A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.654

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The chapter begins with an enumeration of the twenty types of mūtrāghāta: (mūtra)kṛcchra due to vāta, pitta, kapha, and all three doṣas together; aśmarī due to vāta, pitta, kapha and śukra; vātabasti, aṣṭhīlā, kuṇḍalikā, mūtrātīta, (mūtra)jaṭhara, utsaṅga, granthi, (mūtra)śukra, viḍvighāta, uṣṇavāta, mūtrakṣaya, and avasāda⁶⁸ (9.2). Vātabasti and the eight disorders which follow it have a predominance of vāta; uṣṇavāta and mūtrakṣaya have a predominance of vāta and pitta, while avasāda is characterized by a predominance of kapha and pitta (9.3).⁶⁹