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Principle
Rakta dhatu (blood tissue)
रक्त धातु · रक्तधातु
Blood is counted along with the doshas and called a dosha; because it is vitiated by vāta and the other vitiators, the same blood is also called a tissue (dhātu).
Principle
Dhatus (seven body tissues)
धातु (सप्त धातु) · सप्तधातु
The introduction says the gross dhātus appear in increasing order as animal bodies become more complex: some creatures have only rasa and rakta, some rasa, rakta and māṁsa, and some rasa,…
Principle
Rasa dhatu (nutrient plasma)
रस धातु · रसधातु
The text defines rasa as the extremely subtle essence of food that is made of the five elements, of four kinds, endowed with the six tastes, with eight or two kinds of potency and many…
Mineral
Red ochre (gairika)
गेरू (गैरिक) · गैरिक
Principle
Causes of disease (nidana)
निदान (रोग का कारण) · निदान
The publisher's note says that disease coming to the body depends on karma, but that by the use of the pure medicines described in the book even asātā (painful experience) turns into sātā…
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…
Principle
Stages of poisoning (visha vega)
विष के वेग · विषवेग
The verse says the poison, carried by vata from one dhatu to another, produces the successive stages, seven in all.