A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.85

v1.c24.85

38d–39ab);¹¹⁵ the symptoms of hṛdroga caused by vāta, pitta, kapha, all three doṣas, and parasites (5.39cd–45ab);¹¹⁶ the six types of morbid thirst (tṛṣṇā): caused by vāta, pitta, kapha, all three doṣas, deficiency of the rasa (rasakṣaya), and as a complication (upasarga) of other diseases (5.45cd–46a);¹¹⁷ the general aetiology, pathogenesis and symptomatology (5.46b–49);¹¹⁸ the symptoms of tṛṣṇā caused by vāta (5.50–51a),¹¹⁹ pitta (5.51b–d),¹²⁰ kapha (5.52–54a),¹²¹ and all three doṣas (5.54b);¹²² tṛṣṇā arising from āma is due to obstruction by ingested food and is associated with vāta and pitta (5.54cd);¹²³ tṛṣṇā in someone who, exhausted by heat, rashly enjoys cold water, arises from pitta (5.55);¹²⁴ tṛṣṇā brought about by the abuse of alcohol¹²⁵ and an excess of fatty substances also arises from pitta; tṛṣṇā brought about by fatty, heavy, sour and salt foods arises from kapha (5.56);¹²⁶ tṛṣṇā brought about by deficiency of the rasa displays the symptoms belonging to rasakṣaya (5.57ab);¹²⁷ tṛṣṇā resulting from long-standing diseases such as śoṣa, meha and fever is known as the type arising from upasarga (5.57cd–58).¹²⁸