A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.874

v1.c25.874

An ardhaśloka is added (2.34ab). A.s.U.2.34cd–35 = A.h.U.2.36cd–38ab. Recipes are added against fever due to vāta (2.36–40) or pitta (2.41–42), āmātisāra and raktātisāra (2.43), diseases of the head (2.44–45), diseases of the eyes (2.46–47), various diseases associated with pitta (2.48–50), and fever due to kapha (2.51–53). A.s.U.2.54–55 = A.h.U.2.38cd–40. The formula of a medicated ghee is added (2.56–58). A.s.U.2.59–61 = A.h.U.2.41–44ab. The milk teeth are usually replaced by the second teeth in the eighth year (2.62). A.s.U.2.63–66 = A.h.U.2.44cd–48ab. Some prescriptions are added (2.67–68). A.s.U.2.69–74 = A.h.U.2.48cd–54ab. Some prescriptions are added to the series against śoṣa in children (2.75–77). Recipes against kāsa, śvāsa, chardi and other disorders follow (2.78–84).78 A.s.U.2.85–87 = A.h.U.2.58cd–61. A series of prescriptions against various diseases are added (2.88–93ab). A.s.U.2.93cd–94 = A.h.U.2.62–63ab. Rituals are described (prāyaścitta) to ward off evil (2.95–96). The aetiology and symptomatology of pārīgarbhika, also called paribhava, are dealt with next (2.97–98),79 followed by its treatment with drugs (2.99–100). Causes of conditions resembling pārīgarbhika and their treatment are discussed (2.101–102), and the treatment of children with paribhava who are very hungry (2.103–105). These children should be bathed in a particular fluid too (2.106ab); when even this is not helpful, a particular ritual is recommended (2.106cd–108). The ritual and medicinal treatment of children whose hair gets twisted (jaṭībhūta) and who show some other, associated, symptoms is then described (2.109–111). The following verses are concerned with the symptoms and treatment of a disease called parvānuplava (2.112–114).80 A.s.U.2.115–119 = A.h.U.2.63cd–68. Mastuluṅgakṣaya and its treatment are dealt with (2.120).81 A.s.U.2.121–127 = A.h.U.2.69–75. A prescription against the disease called anāma is added (2.128), followed by prescriptions to be employed when the child refuses to drink (2.129), cries, or is frightened (2.130), when the stump of the cord does not fall off (2.131), when the navel is swollen (unnatā) or inflamed (pāka) (2.132–135), or when disorders are present due to an improper cutting of the cord (2.136). A disease caused by not vomiting the amniotic fluid is described; the treatment of this disease, called ulbaka, sahaja, or ambupūrṇa (2.137–143). The treatment of a disorder in which the skin has a burnt (paridagdha) appearance; the treatment of pāṇḍuroga (2.144–145). A.s.U.2.146–147 = A.h.U.2.76–77. Since diseases in children are also brought about by hidden grahas, one should always have recourse to treatment of the daivayuktyāśraya type (2.148).