Hindu Medicine c8.205

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c8.205

Blood originates from chyle. Then blood is transformed into flesh. From flesh originates fat; from fat the substance of the bones comes into being. The bones are the source of marrow; from marrow springs semen. Thus the essential extract of food and drink satisfies (successively) the vital components (dhātu) of the organism.

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