Caraka Samhita

THE CARAKA SAMHITĀ INDEX
1. The Section on General Principles
CHAPTER I
The Quest for Longevity Bharadwaja goes to Iudra to learn the Science of Life Indra imparts the Science to Bharadwaja
The Spread of the Science on Farth
What is the Science of Life?
The Synonyms for Life
The Superior Excellence of the
Science
The General and the Particular
The Subject Matter of the Science Substances and their two Classifications
Qualities and Actions
Co-existence defined
Substance, Quality and Action defined
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The Objective of the Science
The Complex of Disease factors
The Two Resorts of Disease
The Nature of the Spirit
1 Somatic and Psychic Disease-factors..
The Humors, their Qualities and Corrective Measures
2 Taste, its Manifestation and Variety
3 Taste in Relation to Humoral
4 Provocation
Drugs, their Potency and Source
Animal Substances
Mineral Substances
The Vegetable Group
The Sixteen Rooters, Their Name and Actions
The Nineteen Fruiters, Their
5 Names and Actions
The Tetrad of Unctuous Substances
" The Pentad of Salts
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Subject
The Detail of Urines
The Oetad of Milke
The Triad of Milky Plants and their Actions
The Triad of Rarks and their Aetions
BUIRA STRANA
The Virtnes of the Knowledge of Drugs
The Evils of Ignorance
The Qualities of the Medical Man and of Medicine
The Right Medicine
The True Physician
Summary
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The Fifteen Applications in Dermatoele
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The Five Applications in Vata
10
The Five in Rheumatic Conditions
The Two in Cephalagia
11
The Appliestion in Pleurodynia The Two Refrigerant Applications
One Application in Algid Condition
One in Toxicosis
One in Dermic morbidity and
One in Body-fetor
Summary
CHAPTER II
The Seeds of Rough Chaff
12
CHAPTER IV
Six Hundred Purgative Preparations
Their Six Sources
The Five Substrata of Decoctives
The Five Modes of Their Preparation
Unctuous Enemata Drugs used in Corrective and
13 Five Hundred Foremost Decoctives explained in Brief
The Virtues of Errhination
Emetic Drugs
Purgative Drugs
The Virtue of Pharmaceutical Knowledge
The Twenty-eight gruels
Summary
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19 „Laxatives
The Same explained in Extenso
The Decad of Life-Promoters
CHAPTER IN
37 Digestive-Stimulants
The Purging Cassia
,, Roborants
Revulsives
Synthesizers
Strength-promoters
SIDDHI STHANA
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Subject
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Subject
Subjects fit and unfit for the procedures
CHAPTER X
Thorny milk-hedge Qualities, varleties and methods of usage Varions preparations
Summary
954
CHAPTER II
Summary
955
CHAPTER XI
Summary
Soap-pod and elenolepis Synonyms and qualities
Various preparations
CHAPTER XII
955
Enema-tube
The material and size etc.. of enema-tube Method, complications, diet etc.
956
Summary
957
CHAPTER IV
Red physic-nut and physic-nut Synonyms, parts used and qualities,,
Complications of unctuous enema
Various preparations
958
Matră enema
Recipes, synonyms and treatmen
Summary
960
Summary
Miscellany of Instruction
Table of measures
965
Relative measures of liquids and solids
CHAPTER V
I'wo types of measure
Resume of the section
966
Vill The Section on Success in Treatment
CHAPTER I
Successful line of treatment
967
Agniveśa's inquiry
Symptoms of right under and over action of emesis and purgation
969
All about enemata
Summary
CHAPTER II
Quirary procedures
Complications of euema-tube Avoidable tubes and their evils
Evils of wrongful euemas and their administration
Treatment
Summary
CHAPTER VI
Complications of emesis and purgation
Time and method of purgation
Signs of successful purification
Ten complications
Symptoms of proper under and over action of the proce
age
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Subject
Treatment of complications.
Summary
CHAPTER VII
Complications of enema
Twelve complications and their treatment
The cleansing effect of the enema
Summary
CHAPTER VIII
The Prasita preparation 36 varieties of diarrhea and the remedial recipes Summary
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CHAPTER IX
The three vital regions Protection of vital regions Pathology and treatment of vital affections
Summary
CHAPTER X
Successful enema therapy Qualities of enema
Varieties of enema and their application
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SIDDHI STIHΑΝΑ
The measure of emetic nut How enema cleanses the whole body
CHAPTER XI
Summary
Enema application in animal Perpetual ailers and their treatment
Summary
CHAPTER XII
The best kinds of enema
After-treatment for a patient after purificatory therapy Signs of restoration to health Contra-indications in one that has not regained health Treatment of complications
The various Yapana enemata Virilific unctuous enemata
Treatment of non-action and over-action of Vapana enema Definition of "Siddhi-sthāna" Functions of the redactor Thirty-six canons of the science Merits of knowing the canons Merits accruing from the knowledge of this science