A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s6.22

v3.c42.s6.22

The chapter on vāta diseases (Ci.24) is incomplete. It describes the treatment of corrupted vāta, located in various constituents of the body, refers to the eighty vāta diseases, and mentions specific varieties.²¹⁴ The chapter on plīhan and halimaka (Ci. 25) distinguishes four doṣic types of plīhan, a disease already described as plīhodara in a previous chapter (Ci.13).²¹⁵