A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c9.11

v1.c9.11

The subjects dealt with are: generalities about the origin of prameha and its becoming manifest (4.3–4);39 the aetiology of prameha brought about by kapha (4.5); the constituents of the body (dūṣya) which are corrupted in prameha: medas,40 māṃsa (muscular tissue), śarīrajakleda (body-fluids), śukra (semen), śoṇita (blood), vasā (muscle fat),41 majjā (bone marrow), lasīkā (serous fluid),42 rasa (nutrient fluid), and ojas (4.7); the saṃprāpti of prameha due to kapha (4.8); kapha and medas, after their transformation into urine, give rise to ten kinds of prameha, due to their association with ten properties (guṇa) of kapha; these ten properties are: śveta (white), śīta (cold), mūrta (thickly viscous), picchila (thinly mucous), accha (transparent), snigdha (oily), guru (heavy), madhura (sweet), sāndraprasāda (clear), and manda (slowly flowing);43 the ten kinds of kaphajaprameha are connected with one or more of these properties (4.9);44 these ten pramehas are: udakameha,45 ikṣuvālikārasameha,46 sāndrameha,47 sāndraprasādameha,48 śuklameha,49 śukrameha,50 śītameha,51 si-katāmeha,52 śanairmeha,53 and ālālameha54 (4.10);55 the curability of these ten disorders (4.11);56 descriptions of these ten pramehas (4.13–22);57 the aetiology of the six kinds of prameha arising from pitta; their names: kṣārameha,58 kālameha,59 nīlameha,60 lohitameha,61 māñjiṣṭhameha,62 and hāridrameha;63 the six properties of pitta, associated with them: kṣāra (alkaline), amla (acid), lavaṇa (salty), kaṭuka (pungent), visra (smelling after raw meat), and uṣṇa (hot)64 (4.24–26); the palliability of the pittaja pramehas (4.27);65 descriptions of these six pramehas (4.29–34);66 the aetiology and saṃprāpti of prameha due to vāta; the four kinds, called vasāmeha,67 majjāmeha,68 hastimeha69 and madhumeha,70 arise when the vasā, majjā, lasīkā and ojas are corrupted by vāta (4.36–37); the incurability of these disorders (4.38);71 descriptions of these four pramehas (4.41–44);72 the general prodromes of prameha (4.47);73 its complications (4.48);74 a succinct statement on the treatment of prameha (4.49).