A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c58.164

v4.c58.164

769 The therapy of the eye diseases is arranged according to the three doṣas and blood as causative factors (15.255–273). Blood is regarded as both a doṣa and a dhātu (3.61). Cf. 3.67, where blood is described as a doṣa. In many instances, however, blood is said to be corrupted by the doṣas (e.g., 9.15 and 35).