8.134); ²¹⁶ the treatment of udāvarta (8.135–140ab); ²¹⁷ the formula of kalyāṇakakṣāra (8.140cd–143); all the treatments prescribed against haemorrhoids in hard bowels should be employed (8.144ab); prescriptions (8.144cd–161); bhallātaka is the best drug for dry, 218 the bark of vatsaka for moist haemorrhoids; 219 kālaśeya (buttermilk) is to be recommended in all types and in all seasons (8.162); general rules (8.163); 220 haemorrhoids, diarrhoea and grahaṇī are related to their aetiology; these disorders occur in persons with a subdued digestive fire; for that reason it is imperative to protect this fire carefully (8.164). 221