A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s6.24

v3.c42.s6.24

The chapter on treatment of vraṇa (Ci.27) mentions twelve vraṇadoṣas (Ci.27. 15)²¹⁷ and thirty-six ways of treatment (upakrama; Ci.27.16);²¹⁸ specialists in internal medicine (kāyacikitsaka) and surgery (śalyakṛt) are referred to (Ci.27.14, 16, 20).²¹⁹ The chapter on pāṇāt yaya (Ci.28) describes four doṣic varieties²²⁰ and one specific disorder, called pāṇājīrṇa (Ci.28.91cd–93ab).²²¹