[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948) › c8.205 # Hindu Medicine c8.205 Hindu Medicine c8.205 - **Language:** English ### [c8.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.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. - [Previous: c8.204](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.204) - [Next: c8.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.206) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.205) · Pramāṇa