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Body-channels (srotas-vimana)

8 (3). Of the channels that carry the nutrient body-fluid, the heart and the ten arteries comprise the zone Of the channels that convey the blood, the liver and the spleen comprise the zone. Of the channels that carry the flesh-forming element, the muscles and the skin comprise the zone. Of the channels that carry the fat-forming el…

The Eight Abdominal affections (udara-roga)

…ies of edema are those due to (1) Vata, (2) Pitta and (3) Kapha. The three varieties of leprosy are those that are (1) red, (2) coppery and (3) white. The three varieties of hemothermia are those (1) affecting the upper channels (2) affecting the lower channels and (3) affecting both the channels.

The therapeutics of Vata Diseases (vatavyadhi-cikitsa)

59-60½. The provocation of Vata is due to diminution of body-elements or due to obstruction to its normal circulation caused by occlusion in the body-channels. The Vata, Pitta and Kapha circulate through all the body-channels and spaces. The Vata, on account of its quality of subtleness, is really the impeller of the other two humors. When the Vata is provoked, it agitates the other two humors and throwing them about here and there, causes occlusion of the body chan…

Disorders affecting the Three Vital Regions in the body (trimarma-sddhi)

4. As regards the bladder, located as it is in the perineum amidst the channels carrying the semen and the urine, it is the seat of urinary secretion and also the resort of all the channels conveying the aqueous element even as the ocean is the resort of all the rivers of the earth. With a network of channels known as vital ones emanating from these centres, the body is pervaded, even as…

The Various kinds of Food and Drink (Ashita-Pita)

5-(1). Of these body-elements known as essential and waste products the body-channels constitute the means of passage. These channels feed the various body elements in the requisite measure and with the appropriate constituents.

The Ten Great-rooted Arteries (Dasha-mahamula) in the Heart (Artha)

…fluid and that wherein the life-breaths are established, Or, it may be, the arteries are so styled, because they fruition in great many ways. They are called (Dhamanya) arteries because they pulsate, (srotānsi [srotāṃsi—srotas]) channels because they convey the essential juices and (sirāḥ [sirāḥ—sirā]) vessels because they conduct the blood etc., from one place to another.

The Pathology of Gulma (gulma-nidana)

…appear milk in the breasts, dark shade on the breasts and the lips, excessive weariness in the eyes, fainting, nausea, longings, edema of the [feet?] slight horripilation of the abdomianl hair, dilatation of the uterine channel and also emanation of bad odor and discharge from the uterine channel. The Gulma pulsates as one whole rounded mass. Such a woman who has not conceived at all, the ignorant declare to be a pregnant woman.

The major chapter on the Formation of the Fetus (garbha-avakranti)

15-(2). The heart of the fetus, taking its rise from the mother, is connected with the mother’s own heart by the channels that carry nourishment; incidentally, inclinations are also conveyed by these channels. Having this fact in view, the wise do not wish to see the fetus baulked of its desires originating either in its own heart or in that of the mother.

The therapeutics of Hemothermia (raktapitta-cikitsa)

23 The etiological factors of hemothermia [raktapitta] affecting the upper channels are mostly unctuous and hot things, and those affecting the lower channels are mostly hot and dry things.

The therapeutics of Abdominal Disease (udara-cikitsa)

20-22. The morbid humors obstructing the channels carrying sweat and water, get accumulated in the abdominal channels and vitiating the Prana and the Apana Vatas and the gastric fire, produce abdominal diseases [udara]. Distension of the abdomen, meteorism, swelling of hands and feet, dullness of the gastric fire, smoothness of the cheeks and emaciation are t…

The therapeutics of Hiccup and Dyspnea (hikka-shvasa-cikitsa)

76. When the vitiated and stagnant Kapha has thus been expelled from the system, the patient attains ease and the body-channels being purified, the Vata moves through the channels unimpeded.

The therapeutics of Cough Disorder (kasa-cikitsa)

6-8. The Vata, getting obstructed in the lower channels, becomes lodged in the upper channels and taking on the function of the Udana Vata, i.e. expiratory function, gets localised in the throat and the chest. Then entering all the cavities in the head, fills them up and causes hunching and convulsive movements of the body, jaws, sides of the neck and eyes. It dist…

The therapeutics of Toxicosis (visha-cikitsa)

65-66. If a man has his channels of Kapha vitiated by poison and the passage of his Vata obstructed by the occlusion of channels and as a result, he breathes like a dying man, but does not show symptoms of incurability, he may be treated in the following manner. A crow-foot-like incision should be made over the top of his scalp and 4 tolas of…

Introduction to the Kalpasthana

4. Of these the act or action of expelling the impurities through the upper channel is known as Emesis, while that of expelling the impurities through the lower channel is known as Purgation. Both being processes of cleansing the bodily impurities, they are known by the common term purgation.

Surgical appliances

…rosia Purpurea, Pers) while the other two are respectively headed like the hood of a serpent and a fish hook. A couple of directors are used for the purpose of withdrawing a foreign matter (Shalya) imbedded in any outer canal of the body (Srotas). The top-ends of these directors are bent down a little, and they resemble a lentil seed in size. Six types of directors or probes are used in cleansing (the pus from an affected part of the human organism) and their top-ends are fitted with caps of loose cotton. The three sorts of directors…

Practical surgical instructions

…ral branches of the science of Medicine, or has perused it in its entirety. In all acts connected with surgical operations of incision, etc. and injection of oil, etc. the pupil should be fully instructed as regards the channels along or into which the operations or applications are to be made (Karma-patha). A pupil, otherwise well read, but uninitiated into the practice (of medicine or surgery) is not competent (to take in hand the medical or Surgical treatment of a disease). The art of making specific forms of incision should be tau…

Alkaline cautery

…it for being cauterised with alkalis. Moreover their application is not to be sanctioned over the veins, nerves, joints, gristles or tender bones or cartilages, sutures, arteries, throat, umbilicus, genitals, regions of Srotas (external channels), parts covered over with a thin layer of flesh, inside the nails and other vulnerable parts of the body, nor in diseases of the eyes, excepting those which affect the eyelids.

Knowledge of doshas etc

…e of semen by phlegm and fatty deposits; and the growth of the rest of the root-principles of the body such as, lymph chyle, albumen, semen, etc., is considerably arrested owing to the deposit of fatty matter within the channels of the internal passages of the body, thus seriously affecting his bodily strength. An obese or excessively corpulent person is likely to be afflicted with any of the following diseases such as, urethral discharges, eruptions, boils, carbuncles, fever, fistula in ano, or with any of the diseases which are caus…

Knowledge of foreign bodies

…d swelling of a vein mark a case of an arrow-lodged vein. An upheaval and swelling of its fibres together with intense pain characterise a case where the shaft (Shalya) has lodged in a ligament. The internal passages or channels (Srota) of the body are choked up and become inoperative, when the shaft is lodged in any one of them. A flow of red and frothy blood with a gurgling sound, accompanied by thirst, nausea, and aching of the limbs, sets in when the arrow is lodged in an artery (Dhamani). Similarly, pain and swelling of diverse k…

Diagnosis of diseases of nervous system

The disease occurs only when the deranged Vayu, either singly or surcharged with the Kapha, stuffs the sound-carrying channels (Srota) of the ears. 68.

Canal do alimento

Amlapitta é uma doença de Annavaha Srotas, e suas características principais são Urodaha, Avipaka, Tikta Amla Udgara etc. As condições crônicas podem causar Kotha, Kandu, Mandala etc., e condição pode estar correlacionada com desordens ácido-pépticas.

Canal intestinal

Linha de tratamento geral prescrita para Purishavaha Srotas.

Olhos

Abhishyanda é definida como uma doença em que há Sroto Syandana (secreções) em todos os canais da cabeça e pescoço. Inflamação da conjuntiva é classicamente definida como hiperemia conjuntival associada à secreção, que pode ser aquosa, mucóide, mucopurulenta ou purulenta.