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 1 Ch.Sam.Eng. Page Subject Page 5 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 2 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 Page Sabject The Fifteen Applications in Dermatoele Pa 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 14 " 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 Page Subject Pa 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 75 81 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 1013 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 P 10 2 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