A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s45.18

v3.c44.s45.18

Some diseases or groups of diseases are not separately dealt with: svarabheda, mūrcchā, pānātyaya, dāha, unmāda, apasmāra, vātavyādhi, bhagna, nāḍīvraṇa, upadaṃśa, śūkadoṣa, masūrikā, and kṣudraroga. A children’s disease added is phullikā (6.84) or utphullikā (6.80). The substantive vāri is used in the sense of vāri (water).²⁵⁵ Some noteworthy drugs prescribed are akalla (6.18), hīrākaśī (6.31),²⁵⁶ kabāba (6.4), kokamba (6.41),²⁵⁷ mārkaṇḍī (1.62; 6.96),²⁵⁸ māyāphala²⁵⁹ (6.31), śīrṣataila²⁶⁰ (5.38, 39, 48, 49), and vāvidanga (3.4).²⁶¹