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Opening line of the twenty-fifth chapter, which the running heads of the following pages call the kalpadhikara, the section on special preparations (kalpas). It opens with the kalpas of…

The introduction says no definite time can be given for the origin of Ayurveda, the science of life, because the need for it begins wherever living beings have life; since it is essential…

Opening line of the twenty-fifth chapter, which the running heads of the following pages call the kalpadhikara, the section on special preparations (kalpas). It opens with the kalpas of…

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.

The publisher's note says that the speech of the Vītarāga Lord contains Ayurveda for the sake of religious practice, but that because of the faults of the present age many of those…

Vata is presented as the root cause of many local and whole-body diseases. Each of the five vayus, aggravated in its own seat, causes the diseases of that seat; joined with kapha, pitta or…

Emesis every fifteen days, strong purgation every month, bloodletting every six days and head purgation every three days are called the course for all kushtha. Without further headings the…