A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.114

v1.c24.114

The subjects dealt with are: reducing measures (laṅghana) as the method of choice in the intial stage of diarrhoea, even when it arises from vāta (9.1); 222 exceptions to this general rule (9.2ab); the treatment of āmātīsāra due to vāta (9.2cd–16ab); 223 the treatment of the pakva type (9.16cd–24); 224 the treatment of pravāhikā (9.25); 225 the formula of aparājitakhala, to be employed against bimbiśi (= pravāhikā) (9.26–28); prescriptions against disorders caused by faecal depletion (varcahkṣaya) (9.29–35ab) 226 and obstruction of vāta (9.35cd–37ab); 227 the treatment of the āma and nirāma types of atīsāra due to vāta; the treatment of pravāhikā and niḥsāraka 228 (9.37cd–48ab); the treatment of gudabhraṃśa (prolapse of the rectum) (9.48cd–54); 229 the treatment of atīsāra due to pitta (9.55–72ab); 230 a picchābasti against atīsāra due to pitta (9.72cd–76); 231 prescriptions against all types of diarrhoea (9.77); 232 puṭapāka recipes (9.78–81); 233 the treatment of atīsāra with loss of blood (raktātīsāra) (9.82–102); 234 the treatment of atīsāra arising from kapha (9.103–110ab); 235 the formulae of kapitthāṣṭakacūrṇa (9.110cd–113ab) 236 and dāḍimāṣṭakacūrṇa (9.113cd–115), 237 to be employed in kaphātīsāra; more prescriptions against kaphātīsāra (9.116–119ab) 238 and kaphātīsāra complicated by excitement of vāta (9.119cd–122); 239 the treatment of atīsāra caused by fear and grief (9.123); the signs indicating recovery from atīsāra (9.124). 240