A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.436

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726 Cf. Bhela Ci.12.4–8; Su.Ci.7. 727 Cf. Bhela Ci.12.3. 728 Compare the types of mūtrāghāta mentioned at Ca.Sū.19.4. 729 Cf. Su.Ū.43.3–4. 730 These general symptoms are by some regarded as complications (see Cakra's comments). 731 Cf. Ca.Si.9.6. See on cardiovascular diseases in Indian medicine: *J.N. Sharma (1965). See on heart diseases in India: N. Chevers (1886): 482–491; Ch. Morehead (1860): 561–602. See on the history of heart diseases: H. Vierordt (1903b). 732 Cf. Ca.Sū.17.30–40; Su.Ū.43.5–9. 733 Cf. Ca.Si.9.8. Compare on the treatment of hṛdroga: Bhela Ci.19.5–25. Compare Ca.Ci.26. 81–89 and Su.Ū.43.11–14, 26.90–95 and Su.Ū.43.15–17ab, 26.96–99 and Su.Ū.43.17cd–19, 26.103d and Su.Ū.43.20–22. See on the treatment of hṛdroga, cardiovascular disorders in general, and cardiotonic drugs: R.B. Arora et al. (1991); R.B. Arora and B.R. Madan (1956); R.C. Arora et al. (1986); A.K. Avasthī (1996); G.N. Chaturvedi (1973–74); H.M. Colabawalla (1951); L.P. Gupta, S.P. Sen and K.N. Udupa (1976); S.C. Gupta, U.K. Bajaj and V.N. Kapoor (1976); R.P. Kohli et al. (1969); C.L. Malhotra, P.K. Das and N.S. Dhalla (1960b); J.K. Mand et al. (1991); A.L. Moholkar et al. (1975); S. Nityanand and N.K. Kapoor (1973a); Y.S. Prabhakar and D. Suresh Kumar (1990b); R.B. Sati (1993); S.D. Seth and G. Jagadeesh (1976); J.D. Sharma and P.C. Dandiya (1962); Keerti Sharma et al. (1978); P.V. Sharma and C. Chaturvedi (1967); Shiv Sharma (1971): 42–45; S.D. Sharma, B.N. Upadhyay and S.N. Tripathi (1986);

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N. Singh et al. (1978), (1982); N. Singh, V.K. Kulshrestha and R.P. Kohli (1970); D. Suresh Kumar and Y.S. Prabhakar (1989), (1990); M. Tariq et al. (1977); V.J. Thakar (1983); V.P. Trivedi and S. Nesamany (1982); V. Venkateswarlu et al. (1990); M.M. Vohra and N.N. De (1963). See on drugs acting on the blood vessels and blood pressure: G.N. Chaturvedi, R.K. Sharma and S.P. Sen (1966); R.N. Chopra, P. De and N.N. De (1932); R.N. Dwivedi, S.P. Pandey and V.J. Tripathi (1977); V. Mudgal and K.N. Udupa (1977a); N. Singh et al. (1976); R.M. Tripathi and P.K. Das (1976). See on drugs lowering the cholesterol level: D.V. Aggarwal (1971–73); K.R.Shanmugasundaram, P.G. Seethapathy and E.R.B. Shanmugasundaram (1983). See on āyurvedic anticoagulants: G. Singh and G.N. Chaturvedi (1974). Compare the references to studies on guggulu. 734 Pratīśyāya is a śiroroga at Ca.Sū.17.13. Pratīśyāya, which is also a symptom (e.g., in rājayakṣman), is dealt with here as an independent (svatantra) disease (see Cakra). See on the history of coryza or the common cold: M.D. Grmek (1991): 334–335. 735 Cf. Su.Ū.24.3–11. 736 Cf. Su.Ū.24.14cd–16ab. 737 Gulabkunverba: atrophic rhinitis. Compare Ca.Ci.26.111cd: ghṛāṇaviśoṣaṇa. 738 Gulabkunverba: ozaena. Compare Ca.Ci.26.113ab: pūtinasya. 739 Gulabkunverba: chronic rhinitis. See the description at Ca.Ci.26.113cd–114. 740 Gulabkunverba: suppurative rhinitis. 741 Gulabkunverba: furunculosis. 742 Called khalati at Ca.Ci.26.132. 743 See Ca.Ci.26.283–290. 744 Cf.

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Su.Ū.24.16cd–17. 745 Cf. Ca. Ci.26.111ab and Su.Ū.22.11–13ab, 26.111cd and Su.Ū.22.17cd–18ab, 26.112ab and Su.Ū.22.15cd–16ab, 26.112cd and Su.Ū.22.16cd–17ab, 26.113ab and Su.Ū.22.7cd– 8ab. Ca.Ci.26.113cd–114 is identical with Su.U.22.6–7ab. Cf. Ca.Ci.26.115ab and Su.U.22. 8cd–9ab, 26.116cd and Su.U.22.10cd, 26.117cd and Su.U.22.14cd–15ab. 746 Cf. Ca.Sū.17.15–29; Ca.Si.9.6; Su.U.25.5–8. These śīrorogas are independent (svatantra) diseases (Cakra). 747 Cf. Ca.Sū.19.4; Su.Ni.16. 748 Their number is sixty-five in the Suśrutasamhitā, but here Vaideha’s number of sixty-four is adhered to (Cakra). 749 Ākṛti is a synonym of rūpa (symptom) here. 750 Cf. Su.Ni.16. 751 Cf. Ca.Ci.8.60–62. 752 Cf. Su.U.57.4–6ab. 753 Cakra remarks that their number is twenty-eight in surgical treatises. Cf. Su.U.20. Compare on bādhirya (deafness): Ca.Sū.20.11 and Su.Ni.1.83, on karṇaśūla: Su.Ni.1.84. 754 Cf. Su.U.1.28–29ab. 755 Cf. Su.Ni.13.33–34. 756 The ūrdhvajatru diseases belong to the domain of āyurveda called śālākya. 757 See on the treatment of pīnasa: G. Obeyesekere (1976): 216–217. Cf. Su.U.23 and 24. 758 Cf. Ca.Si.9.8; Bhela Ci.21.1–34; Su.U.26. 759 Compare on the treatment of diseases of the throat: Bhela Ci.21.37cd–38ab. 760 Cf. Bhela Ci.21.38cd–48; Su.U.57.13–17. 761 Piercing pain in the ears (karṇaśūla), tinnitus (karṇanāda), deafness (bādhirya), inflammation (pāka) and discharges (srāva) are mentioned.

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Compare on the treatment of diseases of the ears: Bhela Ci.21.52–63ab, 65–72ab, 76cd up to the end of the chapter; Su.U.21. 762 Some diseases mentioned are arbuda (26.260), kāca (26.248, 253, 260), paṭala (26.253, 261, 262), pilla (26.249), taimirya (26.249, 261), timira (26.251, 253, 258). See on eye diseases and their treatment in Siddha medicine: P.A. Iqbal (1983). 763 See on the āyurvedic treatment of hair loss: D.S. Bhadlikar, K.S. Kulkarni and G.S. Lavekar (1997); P. Kumar and D. Ojha (1993). 764 Recipes which stimulate hair growth, hair dyes, etc., are included. 765 Cf. Ca.Ci.8.53–55. 766 Cf. Ca.Sū.5.56cd–71ab. 767 Cf. A.h.U.24.47–49ab; Mādhavacikitsā, śīroroga 33. 768 Cf. A.h.U.24.49cd–56. 769 Cf. A.h.U.22.99; Mādhavacikitsā, mukharoga 9; Gadanigraha, prayogakhaṇḍa, cūrṇādhikāra 177–178. 770 Cf. A.h.U.22.100; Mādhavacikitsā, mukharoga 10; Gadanigraha, prayogakhaṇḍa, cūrṇādhikāra 174–176. 771 Cf. A.s.U.16.30–31; Mādhavacikitsā, netraroga 65. 772 Cf. A.s.U.16.32–33. 773 Cf. Gadanigraha, prayogakhaṇḍa, tailādhikāra 480–484 and 516cd–522. 774 Gulabkunverba: spastic paraplegia. Urustambha is a nānātmaja vāta disorder at Ca. Sū.20.11. See on ūrustambha in non-medical texts and the interpretation of the term: K. Hoffmann (1968): 369–370. 775 Cakra remarks that some consider this second set of symptoms as signs of incurability, caused when, due to ignorance, oleation (as a part of pañcakarman) is employed in its treatment.