Madhava Nidana

CONTENTS
Pañca Nidana Lakşaņam
Invocation
Nidana
Pürvarupa (Premonitary symptom)
Rupa (The symptomatology)
Upasaya (The positive trial)
Samprapti (The pathogenesis)
CHAPTER 2
Jvara Nidānam
Modern Perspectives on
Fever or Pyrexia
Prodromal features of fever Signs and symptoms of
the vata type of fever
Signs and symptoms of
the pitta type of fever Signs and symptoms of kapha type of fever
Signs and symptoms of vata-pitta type of fever Signs and symptoms of
Vāta-Śleşmā type of fever Features of signs and symp-
toms of Śleşmā-pitta type of fever
Signs and symptoms of Sannipata fever
The dosa relation in the Agantu (accidental) fevers
Onset of vişama jvara (irregular fever)
Dhātu-relationship of irregular fevers
Caturthaka viparyaya (Reversal of quartan fever)
1 Vātabalāsaka fever
10 Pralepaka fever Fevers where half of the body
29 Šitapurva (starting with cold)
22 is afflicted by temperature
Dahapurva (starting with burning sensation) fevers Dhātu (tissue) based fevers Internal and external fevers
Ama (undigested), Pacya-
māna (digesting) and Nirāma (digested) fevers
Curability of fever Incurability of fever
Premonitory symptoms of relief of fever
Signs and symptoms on relief of fever
CHAPTER 3
Atisāra Nidānam
Pathogenesis of diarrhoea Prodromal features of diarrhoea
Vata type of diarrhoea Pitta type of diarrhoea
Śleşmā (kapha) type of diarrhoea
Diarrhoea of dosa-triad
Diarrhoea due to grief Diarrhoea due to Ama
Time of bouts of irregular fever
(Undigested stuff)
Charateristics of ama
afflicted and pakva faeces
Rakimira
Phi (Dysentery) Varieties of Premihika
Symptoms of elimination of
dharhoea
Modern Perspectives on
diarrhoea
Etiological agents lofections
causing diarrhoea
Viral couses: Bacterial causes, Other causes:
CHAPTER4
Grahani Roga Nidanam
Pirvaripa (prodromal features) of Grahani
Etiolgy, pathogenesis and
symptomatology Vata type of Grahaniroga
Pitta type of Grahaniruga
Kapha type of Grahaniroga
Sprue caused by all the
three of the dosas
Sannipatagrahaniroga
Prognosis of Grahaniroga
Symptomatology of vam
type of piles
Symptomatology of pina
type of piles
Symptornatology of
Slezma type of piles
Symptomatology of Sannipata (tridosaja)nd
Sahaja (congenital) piles Association of vafo and kapha in Bleeding piles
Premonitary symptoms of Aria (piles)
The role of piles in troubling the whole body
175 Prognosis of the disease of
piles Complications of the piles.
disease
Carmakila (wart)
Modern Perspectives on arsa or piles
Various degrees of
hemorrhoids.
CHAPTER 6
Modern perspectives on sprue
Agnimändya, Ajirņa, Visücil Alasaka and Vilambika Nidanam
CHAPTER 5
Arsa Nidanam
Sangraha Grahani &
Ghatiyantra Grahani Samprapti (Pathogenesis)
of Arsa (piles)
The Etiolgy of vata
type of piles
Varieties of indigestion Varieties of digestive fire Etiolgy/causative factors of
Etiolgy of pitta type of piles
Etiolgy of kapha type of piles
Etiolgy of piles of dual dosa affliction
Etiolgy of piles of three dosa
afflictions
Afirna Symptomatology of Ajirna
Modern Perspectives Signs and symptoms
Complications of indigestion
Over-eating leads to indigestion
Visuci (gastro-enteritis?)
Symptomatology of Visuci