A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.502

v4.c57.502

48 See Ca.Ci.15.47 (Cakrapāṇidatta's commentary appears to quote, without referring to it by name, Mādhavanidāna 50.2), A.h.Ni.5.42 = A.s.Ni.5.44, and Indu ad A.s.Sū.13.2. The Carakasaṃhitā (Sū.26.103) mentions amlapitta as a disorder (vikāra) caused by the use of substances with a salt taste; the same work refers to it as a disorder brought about by the ingestion of disagreeing foods (56.103). Dalhaṇa (ad Su.Sū.21.11) remarks that some regard amlapitta as a disease. The Bheḷasaṃhitā (Kalpasthāna 6.11) mentions amlapitta once as a vikāra. Noteworthy is a remark by Indu (ad A.s.Sū.5.27–34ab), who says that pramīlaka is the same as amlapitta, also called pitta-viṣūcikā. See on amlapitta in āyurvedic literature: S.N. Tripathi and R.N. Mishra (1962): 94–107; V.K. Tripathi and K. Kanta (1980). See on a contemporary āyurvedic interpretation of amlapitta: A. Bottéro (1991): 306–307.