CONTENTS:-
I. THE SECTION ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES:
Chapter 1:
i. The Quest for Longevity
ii. Bharadwaja Goes to Indra to Learn the Science of Life
iii. Indra Imparts the Science to Bharadwaja...
Chapter 2:
i. The Seeds of Rough Chaff
ii. The Virtues of Errhination
iii. Emetic Drugs...
Chapter 3:
i. The Purging Cassia
ii. The Fifteen Applications in Dermatosis
iii. The Five Applications in Vata...
Chapter 4:
i. Six Hundred Purgative Preparations
ii. Their Six Sources
iii. The Five Substrata of Decoctives...
Chapter 5:
i. Eat in Measure
ii. Measure Relative to Gastric Fire
iii. The Measure of Food...
Chapter 6:
i. The Regimen of Man
ii. Seasonal Homologation
iii. The Seasonal Divisions of the Year...
Chapter 7:
i. Non-restraint of Urges
ii. The Urges that are not to be Restrained
iii. The Evils of Restraining the Urge...
Chapter 8:
i. The Discipline of the Senses
ii. The Description of the Senses
iii. The Indication of the Mind...
Chapter 9:
i. The Four Pillars of Treatment
ii. The Definition of Health and of Disease...
Chapter 10:
i. The Major Chapter on the Four-fold Basic Factors of Therapeusis
ii. The Adequacy of the Basic Factors of Health...
Chapter 11:
i. The Three Pursuits of Man
ii. The Pursuit of Life
iii. The Pursuit of Wealth...
Chapter 12:
i. The Salutary and the Unsalutary Influences of Vata
ii. The Discussion among the Sages
iii. The Exciting Factors of Vata...
Chapter 13:
i. Oleation Therapy
ii. Agnivesa's Queries Regarding Oleation...
Chapter 14:
i. The Sudation Therapy
ii. The Virtues of Sudation Procedure...
Chapter 15:
i. The Armamentarium of the Physician
ii. Purpose of the Armamentarium...
Chapter 16:
i. The Fully Equipped Physician
ii. The Merits of Purification Administered by an Expert
Chapter 17:
i. How Many are the Diseases of the Head?
ii. Agnivesa's Query Regarding the Diseases of the Head...
Chapter 18:
i. The Three Kinds of Edema
ii. The Varieties of Edema...
Chapter 19:
i. The Eight Abdominal Affections
ii. The Enumeration of Diseases...
Chapter 20:
i. The Major List of Diseases
ii. The Four Classes of Diseases
Chapter 21:
i. The Eight Censured Persons
ii. The Eight Censured Types of Man...
Chapter 22:
i. Lightening and Roborant Therapies
ii. Lightening, Roborant and Other Therapies and the Six Treatments...
Chapter 23:
i. Impletion-therapy
ii. The need for the Impletion - Therapy; the Disorders Due to Indulgence in Impletion...
Chapter 24:
i. The Blood Derived through Systematic Regimen
ii. The Blood Derived from a Regimen is Pure...
Chapter 25:
i. The Origin of Man and Disease
ii. Discussion among Sages
Chapter 26:
i. The Discussion between Atreya and Bhadrakapya
ii. The Discussion among Sages Regarding Tastes...
Chapter 27:
i. Diet and Dietetics
ii. The Natural Qualities of Water etc
Chapter 28:
i. The Various Kinds of food and Drink
ii. The Effects of Food and Drink
Chapter 29:
i. The Ten Resorts of Life
ii. The Ten Vital Regions
Chapter 30:
i. The Ten Great Rooted Arteries in the Heart
ii. The Synonyms for the Heart...
II. THE SECTION ON Pathology:
Chapter 1:
i. Synonyms for Etiology and the Threefold Nature of Etiology
ii. The Varieties of Disease...
Chapter 2:
i. Hemothermia
ii. The Etiology and Onset of Hemothermia...
Chapter 3:
i. The Enumeration of Gulma Conditions
ii. The Differential Diagnosis...
Chapter 4:
i. Anomalies of Urinary Secretion
ii. The Number of the Urinary Disorders...
Chapter 5:
i. The Pathology of Dermatosis in Brief
ii. Classification into Seven Groups...
Chapter 6:
i. The Four Resorts of Consumption
ii. Rash Acts as Causative Factor...
Chapter 7:
i. The Pathology of Insanity
ii. The Number of its Varieties...
Chapter 8:
i. Epilepsy
ii. The Number of its Varieties...
III. THE SECTION ON SPECIFIC DETERMINATION OF MEASURE:
Chapter 1:
i. Specific Determination of Taste
ii. The Proper Utilization of All Six Tastes...
Chapter 2:
i. The Three Divisions of the Stomach Capacity
ii. Measure of Food in Respect of Quantity...
Chapter 3:
i. Epidemics
ii. Herbs to be Gathered before Epidemics Set in...
Chapter 4:
i. The Three Methods of Investigation
ii. Investigation by Testimony...
Chapter 5:
i. Body-channels
ii. General Description
iii. The Source of the Channels...
Chapter 6:
i. Nosology
ii. Numerability and Otherwise of Diseases
Chapter 7:
i. The Condition of the Disease
ii. Knowledge of the Acute or Mild Condition of Disease Essential for Treatment...
Chapter 8:
i. The Treatment of Disease
ii. Selection of Texts
iii. Selection of the Teacher...
IV. THE SECTION ON HUMAN EMBODIMENT:
i. The Classification of Man
ii. Agnivesas Queries
iii. The Different Classifications of Man
iv. Man Composed of Twenty-four Elements
v. The Existence of the Mind
vi. Its Objects
vii. Its Action...
V. THE SECTION ON SENSORIAL PROGNOSIS:
i. Prognosis from Voice and Complexion
ii. The Two Kinds of Tests...
VI. THE SECTION ON THERAPEUTICS:
i. Vitalization
ii. Two Kinds of Medicine
iii. Two Modes of Vitalization
iv. The Purificatory Procedure...
VII. THE SECTION ON PHARMACEUTICS:
i. Emetic Nut
ii. Synopsis of the Section
iii. The Methods of Purgation
iv. Six Hundred Purgative Preparations
v. The Varieties of Land...
VIII. THE SECTION ON Success IN TREATMENT:
i. Successful Line of Treatment
ii. Agnivesa's Inquiry
iii. Symptoms of Right, under and Over Action of Emesis and Purgation...
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