A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.119

v1.c24.119

The subjects dealt with are: the treatment of mūtrāghāta due to vāta (11.1–5ab),²⁵⁸ pitta (11.5cd–8),²⁵⁹ kapha (11.9–15ab),²⁶⁰ and all three doṣas collectively; the treatment of aśmarī (vesical calculus) of recent origin and of vātabasti, etc. (11.15cd–16ab);²⁶¹ generalities about the therapy of aśmarī (11.16cd–17);²⁶² the treatment of aśmarī due to vāta (11.18–21),²⁶³ pitta (11.22–24)²⁶⁴ and kapha (11.25–27ab);²⁶⁵ the treatment of śarkarā (gravel) and aśmarī in general (11.27cd–34ab);²⁶⁶ prescriptions against various types of mūtrāghāta (11.34cd–41c);²⁶⁷ the treatment of śukrāśmarī (11.41cd–43ab);²⁶⁸ the surgical removal of aśmarī (11.43cd–55ab);²⁶⁹ after-treatment (11.55cd–62);²⁷⁰ eight places to be avoided when using sharp instruments: the (channels) carrying urine and semen, the urinary bladder, the testicles, the raphe (sevanī), the ano-rectal region, the urethra (mūtapraseka), and the vagina (11.63).²⁷¹