Hindu Medicine c5.s3.72

c5.s3.72

which wind prevails.” An elaborate doctrine of the virtues of all food stuffs is evolved; their qualities are determined by the experiences of the organism in tasting and digesting them. Through their “saps” or “flavors” these various substances are related to the individual substances of the humors, and “a detailed system of the affinities to be traced between these saps and the three humors constitutes the foundation of Hindu dietetics and therapy.”³⁰