A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.43

v1.c24.43

The subjects dealt with are: the properties of snehana substances; those with opposite properties are rūkṣaṇa (bringing about dryness) (16.1);200 the four most suitable substances for oleation: ghee, bone marrow, muscle fat (vasā) and oil; ghee is the very best among them (16.2–3ab);201 the effects on the doṣas of the four mentioned substances (16.3cd); their grades of heaviness (16.4ab); mixtures of two, three or four fatty substances are called yamaka, trivṛta and mahant respectively (16.4cd); indications and contra-indications for oleation (16.5–8ab);202 indications for oleation with ghee, oil, muscle fat and marrow (16.8cd–12ab);203 the proper time for oleation (16.12cd–14ab);204 the various ways of administration of a sneha, either mixed with food (vicāraṇā) or pure (acchapeya) (16.14cd–17ab);205 the doses of acchapeya: small, medium and large; indications for these doses (16.17cd–21);206 the general effects of a sneha (16.22);207 rules to be observed by a patient subjected to snehana (16.23–29ab);208 the duration of the treatment (16.29cd–30ab);209 signs indicating proper, improper and excessive oleation (16.30cd–31);210 the bad effects of improper oleation (snehavāpad) (16.32–33ab) and their treatment (16.33cd–35ab);211 the features indicating proper and improper virūkṣaṇa (16.35cd)212 and the therapy to be applied to manage the bad effects of improper application (16.36–37ab); rules for oleation in special groups of patients (16.37cd–39ab);213 types of patients who require a special type of sneha called sadyaḥsneha; recipes for sadyaḥsneha (16.39cd–43ab);214 more rules for particular groups of patients (16.43cd–45);215 the benefits of regularly applied oleation (16.46).216