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Body care, change of food, different customs and traditions to be followed,
use of varying garments, etc, during seasonal variations are discussed.
Process of treating each diseases and how to proceed in the diagnosis are
first discussed in this part and then five sensory and functional organs,
panchabhoota, pancha prana, etc. are mentioned with physiological and
spiritual background.
Collection of the correct proof, intensive observation of a patient and
comparing with his own health, the method for noting the healthy and
unhealthy state through variety of techniques, effect and merits of exercise,
apt exercise for men and women at different ages, other conditions, the quality
of a physician-drug-nurse-material and surroundings, the diagnostic method
through direct and indirect observation for certain specific diseases,
classification of drugs and physicians, the illness connected with vayu (vata
which is) one of the components of tridosha are discussed in detail here.
Properties and medicinal effect of variety of oils when used directly or used
after further converting into medicated oils, detailed description of the
treatment in which the sweating techniques are adopted, treatment in which
cleaning the intestine by purgation and vomiting techniques description of
health, opinions of different Rishies on the cause and effect of diseases and ill
health are discussed.
Variety of diseases like those caused by worms, micro organisms, due to
bad food, diseases connected with bowels, urinary bladder, reproductive
organs, lungs, their symptoms and many diseases are explained here.
Diseases of lean and fat individuals, sleeping and limitless sleeping as a
symptom of good/ill health and the theory and effect of sleep are described in
detail.
Detailed description of blood and blood based diseases, varitey of extracts
used as food and their merits, extracts of leaves, fruits, seeds, barks,
vegetables etc., are all included in this list.
Food and qualities of the food to be maintained for good health, various
types of cereals, pulses, meat products, various birds’ meat, vegetables, roots,
fruits, different types of fermented food/liquid, milk and fermented milk
products of various animals, various types of water collected from different
sources, the sweetening agents, causes and bases of diseases, etc. are
explained in the soothrasthanam part of Charaka samhita, as given in the
above order.
Nidaanasthaanam : as mentioned earlier each and every part of Charaka
Samhita describes in detail various topics precisely. Here the description of
jwara nidanam on fever, raktapitta nidhanam or blood based diseases,
prameha nidanam pancreas based, kushta nidanam, unmada nidanam,
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