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DISEASES MENTIONED IN THE NC.
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(xvii) Pāmā ( Eczema ): Pama is mentioned as a type of
skin-disease. 1 According to Suśruta, it is a kind of minor leprosy in which small pustules or pimples characterised by itching and burning secretion appear
on the surface of the body. 2 (xviii) Pittiya ( Paittika): Pittiya diseases were caused by the
derangement of the pitta element ( bile ) in the body.s Among the various pittiya diseases, timira* ( a type of eye-disease), mūrcha 5 (fainting) and dahajaras (typhoid fever ) have been mentioned in the text. For the elimination of this type of diseases use of substances like padma and utpala (nilumbuim specioscum ) was
prescribed by the physicians.? (xix) Sanni pata : Sanni pita or sannivíta was the disease
caused by a simultaneous derangement of the vāta ( air ), pitta ( bile ) and simbha (cough ).8 Use of the fruits like matulunga or bijapūraka ( citrus, medica-var
typica ) was recommended for this type of disease. (xx) Silippa ( Elephantiases ): Silippa is mentioned as one
of the sixteen rogasló or diseases which last for a long 1. NC. 2, p. 214. 2. Sušrutasainitā, Nidānastbāna, V. 9-10. 3. NC. 3, p. 417; NC. 4, p. 340. 4. NC. 3, p. 55. 5. T OT 231_NC. 2, p. 267. 6. Ibid. 7. faze y T CTOR-NC. 2, p. 316; Brh. Vr. 2, p. 323. The sub
stances belonging to the class of padma and ut pala have the quality of pacifying the deranged phlegm and bile.-Sharma, Priyavrata,
Dravya Gula Vijñāna, p. 447. 8. faldet i alat for FH 37t ar are ar fara afuarlaat hat-NC. 4,
P. 310. 9. afogaty haft-NC. 2, p. 316; Brh. Vr. 2, p. 323. According to
Briyavrata Sharma, two varieties of the fruit mātulunga are available, one sweet and the other sour. The former is used for the pacification of pitta and vāta, while the latter for Simbha and vāta.--Op. cit.,
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