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Arbuda is described as a fleshy lump in the muscles of any part of the body from aggravated vata, blood, pitta, kapha and fat; dominated by kapha and fat, it does not suppurate and is hard…

Chapter 15 describes twenty-eight ear diseases arising mainly from aggravated vata, alone or with other doshas, and treats them by dosha with ear oils, fomentation, washes and other…

Chapter 15 counts thirty-one nasal diseases, among them pinasa, putinasya, nasapaka, puyarakta, diptanasa, kshavathu, bhramshathu, nasal blockage, discharge and dryness, and nasal tumours,…

Alkali is said always to follow the properties of urine.

The external kind of kshara, applied to or dripped on outer parts of the body, is to be used in skin diseases, tumours, sinus tracts, nyaccha, fistula-in-ano, external worms and poisons,…

The same oil and ghee are said to benefit malignant tumours, sinus ulcers, piles, breast injuries, boils, purulent ear, prameha, kushtha, kacchu, dadru, apachi and worms.

Oil or ghee, or both, cooked with the paste and decoction of some twenty-five drugs, many of them sharp or toxic, used in the bhagandara wound; said to relieve pain and quickly cleanse and…

Alkali is said always to share the properties of urine. It overcomes kushtha, tumours, nodules, kilāsa, painful urination, piles, corrupted wounds and all worm diseases, and by its fiery…

An ear abscess that ripens and bursts leaves the ear wet and putrid (karnapaka); tumours, swellings, abscesses and piles also arise in the ear and carry those names.

Tumours, piles and swellings in the nose are treated with the drugs already described; any other nasal disease is treated by a skilled physician after weighing dosha strength and curability.

Kushtha, tumours, nodules, kilāsa, painful urination, piles, corrupted wounds and all worm diseases; by its fiery power it burns the body.