A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.1101

v1.c25.1101

The subjects are: the sixteen complications of poisoning which, if neglected, lead to death: fever, cough, vomiting, respiratory problems, hiccup, thirst, serious fainting fits (atimūrchana), loose stools (viḍbheda), atikāthinya, ānāha, pain in the bladder region, headache, swelling (śvayathu), pūtidaṃśatva, bleeding (raktasrāva), and viṣānila (47.2–3); the treatment of fever (47.4–8), cough (47.9–10c), vomiting (47.10d–14), respiratory problems (47.15–16), hiccup (47.17–19), thirst and fainting (47.20–23), diarrhoea (47.24–26), pain in the bladder region (47.27–28), headache (47.29), swelling (47.30–33), pūtidaṃśatva (47.34–36), 712 bleeding (47.37–39), and viṣānila 713 (47.40–46); other disorders should be treated on similar lines, taking into consideration the doṣa(s) involved, etc. (47.47); remnants of a poison should be removed by agadas effective by seeing or hearing them (dṛśyāgada, śabdāgada), because a slight remnant may lead to renewed disease or death (47.48); an agada to be smeared on drums or banners, which, by seeing, hearing or touching them, destroy poisons (47.49–56); 714 the virtues of kṣārāgada (47.57–58); 715 the preparation of the sugandhāgada, the rituals for its use, its effects (47.59–64); 716 the mahāsugandhāgada (47.65–75); 717 cooling measures should always be employed in cases of poisoning, except in those caused by kīṭas (47.76); 718 dietary and other general measures (47.77–81); 719 things to be avoided by a patient (47.82); 720 the signs indicating cure (47.83). 721