A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c9.9

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The subjects dealt with are: the five types of gulma, caused by vāta, pitta, kapha, all three doṣas together, and blood (3.3);33 knowledge about these types, to be acquired from their aetiology, prodromes, symptoms, types of pain (vedanā)34 and upaśaya (3.5); the aetiology, symptoms, types of pain and upaśaya of the four doṣic types (3.6–12);35 gulma caused by blood (raktagulma), a disorder only occurring in women,36 characterized by symptoms simulating pregnancy (3.13–14);37 the general prodromes of gulma (3.15); general rules about the treatment of gulma (3.16).