[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v2.c34.230 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.230 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.230 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.230) The liver, gall-bladder ( क्लोम ), spleen and lungs are referred to the blood; the intestines to the blood, lymph and bile; the kidneys to the blood and fat; the testicles to the blood, lymph and fat; the heart to the blood and lymph; and the tongue to the lymph, blood and flesh. Váyu, with the accompaniment of animal heat, impels the ‘currents’ ( स्रोतांसि ) in the system; Váyu acting on the flesh gives rise to the muscles, and it is Váyu again, which, with the essence of fat ( or marrow ), produces the nerves, arteries and tendons. ( तस्य खलु शुक्रशोणितस्य अभिपच्यमानस्य क्षीरस्येव सन्तानिकाः सप्तत्वचो भवन्ति ।—कलाः खल्वपि सप्त सम्भवन्ति । यथाहि सारः काष्ठेषु छिद्यमानेषु दृश्यते । तासां प्रथमा मांसधरा । द्वितीया रक्तधरा । तृतीया मेधधरा । चतुर्थी श्लेष्मधरा । पञ्चमी पुरीषधरा । षष्ठी पित्तधरा । सप्तमी शुक्रधरा ।—गर्भस्य यकृत्प्लीहानौ शोणितजौ ।—et seq. Susruta, S’árírasthána, Chap. IV.— रसाद्रक्तं ततो मांसं मांसान्मेदः प्रजायते । मेदसोरस्थि ततो मज्जा मज्जः शुक्रस्य सम्भवः । Sútrasthána, Chap. XIV). - [Previous: v2.c34.229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.229) - [Next: v2.c34.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.231) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34) ## Cites (1) - [Suśrutasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta-school.susruta.3.4) — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.230) · Pramāṇa