A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s24.6

v3.c43.s24.6

Chapter two, dealing with raktapitta and asṛgdara, includes some verses on asthisrāva672 and somaroga (11–13), diseases said to be characteristic of women and men respectively, which is surprising since somaroga is always described as occurring in women only. Chapter six is remarkable on account of its insistence on the importance of kapharaktātisāra (4.6–7 and 9)673 and kapharaktapravāhaṇa (10–12).674 Among the verses of the same chapter devoted to pravāhaṇa (10–15) there is one which mentions bimbiśī (14).675 Chapter eight has a verse on the treatment of śayyāmūtra (14). Uncommon diseases from the remaining chapters are svedamasūrikā (11.24),676 aṣṭapadaḥ infesting the human body (11.66–67),677 āśyalūtā (16.79–80),678 karṇakarṇikā (17.6),679 and liṅgalūtā (18.2–3).680 Diseases left unmentioned are upadaṃśa, śūkadoṣa and the kṣudrarogas.