A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.614.4

v1.c25.614.4

309 the branches which run obliquely divide many times, as already described (6.13); 310 the channels (srotas) are nine in number in males: the ears, eyes, nostrils, mouth, anus and urethra; females have three additional ones: the breasts and the vagina; thirteen more groups of channels in the interior of the body, which are seats of life (jīvitāyatana), transport prāṇa, water, food, dhātus, and malas (6.14); 311 heart and mahāsrotas 312 are the roots of the prāṇa-carrying channels; the factors leading to corruption of these channels; signs resulting from this corruption; its treatment is like that of śvāsa (6.15); 313 palate and kloman are the roots of the water-carrying channels; 314 the causes and signs of their corruption, to be treated like tṛṣṇā (6.16); āmāśaya and the left side of the chest are the roots of the food-carrying channels; 315 everything concerning their corruption is to be found in the mātrāśitīya chapter (Sū.11) 316 (6.17); 317 the roots of the rasa-carrying channels are the heart and the ten dhamanīs; 318 the roots of the blood-carrying channels are liver and spleen, 319 those of the channels carrying muscular tissue are the snāvas and the skin, 320 those of the channels carrying fatty tissue (medas) are the kidneys and the muscles; 321 the roots of the channels carrying bony tissue consist of the buttocks (jaghana) and the fatty tissue (medas), 322 those of the channels carrying bone marrow consist of the joints (parvan) and bones;