A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s29.151

v3.c43.s29.151

II.12.114; = unmatta: II.12.196), vatsanābha (II.12.117), and viṣamuṣṭi (II.12.196) are not uncommon. Cannabis (bhaṅgā, vijayā) rather often occurs in prescriptions (I.4.20; 7.203; II.6.72; 12.256). 1106 Some new uses of single and compound drugs are mentioned by Śārṅgadhara. 1107 A therapeutic technique, already described in the Carakasaṃhitā (Ci.23.66) and consisting of the rubbing of drugs into an artificial wound on the head, has been adopted and developed by Śārṅgadhara; he employs this type of treatment in cases of saṃnipāta and snake-bite (II.12.121–127ab), as well as in several vāta diseases (III.11.101cd–102).