A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.210

v1.c24.210

The subjects dealt with are: when the doṣas, with predominance of kapha, settle in fatty tissue, muscular tissue, or blood, they may bring about a round, elevated swelling; it is called granthi, because a lump resembling a knot (grathana) is produced (29.1);798 nine types are distinguished: arising from one of the doṣas, blood, muscular tissue, fatty tissue, osseous tissue, sirās, and a vraṇa respectively (29.2ab);799 the characteristics of a granthi due to vāta (29.2cd–3), 800 pitta (29.4a–c), 801 kapha (29.4d–5ab), 802 blood (29.5cd–6ab), 803 muscular tissue (29.6cd–7ab), 804 fatty tissue (29.7cd–9ab), 805 a fracture or trauma (abhighāta) of the bones (29.9cd–10a), 806 sirās (29.10–11), 807 a vraṇa (29.12–13); 808 curable are granthis arising from one doṣa, blood, or fatty tissue, with the exception of those which are gross, rough, or mobile, and those located in a marman, the throat, or the belly (29.14a–c); 809 an arbuda is larger than a granthi, but its characteristics are the same; 810 six types are distinguished: arising from one doṣa, blood, muscular tissue, 811 and fatty tissue; 812 fatty tissue and kapha predominate in an arbuda, which explains that is not movable and does not mature (29.14d–15); 813 the pathogenesis of śoṇitārbuda (due to blood) (29.16–17); 814 arbudas arising from blood or muscular tissue should be given up; 815 the other four types are curable (29.18ab); the pathogenesis of ślīpada (29.18cd–19); 816 the characteristics of ślīpada due to vāta, pitta, and kapha (29.20–21ab); 817 when the swelling has been present for more than a year, or is very large, or discharges profusely, the case should be given up (29.21cd); 818 some declare that ślīpada may also affect the hands, nose, lips, and ears, in the same way as the legs; 819 ślīpada is particularly frequent in marshy regions (29.22); 820 the pathogenesis and symptomatology of gaṇḍamālā 821 or apacī (29.23–25); 822 accompanying symptoms indicating incurability (29.26ab); 823 the development of a ripe and swollen vraṇa into a gati or nāḍī (fistula) (29.26cd–27); 824 some learn that a nāḍī is solitary and does not have a straight track, whereas a gati possesses multiple tracks (29.28ab); five types of nāḍī are distinguished: brought about by a single doṣa, all the doṣas, and a foreign body (29.28cd); 825 the characteristics of a nāḍī due to vāta (29.29a–c), 826 pitta (29.29d–30ab), 827 kapha (29.30cd–31a), 828 all the doṣas (29.31b), 829 and a foreign body (29.31c–f). 830