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Religious Medicine: The History and Evolution of Indian Medicine »

Authors: Kenneth G. Zysk
ISBN-13: 9781560000761, ISBN-10: 1560000767
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Date Published: January 1993
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Introduction to the Transaction Edition
	Abbreviations
	List of Translated and Annotated Hymns
	List of Ritual Verses Rendered
	List of Illustrations
	Errata
	Introduction to the Original Edition	1
I	Internal Diseases
A	Internal Diseases related to yaksma and/or takman
Ch. 1	yaksma (Consumption; Tuberculosis)	12
Ch. 2	jayanya	18
Ch. 3	ksetriya	20
Ch. 4	rapas	25
Ch. 5	hrddyota (hrdroga) (Chest-pain; Angina pectoris?), hariman (Jaundice)	29
Ch. 6	balasa (Swelling)	32
Ch. 7	takman (Fevers; Malaria, etc.)	34
Ch. 8	kasa (kas) (Cough)	45
Ch. 9	The General Removal of Internal Diseases Related to yaksma and takman	46
B	Internal Diseases not closely related to yaksma and/or takman
Ch. 10	amiva	49
Ch. 11	viskandha-samskandha (Tetanus?)	54
Ch. 12	Ascites	59
Ch. 13	Insanity	62
Ch. 14	krimi (Worms)	64
Ch. 15	Urine-Retention (and Constipation)	70
II	External Diseases
Ch. 16	Broken Limbs and Flesh Wounds	72
	Broken Bones, Fractures and Wounds	72
	Flesh Wounds Characterized by Bleeding	75
Ch. 17	Blood-Loss	79
Ch. 18	Skin Disorders	81
	kilasa (Discoloration of the Skin; Leukoderma)	81
	apacits (Rash with Pustules)	82
	Hair-Loss	86
III	Medicines
Ch. 19	Water (ap)	90
Ch. 20	jalasa, Rudra's Medicine against Rudra's Disease	93
Ch. 21	Simples	96
	Textual Annotations	103
	Appendix I: Sanskrit Names of Plants with Botanical Equivalents	257
	Appendix II: Bibliographical Essay	261
	Specialized Bibliography	277
	Index of Sanskrit Text-Places	291
	Index of Sanskrit Words	300
	General Index	308