A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.220

v1.c24.220

The subjects dealt with are: the general treatment of upadaṃśa (34.1–6c);970 its specific treatment, according to the doṣa(s) involved,971 is like that of śopha (34.6d);972 the development of ripening should by all means be prevented, because this would lead to destruction of the penis (34.7);973 the treatment of haemorrhoid-like growths (arśas) (34.8ab), sarṣapa974 and avamantha975 (34.8cd–9), kumbhīkā976 and alajī977 (34.10–11ab), and uttamā (34.11cd–12ab);978 puṣkarā979 and vyūdhā980 require the same treatment as visarpa due to pitta (34.12cd); the treatment of tvakpāka,981 sparśahānī982 and mṛdita983 (34.13), and aṣṭhīlikā (34.14ab);984 the treatment of nirvṛtta (34.14cd–16);985 avapāṭī should be managed in the same way (34.17ab);986 the treatment of niruddha(maṇi) (34.17cd–19),987 granthita988 (34.20ab),989 and śataponaka (34.20cd);990 śoṇitārbuda991 should be treated like vidradhi due to blood (34.21ab);992 treatments suitable in accordance with the stage of the disease, also be applied (34.21cd);993 cases of yonivyāpad should preferably be managed by means of measures against vāta, because this doṣa is always involved in this group of disorders; next, the other doṣa(s) are to be counteracted (34.22–23);994 the treatment of various types of yonivyāpad (34.24–27);995 a medicated ghee against yonivyāpad due to vāta; this ghee makes conception possible (34.28–29);996 a recipe against pain in the female genitals and some other disorders (34.30–31);997 two prescriptions against pain in the female genitals (34.32–34);998 the treatment of yonivyāpad due to pitta (34.35);999 a compound formula promoting fertility and curing many disorders (34.36–40);1000 a formula with similar effects, particularly useful in disorders due to pitta (34.41);1001 a formula that cures disorders by vāta and pitta, and that results in conception (34.42–44ab);1002 the treatment of raktayoni (34.44cd–45ab);1003 the formula of puṣyānugacūrṇa, honoured by Ātreya, to be administered in cases of yonidoṣa, rajodoṣa (menstrual disorders), and many other disorders (34.45cd–50ab);1004 the general treatment of yonidoṣa (= yonivyāpad) due to kapha (34.50cd);1005 a medicated oil against various types of yonivyāpad (34.51–54ab); 1006 diverse prescriptions (34.54cd–55ab); 1007 a prescription against sliminess (paicchilya) (34.55cd–56ab); 1008 a prescription against bad-smelling, slimy and discharging genitals (34.56cd–57); 1009 a prescription that is useful when the genitals are rigid and rough (34.58) 1010 or bad-smelling (34.59); 1011 prescriptions against yonivyāpad due to kapha, pitta, vāta (34.60), 1012 or all three doṣas (34.61ab); 1013 a woman will conceive when her genitals have thus been purified, when the male seed is pure and normal, and when a jīva approaches (the uterus) (34.61cd–62ab); 1014 a male whose organ (indriya) is corrupted, although he has been subjected to pañcakarman, should be treated with the remedies suitable in his case (34.62cd–63ab); 1015 the formula of the medicated ghee called phalasarpis, curing all disorders of the female and male genitals (yoni- and śukrapradoṣa), leading to the conception of a male child (puṃsavana), and driving away demons threatening the child (34.63cd–67). 1016