A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c8.35

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Chapter two, called apāmārgataṇḍulīya, 69 deals with drugs useful in vamana (emesis) and virecana (purgation) (2.1–16); both treatments, which, taken together, are identical with the śodhana (evacuation) of Sū.1.76, form part of the complex procedure called pañcakarman, elaborately described in the Siddhisthāna. 70