A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s15.82

v3.c42.s15.82

Chapter twenty-two is about gṛdhrasī (sciatica), a disease usually described among the vāta diseases.³²⁵ The Hāritasamhitā may be the only treatise devoting a separate chapter to it. The varieties described and their doṣic involvement are remarkable too. The variety called koṣṭhaśirṣikā, brought about by vāta and blood, presents a painful swelling of the knees;³²⁶ the second variety is gṛdhrasī sensu stricto; the third variety, called pādaharṣa,³²⁷ is either connected with kapha and vāta or with pitta and vāta (22.1–6ab).