A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s29.142

v3.c43.s29.142

Śārṅgadhara lists eighty types of vātaroga, forty of pittaroga, and twenty of kapharoga, related to those mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā,¹⁰⁸² but without being identical.¹⁰⁸³ A list of ten raktarogas, completely different from that found in the Carakasaṃhitā,¹⁰⁸⁴ forms also part of Śārṅgadhara’s nosological system; these ten diseases caused by blood are: gaurava (a feeling of heaviness), raktamaṇḍalatā (the appearance of round, red patches on the skin), raktanetratva (red eyes), raktamūtratā (red-coloured urine), raktaniṣṭhīvana (spitting of blood), raktapiḍakādarśana (the appearance of red boils), auṣṇya (a feeling of heat), pīḍā (pain), and pāka (inflammation or suppuration).