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Principle
Omens (shakuna)
शकुन
A messenger who comes to call the physician very emaciated, deficient or excessively dark, rough-bodied or sick, holding a sword or other weapon or a staff, weeping at twilight and…
Topic
Auspicious omens
शुभ शकुन · शुभशकुन
At departure, calm quarters and the sounds of drums, kettledrums, conch, rain-clouds, flute and mṛdaṅga are good signs, as is meeting, face to face, an umbrella, a banner, a prince, a…
Topic
Inauspicious omens
अशुभ शकुन · अशुभशकुन
When the physician sets out for the patient's house, agitation, a sneeze, words of obstruction ('bind', 'stop', 'shut'), rivalry, stumbling, anger, great distress, an attack on the village,…
Principle
Life span (ayu)
आयु (जीवन काल) · आयु
The commentary says gods born in the upapāda bed and those attaining a final or excellent body obtain, by their merit, long-lived bodies that poison, weapons and the like cannot cut short,…
Condition
Abnormal vaginal discharge and bleeding (pradara)
प्रदर
Asrigdara (pradara) is described as menstrual blood mixed with vata and pitta flowing from the vagina outside the menstrual period, caused by heat, miscarriage, excessive intercourse or…
Condition
Breast-milk disorders (stanya dosha)
स्तन्य दोष (दूध के दोष) · स्तन्यदोष
Verse 61 directs that the many diseases of the breast be treated by dosha, with stage-wise treatment of any swelling.
Condition
Disorders in pregnancy (garbhini roga)
गर्भिणी रोग · गर्भिणीरोग
Excessive riding in vehicles, much walking, slipping, sexual intercourse, falls and blows are said to dislodge the fetus from the uterus so that it falls, as fruit falls from a tree; this…
Condition
Gynaecological disorders (yoniroga)
योनिरोग (स्त्री रोग) · योनिरोग
The text treats yoni diseases by dosha; an editorial note gives their causes (wrong diet and conduct, vitiated menstrual blood, semen defects, fate) and twenty kinds, five each from vata,…
Condition
Obstructed labour (mudhagarbha)
मूढगर्भ
After the vata diseases, chapter 12 turns to obstructed labour (mudhagarbha): its arising from aggravated apana vata, its danger to life and the ways the fetus may present.
Condition
Post-natal disorders (sutika roga)
सूतिका रोग · सूतिकारोग
With the vata-reducing measures described, the pregnant woman, the newly delivered woman and the child are to be brought to comfort with great effort, and the child is then to be nourished.
Principle
Principles of treatment (chikitsa sutra)
चिकित्सा सूत्र · चिकित्सासूत्र
The introduction says the secret of treatment is to perform the particular action by which the body's dhātus return to balance (a footnote quotes Caraka Sūtra to this effect); the whole…
Condition
Infertility (vandhyatva)
वंध्यत्व (बांझपन) · वन्ध्यत्व
Question
According to chapter 1, what should the physician ascertain before starting treatment, and by what means?
प्रथम परिच्छेद के अनुसार चिकित्सा आरम्भ करने से पहले वैद्य को क्या जानना चाहिए और किन साधनों से?
The patient's span of life, learnt through questions, portents, omens, scripture, astrology, dreams and the words of those with divine knowledge.
Topic
Method of treatment: judging the life span first
चिकित्सा पद्धति · चिकित्सापद्धति
The physician should first learn the patient's span of life through questions, portents, omens, scripture, astrology (ascendant and lunar conjunctions), dreams and the words of those with…
Topic
The rule for beginning treatment
चिकित्सा आरंभ करने का नियम · चिकित्सा करने का नियम
A skilled, qualified physician approved by the king should begin treatment on a suitable lunar day, weekday, lunar mansion, yoga, karaṇa and muhūrta, while the moon and stars are strong,…