Kantha Roga, Talu Roga and Jihva Roga: Sushruta Samhita's Throat, Palate and Tongue Diseases (Nidana Sthana 16)

The short version The sixteenth chapter of the Sushruta Samhita's Nidana Sthana catalogues sixty-five disorders of the mouth. Its first...

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Mukha Roga Nidana: Sushruta Samhita's Sixty-Five Diseases of the Mouth in Nidana Sthana 16

The short version Chapter 16 of the Nidana Sthana of the Sushruta Samhita opens by announcing a number: sixty-five named...

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Kshudra Roga in the Sushruta Samhita: Indralupta, Darunaka, Palita and Vyanga - the Hair, Face and Foot Portraits of Nidana Sthana 13

Quick Summary The thirteenth chapter of the Sushruta Samhita’s Nidana Sthana catalogues the Kshudra Roga — the forty-four “minor ailments”...

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Charaka Samhita Part 38: Nidana Sthana Chapter 8 (Apasmara Nidana) — How Ancient Ayurveda Described Epilepsy, Its Four Types and the Golden Rule That Closes the Book of Diagnosis

Quick Summary This is Part 38 of our chapter-by-chapter walk through the Charaka Samhita — and the final chapter of...

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Charaka Samhita Part 37: Nidana Sthana Chapter 7 (Unmada Nidana) — How Ancient Ayurveda Understood the Troubled Mind, the Five Types of Unmada and Why Charaka's Final Word Is Self-Responsibility

Quick Summary This is Part 37 of our chapter-by-chapter walk through the Charaka Samhita. We reach Nidana Sthana Chapter 7,...

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Charaka Samhita Part 36: Nidana Sthana Chapter 6 (Shosha Nidana) — How Ayurveda Explains Wasting Disease (Rajayakshma), Its Four Everyday Causes and Why the Moon Was Its First Patient

Quick Summary This is Part 36 of our chapter-by-chapter walk through the Charaka Samhita. We reach Nidana Sthana Chapter 6,...

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