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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Phala Varga in the Ashtanga Hridaya: Draksa the Best of Fruits, Lakuca the Worst - the Ripeness Clock of Mango and Bilva, the Madhura Gallery and the Salt Shelf's First Crown

Quick Summary The sixth chapter of the Ashtanga Hridaya’s Sutrasthana — the Annasvarupa Vijnaniya Adhyaya, Vagbhata’s great food ledger —...

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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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Madanaphala in the Charaka Samhita: The Kalpa Sthana's Gentlest Vamana Fruit - the Seed-Named Measures, the Eight-Day Grain-Heap Ripening, the Blessing Over the Cup and the Medicine Served in a Lotus Flower

Quick Summary After the doctrine chapters comes the workshop. In the pages read today, the Charaka Samhita’s Kalpa Sthana gets...

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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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Mamsa Peshi, Meda and Asthi in the Bhavaprakasha: The Five Hundred Muscles, the Fat That Gathers at the Belly and the Bones That Outlast the Body (Dhatu Prakarana)

Quick Summary After naming the five vatas, five pittas and five kaphas, the Bhavaprakasha’s Purva Khanda walks deeper into the...

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