A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.131

v1.c24.131

The subjects dealt with are: the treatment of śvayathu affecting the whole body (sarvāṅgasara) (17.1–25ab)³⁸⁴ or part of the body (ekāṅgaśopha) (17.25cd–27);³⁸⁵ the treatment of śvayathu due to vāta (17.28–30ab),³⁸⁶ pitta (17.30cd–33ab),³⁸⁷ kapha (17.33cd);³⁸⁸ various prescriptions against śvayathu in general (17.34–38),³⁸⁹ śvayathu due to a combination of two or three doṣas (17.39–40),³⁹⁰ and traumatic (kṣataja) śvayathu (17.41);³⁹¹ things to be avoided by a patient suffering from śvayathu (17.42).³⁹²