A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.227

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77 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 46.2. 78 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 46.3–7. Gayadāsa and Ḍalhaṇa reject the addition of a type called arśobhagandara, accepted by some authorities. Arśobhagandara is mentioned at A.h.U. 28.15cd–17ab and A.s.U.33.33, Bhela Ci.4.74 and Si.1.29, and in the Madhukośa ad Mādhavanidāna 46.7. 79 Cf. Ca.Ni.5 and Ci.7; Bhela Ni.5. See on the differences between Caraka and Suśruta regarding kuṣṭha: R.E. Emmerick (1986a). 80 Cf. Ca.Ni.5.6 and Ci.7.4–8. 81 Cf. Ca.Ni.5.7 and Ci.7.11–12. 82 Ca.Ni.5 describes the seven mahākuṣṭhas only; the whole set of eighteen types is dealt with in Ca.Ci.7. 83 The Carakasaṃhitā and Bhelasaṃhitā do not describe this type of kuṣṭha. It is also absent from the Kāśyapasaṃhitā. The colour aruṇa is usually associated with vāta. The Carakasaṃhitā regards kapālakuṣṭha as the type in which vāta is the chief doṣa. Singhal c.s. regard aruṇa as tuberculoid leprosy. Dharmendra (1947) is of the opinion that aruṇa is the type of kuṣṭha (skin diseases) that designates leprosy. 84 Cf. Ca.Ni.5.5 and 8; Ci.7.15 and 27. Singhal c.s.: pyoderma. 85 Cf. Ca.Ni.5.5 and 8; Ci.7.17 and 28. Vāta and pitta predominate in ṛṣyajihva according to Caraka. See Gayadāsa’s comments. A variant reads ṛkṣajihva. 86 Cf. Ca.Ni.5.5 and 8; Ci.7.14 and 27. Vāta predominates in kapālakuṣṭha according to Caraka; Gayadāsa says that vāta is an anubandha in kapālakuṣṭha. Kapālakuṣṭha is a curable type in the Bhelasaṃhitā (Ci.6.36cd–37). 87 Cf. Ca.Ni.5.5 and 8; Ci.7.14 and 27. Kākaṇaka arises from all the doṣas together according to Caraka. 88 Cf. Ca.Ni.5.5 and 8; Ci.7.18 and 28. Puṇḍarīka is caused by pitta and kapha according to Caraka; see Gayadāsa’s comments on this point. Identified as psoriasis by Singhal c.s. 89 Cf. Ca.Ci.7.23 and 30. Dadru arises from pitta and kapha in the Carakasaṃhitā, which regards it as a kṣudrakuṣṭha. Gayadāsa and Ḍalhaṇa distinguish a black (asita) and white (sita) variety of dadru; asitadadru is Suśruta’s mahākuṣṭha, sitadadru Caraka’s kṣudrakuṣṭha. See also the Madhukośa ad Mādhavanidāna 49.17cd–23ab. Bhoja regarded dadru as a mahākuṣṭha (see Gayadāsa ad Su.Ni.5.8); it is a curable type of kuṣṭha in the Bhelasaṃhitā (Ci.6.36cd–37) and Kāśyapasaṃhitā (p.116). Dadru is identified as ringworm by Singhal c.s. 90 Mentioned in the Bhelasaṃhitā (Ci.6.32, 37, 67) as a curable type of kuṣṭha. Also known to the Kāśyapasaṃhitā (p.116) as a curable disorder. Identified as secondarily infected eczematous patches in atopic dermatitis by Singhal c.s. 91 Singhal c.s.: it may be a polyneuritic type of leprosy. 92 Cf. Ca.Ci.7.21. Compare Bhela Ci.6.33 and 35, Kāśyapasaṃhitā (p.116): an incurable type of kuṣṭha. Singhal c.s.: melanoderma. 93 Cf. Ca.Ci.7.24. Carmadala is a raktavyāpatti disease in the Bhelasaṃhitā (Sū.11. 8cd–9ab). Carmadala is an incurable type of kuṣṭha in the Kāśyapasaṃhitā (116). The Bhelasaṃhitā mentions a carmakuṣṭha, which is incurable, at Ci.6.23 and 34–36ab; this may be the carmākhya type of Caraka. Singhal c.s. identify carmadala as dyshidrosis (cheiropedompholyx). 94 Different from the disease called visarpa (see Ḍalhaṇa). Singhal c.s.: erysipelas? 95 Singhal c.s.: probably furunculosis. Parisarpa is also a synonym of visarpa (Ca.Ci.21.11).