A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s15.53

v3.c42.s15.53

Chapter twenty is devoted to vāta diseases. The total number of these diseases is said to be eighty-four, in contrast with the usual number of eighty (20.1).³⁰⁰ The five kinds of vāta are mentioned, followed by lists of the disorders they give rise to. Sixteen disorders affecting the head, caused by excitement of prāṇa, accompanied by pitta, are enumerated: śiraḥśūla, karṇaśūla, śaṅkhaśūla, asṛggada, ardhaśirṣavikāra, dinavṛddhisamudbhava(roga), nāsikapadrava, hanugraha, jihvāstambha, tāluśūla, tamaka, bhrama, tandrā, śvāsa, and galaroga (20.4–6ab).³⁰¹ Udāna, accompanied by kapha, gives rise to the following sixteen disorders: hikkā, śvāsa, parīśvāsa,³⁰² kāsa, śoṣārti, ghaṇṭikā,³⁰³ hṛllāsa, hṛcchūla, yakṛt, vātavami,³⁰⁴ kṣavathu, jṛmbhaṇa, vaisvarya,³⁰⁵ pīnasa, aruci, and pratiśyāya (20.7–9).³⁰⁶ Vyāna causes disorders affecting the whole body (sarvāṅgaka), the symptoms of which vary according to the bodily element chiefly affected (20.10–14); the disorders caused by samāna are summarily described (20.15–17); these two groups are listed later on (20.31–34).