A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.121

v1.c24.121

The subjects dealt with are: purificatory therapy in prameha (12.1–3);²⁷² cases requiring appeasing (śamana) instead of purificatory (śodhana) measures (12.4–7ab);²⁷³ the treatment of prameha with predominance of kapha (12.7c–f),²⁷⁴ pitta (12.8),²⁷⁵ vāta (12.9–10ab);²⁷⁶ prescriptions for prameha in general (12.10cd–15);²⁷⁷ a prescription for prameha due to kapha and pitta (12.16–17ab);²⁷⁸ a medicated oil, ghee, or mixture of oil and ghee for prameha due to vāta and kapha, pitta, or a combination of all three doṣas (12.17cd–19ab);²⁷⁹ the formulae of dhānvantaraghṛta (12.19cd–24),²⁸⁰ rodhrāsava (12.25–28)²⁸¹ and ayaskṛti (12.29–32);²⁸² general measures that are beneficial in prameha (12.33);²⁸³ a śilodbhava (= śilājatu) preparation (12.34–36ab); alternative treatments for patients who cannot afford to pay a physician (12.36cd–37);²⁸⁴ the treatment of emaciated patients (12.38ab); pramehapiṭikās should be treated in the same way as śopha when they are immature, in the same way as vraṇas when they are mature (12.38–39a);²⁸⁵ the treatment of these piṭikas in their prodromal stage (12.39b–40ab);²⁸⁶ the general treatment of pramehapiṭikās (12.40cd–43ab);²⁸⁷ a patient with madhumeha, rejected by the physicians, should take śilājatu as a means that may lead to recovery (12.43cd–44).²⁸⁸