Vagbhata completes the "Great Three" (Brhatrayi) of Ayurveda, with his predecessors, Caraka and Susruta. His identity and period are controversial but a major section of the scholarly community believes that he was a native of Sindh, who lived in the sixth century and write Astangahrdayam and Astangasngraha. The two texts frankly acknowledge the authority of Samhitas of Caraka and Susruta and closely follow in the footsteps of the earlier masters. The Legacy of Vagbhata is based on a study of Astangahrdayam and employs a thematic approach with the plentiful use of tables. As in the earlier volumes on Caraka and Susruta, great care has been taken in this volume on Vagbhata to maintain fidelity to the original text while ensuring easy readability for the students of Ayurveda, medicine and the sciences.
Author(s): M. S. Valiathan
Publisher: Universities Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 0
Tags: Medicine, Ayurveda, Vagbhata,
Dedication
Transliteration Chart
Contents
Preface
Quotes from Vāgbhaṭa
List of Figures
Introduction
Āyurveda—an overview
A code for healthy conduct
Life in harmony with seasons
Liquids as food
Food
Food safety
Measure of food for health
Pañcabhūtas as the stuff of existence
Tastes
Doṣas tissues
Doṣas
Procreation pregnancy and fetal development
Disorders of pregnancy
Body parts and functions
Vital spots
Management of perturbed doṣas
Increasing
Groups of drugs for evacuative and other measures
Herbal drugs
Lubricant therapy
Fomentation
Emesis and purgation
Emetics and purgatives; medicinal formulations; complications
Enemas
More on enemas
Nasal purging
Other procedures: smoking
Procedures for eye care
Blunt instruments
Sharp instruments
Venesection
Removal of foreign bodies
Surgical operations
Cauterisation
Causation and clinical course of diseases
Fevers
Pitta-induced bleeding disease
Cough
Shortness of breath; hiccup
Phthisis and allied conditions
Alcoholic intoxication
Diarrhea
Bowel disorder
Polyurias
Abscess
Disease of pallor
Vāta disorders
Vāta-induced blood disorders gout-like disorders
Swelling
Cellulitis
Disease caused by suppression of physical urges
Care of the newborn
Diseases of children
Diseases in children caused by evil spirits
Superhuman power in humans
Insanity
Seizure disorder
Poisons: fixed and mobile
Snake bites
Bites by insects spiders
Poisoning by bites of rats dogs
Piles
Urinary obstruction
Scrotal swelling
Gaseous lumps of the abdomen
Abdominal swelling
Leprosy
Leucoderma
Worm infestation
Ulcers
Fractures and dislocations
Rectal fistula
Glandular swellings tumours filarial swelling cervical glandular swellings sinus ulcer
Diseases of the genital organs
Minor diseases
Diseases of the ear
Diseases of the nose
Oral diseases
Diseases of the head
Diseases of eyelids
Diseases of the fornix sclera and cornea
Vision defects
Blindness due to the disorders of lens
Global diseases of the eye
Signs of imminent death
Messengers omens dreams
Rejuvenant therapy
Virilising therapy
Epilogue
Botanical Names
