A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s6.11

v3.c43.s6.11

This list shows that jvaracikitsā has been detached from kāyacikitsā and netracikitsā from śālākyatantra as separate items, making a total of ten divisions as against the traditional eight, and that a section on pañcakarman has been added, as well as one called uttaratantra. This last section specifies what is the best medicine in each group of diseases. The first two verses are of an introductory nature. Appended to the main body are lines of a more general purport, describing causes of excitation of the doṣas (103–105) and of āma (106), the relations between the seasons and the doṣas (107), and general measures of counteracting excitation of the doṣas (108–109). The treatise ends with two concluding verses.