A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s15.87

v3.c42.s15.87

Chapter twenty-seven describes jalodara (ascites). Varieties are not mentioned, nor the involvement of the doṣas in this disease. The group of disorders called udara, to which jalodara belongs in āyurvedic literature,³³² is absent from the Hāritasamhitā. The surgical treatment of jalodara by means of a tube (jalanāḍī), through which the fluid accumulated in the abdominal cavity can be removed, is known to the Hāritasamhitā and considered to be a dangerous procedure (27.4–9).³³³