Jatharagni and Agnimandya in the Bhavaprakasha: How Food Becomes Body - Amashaya, Kledaka Kapha, Pachaka Pitta and the Grahani (Purva Khanda)

The short version Somewhere around the sixteenth century, Bhavamisra sat down to explain what happens to food after you swallow...

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Arsha (Piles) in the Sushruta Samhita: The Six Types of Haemorrhoids in Ayurveda's Nidana Sthana

Quick Summary Long before modern proctology, the Sushruta Samhita — Ayurveda's great surgical classic — gave piles a careful, systematic...

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