A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.212

v1.c24.212

The subjects dealt with are: unripe stages of granthi are to be treated like the corresponding stages of śopha (30.1ab); 831 the medicated ghee to be prescribed to those who want purification; the ointment to be used after purification (30.1cd–2ab); 832 after sudating the patient, the granthi should be repeatedly rubbed (vimardana) (30.2cd); 833 this procedure is particularly useful in a granthi due to vāta; 834 a granti due to pitta or blood requires bloodletting by means of leeches and a cooling measure; 835 a granthi arising from kapha ought to be treated like one due to vāta (30.3d); 836 next, a granthi, even when unripe, should be excised, and, as soon as the flow of blood has stopped, be cauterized, thus making it completely disappear; leaving a small part of it will make it fill up again (30.4); 837 the same treatment is applicable to granthis arising from muscular tissue or from a vraṇa (30.5ab); 838 a similar procedure should be adopted when the granthi originates from fatty tissue; the description of this procedure (30.5cd–6); 839 the treatment of a sirāgranthi (30.7); an arbuda should be managed in the same way as a granthi (30.8ab); 840 the specific treatment of an arbuda (three additional verses); 841 the treatment of ślīpada 842 due to vāta (30.8cd–10), 843 pitta (30.11ab), 844 and kapha (30.11cd–12); 845 the treatment of the unripe and ripe stages of apacī and gaṇḍamālā (30.13–30ab); 846 a procedure against obstinate granthis that derives from Nimi (30.30cd–31ab); 847 another procedure, taught by Suśruta (30.31c–f); 848 another different procedure (30.32); 849 the treatment of a nāḍī due to vāta (30.33), 850 pitta (30.34ab), 851 kapha (30.34cd), 852 and a foreign body (30.35ab); 853 a gati (= nāḍī), in which the use of a sharp instrument is contra-indicated, should be opened up by the repeated application of a caustic (30.35cd–36ab); 854 the wicks (varti) and oils prescribed in corrupted and deep vraṇas with a small orifice are also useful in treating a nāḍī (30.36cd–37ab); 855 a paste for use in a nāḍīvraṇa (30.37cd); the recipe of a wick that heals a nāḍī (30.38); 856 another recipe (30.39–40).