A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.125

v1.c24.125

The subjects dealt with are: the treatment of gulma due to vāta (14.1–10);314 the formulae of hapuṣādighṛta (14.11–13ab),315 dādhikaghṛta (14.13cd–21ab),316 and tryūṣaṇādighṛta (14.21cd–22ab);317 other medicated ghees (14.22cd–27ab);318 the treatment of gulma due to vāta and kapha (14.27cd–31ab);319 the formulae of hiṅgvādicūrṇa (14.31cd–33),320 vaiśvānaracūrṇa (14.34),321 another cūrṇa (14.35), śārdūlacūrṇa (14.36),322 another cūrṇa (14.37); recipes to be employed in gulma due to vāta (14.38–54);323 the formula of nīlinīghṛta (14.55–58);324 articles of diet that are beneficial in cases of gulma due to vāta (14.59–60);325 the treatment of gulma due to pitta (14.61–75)326 and kapha (14.76–79);327 the formula of bhallātakaghṛta (14.80–83ab);328 sudation and oleation in cases of gulma (14.83cd–84);329 the surgical treatment of gulma due to kapha (14.85–89ab);330 miśrakasneha, a preparation that is useful in all cases of gulma (14.89cd–91ab);331 nīlinīghṛta, sukumāraghṛta, and medicated ghees described in the chapter on udara, may also be employed (14.91cd–92ab);332 the formula of dantīharīṭakyavaleha (14.92cd–97);333 purgatives (14.98–99);334 nirūhas (14.100ab);335 treatment with caustics, ariṣṭas, and cauterization (14.100cd–102);336 the formula of kṣārāgada (14.103–107ab);337 caustics expel kapha (14.107cd–108ab); the treatment of patients with a sluggish digestive fire and loss of appetite (14.108cd–109ab); beneficial foods and drinks (14.109cd–113);338 indications for cautery; the procedure to be followed in gulma due to kapha (14.114–118ab); the treatment of gulma due to a combination of doṣas (14.118cd–119ab);339 the treatment of raktagulma (14.119cd–130).340