Contents:
List of figures Acknowledgements 1 Introduction The historical context Classical Indian medicine Basic tenets of Ayurveda Practice Literature The choice of texts for the present work The Veda and the roots of Ayurveda The translations The state of the Sanskrit texts Gender Plant names The index Measures Medical terminology 2 Caraka's Compendium Introduction Caraka's date Overview of the contents of the work Influences in the work The passages selected On not suppressing natural urges Urges not to be suppressed Urges which should be suppressed Physical exercise Giving up bad habits Different natural constitutions Waste products Therapeutic principles Preventive therapy Bad and good company Curds Caraka on eight sets of three The three ambitions On rebirth and non-belief The three pillars The three kind of strength The three sources of disease The three diseases The three path of disease The three kind of physician The three kinds of medicine Three kinds of therapy On hospitals The hospital building The staff Supplies On epidemics Corrupt air Corrupt water Corrupt local Corrupt time The root cause of epidemics How corrupt rulers bring about epidemics War as epidemic Legends of the fall The predetermination of lifespan The right and wrong times of dying The principle of allopathy Depletion therapy Patient to be abandoned Locale Summary On heredity Atreya's view Bharadvaja still disagrees Atreya's final rejoinder 3 Susruta's Compendium Introduction Susruta's date Composition to the work The passages selected The use of knives The proper handling of knives Shapes Sizes Good and bad knives Tempering and sharpening the blades Secondary cutting instruments Gaining surgical experience Starting out as a surgeon The qualities of the good surgeon On diagnosis Plastic surgery on the ear and nose Piercing a child's ears Repairs to split ears Preparations and operative procedures Contraindications After-care Massage Inserted section on humoral therapy Symptoms Treatment Rhinoplasty The diagnosis of embedded splinters Symptoms Locating a splinter General diagnostic signs Kinds of splinters The extraction of splinters Yanking out splinters Clearing a blocked windpipe Summary verses Blood and bloodletting The essence of food Metabolism Corrupted blood Bloodletting Susruta on breath and wind Wind diseases Rejuvenation through Soma The different type of Soma The Soma rite The new man The characteristics of Soma Safeguarding food and drink Threats to the king The king's physician The king's kitchens The poisoner Things that get poisoned General measures against poison Stationary poisons The effects of poisons Slow-acting poison The 'invincible' ghee Curing the 'slow-acting' poison 4 The Uses of Garlic (from the Bower Manuscript) Introduction The uses of garlic The divine history of garlic The garlic festival Garlic compounds The universal remedy 5 Kasyapa's Compendium Introduction The date of Kasyapa's Compendium The passage selected Lady Opulence the demoness child-killer Prajapati creates the world Lady Opulence attacks the demons Sin the disease Lady Opulence's victims The many kinds of Childsnatcher Jivaka asks Kasyapa a question Kasyapa tells the story of Lady Opulence Lady Opulence's disguises Rituals for safe pregnancy 6 Vagbhata's Heart of Medicine Introduction The problem of the Sangraha The passage selected Survey of medicine Humours Body tissues and waste products The savours Potency and post-digestive savour The qualities Causes of disease Examination Place and time Use of medicine Four foundation of medicine Classification of disease Patient to be rejected Contents of the work Daily regimen The importance of massage and exercise Desiderata Seasonal regimen The solar and Iunar halves of the year The colder part of the year The hotter part of the year The rainy season Appropriate savours The six savours The outward form of the savours The effect of the savours Example Effect of the savours Combinatorics of savours The system of the humours The humours in their natural state Body tissues in their normal states Waste products in their normal states Increased humours Increased body tissues Increased water matter Diminished humours Diminished body tissues Diminished waste products Treatment Energy (ojas) Lethal points on the body The legs The arms The lower body The head and neck Definition and characterization of lethal points The six classes of lethal point The effects of injury The size of the lethal points The pathological process On insanity Categories of insanity Treatment Possession Preventative measures 7 Sarngadhara's Compendium Introduction Choice of passages On weights, measures and definitions Arrangement of the work Weights and measures in Magadha Weights and measures in Kalinga The quality of ingredients Collecting herbs Pulse, omens, and dreams On taking the pulse Messengers and omens The interpretation of dreams Introduction medicine through the skin Reviving an unconscious person Treatment of sciatica Sarngadhara on the human body Receptacles in the body The seven body tissues and their derivatives Energy The skins The humours Other body parts Internal organs On respiration Staying healthy The origin of the human being References Index of flora, fauna, and medical terms
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