A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c47.153

v3.c47.153

Section one deals with anatomy, the āvartas, puṇḍras and puspas, the colours of horses, their age, smell, sattva, chāyā, etc. Section two describes therapeutic measures such as sneha, sveda, abhyaṅga, dhūmapāna, nirūha, śirāvedha (bloodletting, etc.) Section three consists of a collection of kalpas. Section four enumerates more than 180 diseases, many of which cannot easily be identified.