A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c8.75

v1.c8.75

The next subjects are: the maximum and minimum duration of a treatment with sneha (13.51); 173 patients suitable and unsuitable to sneha (13.52–56); 174 signs of defective, proper and excessive treatment (13.57–59); 175 preparatory measures (13.60–61); rules to be observed during treatment (13.62–64); 176 differences in the course of treatment between persons with soft (mṛdukoṣṭha) and hard bowels (krūrakoṣṭha) (13.65–69); 177 complications (vyāpatti; 13.70–79); 178 after-treatment (13.80–81); fatty preparations for patients to whom the usual ones are not suitable (13.82–95); 179 the absorption of a sneha (13.96–97); addition of salt to a sneha enhances its action (13.98). 180