Shokaja Atisara: Where the Sushruta Samhita Puts Grief

The short version Chapter 40 of the Uttara Tantra of the Sushruta Samhita is the chapter on Atisara. It opens...

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Doshopakramaniya Adhyaya: Ashtanga Hridaya's Unripe Fruit Rule

The short version Chapter 13 of the Ashtanga Hridaya's Sutrasthana is called Doshopakramaniya — the general line of approach for...

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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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