A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.129

v2.c29.129

217 The same five diseases of the head are mentioned at Ca.Sū.19.3 and 4. They are described at Ca.Ci.26.118. Their treatment is not systematically discussed in the Carakasamhitā; see, however, Ca.Si.9.6 and 8. Compare Ca.Sū.17.16–26 and Su.U.25.5–8ab, 17.27–29 and U.10cd–11ab. See about the term śīrṣakti (headache) in Vedic literature: F.B.J. Kuiper (1939): 22–24. See about head diseases (śīsābādha, sisābhitāpa) and their treatment in Pali literature: Jyotir Mitra (1985); 329–330, 347–349; K.G. Zysk (1991): 91–92, 120–121. See on the meaning of headache in Indian culture: A. Chakraborty and A. Mallick (1966).