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Ingredient
Human blood
क्षतज
Principle
Embryology and conception (garbha)
गर्भ (गर्भोत्पत्ति) · गर्भ
During her period a woman should, like an ascetic, wholly give up violence and the other four sins and keep silence and similar vows; for three days she avoids garlands, ornaments and…
Principle
Non-violent diet and avoidance of meat in medicine
अहिंसक आहार (मांस निषेध) · मांसनिषेध
The introduction says that the treatment portion of the Kalyāṇakāraka resembles Caraka to a large extent, apart from the parts dealing with honey, wine and meat.
Principle
Tridosha (three doshas)
त्रिदोष सिद्धांत · त्रिदोष
The introduction says every medical system rests on an account of how the body works in health and how it is disordered in disease, and that in Ayurveda the body is made of the three…
Ingredient
Leech
जोंक · जलौका
Leeches are called jalaukas because water is their home (oka) and jalayuka because water is their life (ayu); they are also called jaluka, words that grammarians derive by the prishodaradi…
Topic
Signs of the pundarikamukhi and savarika leeches
पुंडरीकमुखी और सावरिका जोंक के लक्षण · पुंडरीकमुखी, सावरिका लक्षण
The pundarikamukhi has a belly and mouth like a red lotus and a back the colour of green gram. The savarika is eighteen finger-breadths long and dark, with well-known qualities, and is used…