A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.123

v1.c24.123

The subjects dealt with are: the treatment of vidradhi in general;²⁸⁹ the āma (immature) type should be treated with repeated bloodletting, like a case of śopha; the pakva (mature) type should be managed like a vraṇa (13.1);²⁹⁰ the treatment of vidradhi due to vāta (13.2–3),²⁹¹ pitta (13.4–5),²⁹² kapha (13.5d–7ab);²⁹³ abscesses due to blood and those of the āgantu type require the same treatment as those due to pitta (13.7cd);²⁹⁴ the treatment of immature (apakva) internal abscesses (13.8–10);²⁹⁵ three formulae (13.11–17);296 bloodletting (13.18ab);297 the treatment of maturing and mature internal abscesses (13.18cd–23);298 vidradhi requires the same treatment as gulma (13.25ab);300 all types of vidradhi may be treated with guggulu or śilājatu, to which appropriate kaṣāyas have to be added (13.25cd–26ab);301 maturation (pāka, i.e., suppuration) should be prevented (13.26cd–27ab);302 abscesses in patients with prameha should be treated by the methods described for that disease (13.27cd); the treatment of mammary abscesses (stanavidradhi) (13.28–29ab);303 the treatment of vṛddhi304 due to vāta (13.29cd–31),305 pitta306 and blood307 (13.32), kapha (13.33–35ab),308 medas (fatty tissue) (13.35cd–38),309 urine (13.39–40ab),310 and intestine (40b–d);311 the formula of sukumāraghṛta (13.41–47);312 cauterization (13.48–51).313