A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.869

v1.c25.869

The subjects dealt with are: the suitable food for children in the kṣīrapa, annāda and ubhayavṛtti stages (2.2);⁵⁸ corrupted milk gives rise to many diseases in children (2.3);⁵⁹ the characteristics of milk corrupted by vāta (2.4),⁶⁰ pitta (2.5),⁶¹ kapha (2.6);⁶² these corruptions lead to disorders with characteristics due to the doṣa involved (2.7);⁶³ the place repeatedly touched by a child or the place which it does not suffer being touched points to a local painful sensation (2.8);⁶⁴ signs pointing to a disorder in a particular region or organ (2.9);⁶⁵ dependent on the particular disorder, the wet-nurse should be treated with śamana or śodhana measures (2.10);⁶⁶ the treatment required when the milk is corrupted by vāta in general (2.11)⁶⁷ and when particular characteristics due to vāta are present in it (2.12);⁶⁸ the same regarding corruption by pitta (2.13⁶⁹ and 14)⁷⁰ and kapha (2.15⁷¹ and 16⁷²); the treatment required when more than one doṣa is involved (2.16);⁷³ the description of the disease called kṣīrālasaka, due to all three doṣas (2.17);⁷⁴ its treatment (2.18);⁷⁵ the coming through of the teeth causes all kinds of disorders; disorders arising in particular due to this cause (2.19);⁷⁶ the teeth begin to come through after the eighth month in long-lived children, after the fourth month in the other ones; coming through too early prevents a full development of the dhātus (2.20); teeth develop from bone tissue and marrow; they fall out at a later age and are replaced because bone tissue and marrow are not yet fully developed in young children; they cannot be replaced by new ones in adults (2.21); physiological explanations for the fact that teeth lost by an accident or disease do not grow again (2.22); a description of the processes leading to breaking through of the teeth and the ensuing disorders (2.23); causes for the non-appearance of the teeth (2.24).