A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s6.14

v3.c42.s6.14

The Bhelasaṃhitā records that yakṣman or śoṣa presents either six or eleven symptoms (Ci.4.7ab). 181 Nine incurable types of kuṣṭha, caused by one's karman, are described: puṇḍarīka, śvitra, ṛṣyajihva, kākaṇa, audumbara, śatāruṣka, carmakuṣṭha, ekakuṣṭha, and vaipādika, as well as nine curable types, caused by the doṣas: sidhma, vicarcikā, pāmā, dadru, kiṭika or kiṭiba, kapālakuṣṭha, sthūlāru, maṇḍala, and viṣaja (Ci.6.18cd–38). 182 The chapter on the treatment of prameha (Ci.7) refers to the following varieties: ikṣumeha, 183 udakameha (also called ambu- and vārimeha), 184 sāndrameha, 185 bhasmameha, 186 lavaṇameha, 187 sikatāmeha, śuklameha, kṣārameha, śītameha, raktameha, nīlameha,¹⁸⁸ and hastimeha (also called gajameha).¹⁸⁹