A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.193

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The subjects dealt with are: general aetiological factors of mukharogas; kapha is usually the main doṣa (21.1–3ab); khaṇḍauṣṭha, a disease in which vāta splits the lips (21.3cd); 495 the symptoms of oṣṭhakopa due to vāta (21.4), 496 pitta (21.5), 497 kapha (21.5d–6ab), 498 all three doṣas (21.6cd–7ab), 499 blood (21.7cd–8ab), 500 muscular tissue (21.8cd), 501 fatty tissue (21.9ab), 502 a trauma (kṣata) (21.9cd–10ab), 503 vāta and kapha together (21.10cd); 504 the symptoms of gaṇḍālaji (21.11ab), 505 śīta(danta) 506 and dālana, due to vāta (21.11cd–12ab), 507 dantaharṣa (21.12cd–13ab), 508 dantabheda (21.13cd), 509 (danta)cāla (21.14ab), 510 karāla (21.14cd), 511 adhidanta 512 or vardhana 513 (21.15), śarkarā 514 and kapālikā 515 (21.16–17ab), śyāva(danta), due to blood, pitta and vāta (21.17cd), 516 pralūna 517 or kṛmidantaka 518 (21.18–20ab), śītāda, due to kapha and blood (21.20cd–21c), 519 upakuśa, due to pitta and blood (21.21cd–23ab), 520 dantapuppuṭa, due to kapha and blood (21.23cd–24ab), 521 dantavidradhi, due to the three doṣas and blood (21.24cd–25ab), 522 suṣira, due to pitta and blood (21.25cd–26ab), 523 mahāsuṣira, due to all the doṣas (21.26cd–27ab), 524 adhimāṃsaka, due to kapha (21.27cd–28ab), 525 vidarbha, caused by bruises (ghṛṣṭa) (21.28cd–29ab); 526 neglect of diseases of the gums, even of the curable ones, leads to the development of a subtle gati (a fistula); these fistulae are of five types (21.29cd–31ab);

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527 the symptoms of disorders of the tongue, brought about by vāta, pitta and kapha respectively (21.31cd–32); 528 the symptoms of alasa, brought about by kapha and pitta (21.33); 529 adhijihva, brought about by kapha, pitta and blood (21.34–35ab), 530 and upajihva, of the same nature (21.35cd); 531 the symptoms of tālupiṭikā, arising from vāta (21.36), 532 galaśuṇḍikā, arising from kapha and blood (21.37–38ab), 533 tālu-saṃhati (21.38cd), 534 tālvarbuda, arising from blood (21.39ab), 535 kacchapa, arising from kapha (21.39cd), 536 (tālu)puppuṭa, arising from kapha and fatty tissue (21.40ab), 537 (tālu)pāka, arising from pitta (21.40cd), 538 tāluśoṣa, arising from vāta and pitta (21.41ab); 539 the general characteristics of rohiṇī (21.41cd–42ab); 540 the symptoms of rohiṇī due to vāta (21.42cd), 541 pitta (21.43), 542 kapha (21.44a), 543 blood (21.44b–d), 544 and all the doṣas (21.45ab); 545 the symptoms of (kaṇṭha)śālūka, due to the doṣas, with predominance of kapha (21.45cd–46ab); 546 the symptoms of vṛnda (21.46cd) 547 and tuṇḍikerikā (21.47); 548 the symptoms of galaugha (21.48), 549 valaya (21.49ab), 550 gilāyuka, due to the doṣas (21.49cd–50ab), 551 śataghnī (21.50cd–51ab), 552 galavidradhi (21.51cd–52ab), 553 galārbuda, due to the doṣas (21.52cd–53ab); 554 the general characteristics of galagaṇḍa, brought about by vāta, kapha and fatty tissue (21.53c–f);

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555 the symptoms of galagaṇḍa due to vāta (21.54),⁵⁵⁶ kapha (21.55)⁵⁵⁷ and fatty tissue (21.56);⁵⁵⁸ the symptoms of svarahan, due to vāta (21.57);⁵⁵⁹ the symptoms of mukhapāka, due to vāta (21.58–59),⁵⁶⁰ and of ūrdhvaguda (21.60);⁵⁶¹ the symptoms of mukhapāka due to pitta (21.61),⁵⁶² blood (21.61d),⁵⁶³ and kapha (21.62ab);⁵⁶⁴ when mukhapāka due to kapha spreads to the interior of the cheeks, a particular kind of arbuda appears (21.62cd–63ab); the symptoms of mukhapāka arising from all the doṣas, together with blood (21.63cd); the same agents lead to pūyāsyatā in those who have an aversion to brushing their teeth (21.64ab); thus have been described the seventy-five diseases of the lips, cheeks, teeth, roots of the teeth, tongue, palate, throat, and the whole oral cavity;⁵⁶⁵ their numbers are eleven,⁵⁶⁶ one,⁵⁶⁷ ten,⁵⁶⁸ thirteen,⁵⁶⁹ six,⁵⁷⁰ eight,⁵⁷¹ eighteen,⁵⁷² and eight⁵⁷³ respectively (21.64cd–66ab); incurable among them are: karāla, oṣṭha(kopa) due to muscular tissue and to blood, the types of arbuda, with the exception of that due to jala, kacchapa, tālupiṭikā, galaugha, mahāsuṣira, svaraghna, ūrdhvaguda, śyāva(danta), śataghnī, valaya, alasa, nāḍī arising from all the doṣas, oṣṭhakopa arising from all the doṣas, rohiṇī due to blood and to all the doṣas, dantabheda when the teeth have burst, upajihvikā when subject to pāka, and, finally, galagaṇḍa and svarabhraṃśin,⁵⁷⁴ when accompanied by difficulties in breathing and lasting for longer than a year (21.66b–69ab);

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(danta)harṣa and (danta)bheda are amenable to palliative treatment; the other diseases may be cured, by means of surgery or by medicines (21.69cd).⁵⁷⁵