A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s33.t2.2

v3.c43.s33.t2.2

A noteworthy feature is the addition of chapters on bhasmaka, bradhna, and snāyuka, diseases that are not separately dealt with in Vṛnda's Siddhayoga and the Cakradatta. Vaṅgasena describes the pathogenesis, symptoms and therapy of bhasmaka, a disorder characterized by an excessive activity of the digestive fire. 1539 Bradhna is described together with kuraṇḍa, two disorders with swelling of the inguinal canal and the scrotum as their chief symptom. The verse on bradhna is identical with that on vardhma in Vṛnda's Siddhayoga (40.20); kuraṇḍa, said to differ from bradhna in being painless, is added from an unknown source. The treatment of bradhna is the same as that of Vṛnda's vardhma, apart from one extra recipe. 1540 Formulae against kuraṇḍa are absent. The characterization of snāyuka is a somewhat expanded version of the description found in the Siddhayoga (55.15–17); its treatment, partly the same as in the Siddhayoga, is more elaborate.