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Médical Sciences in Jaina Canons ; (225)
nimivioso
24
14. Liver Parts 15. Nails/Fingers
20 20 20 20 16. Teeth
32 32 32 32 17. Airs
Table 3: Quantitative Details about Anatomical Statements** No. Name
TV
BA
AY Medical Sc. Large
16
16 1.5 m (length) Intestines Liver
1.2-1.8 g Spleen
150-200 g Brain
184 g 184 g 1400 g Semen
184 g
5 ml. (app.) Blood 1.70 kg 1.70 kg
4-5 liters. Faeces
1.7-3.4 kg.
200 g Urine
0.80 kg
1.5 kg Eyeballs 90 g Ribs
18 11. Heart 1.15 kg
0.2-0.35 kg Tongue 205 g, 12 cms 13. Soft hairs 350 lacs 80 lacs Fat
552 g Bile liquids
552 g 16. Cough
552 g 17. Stomach 450 cms 18. Bone marrow
205 g ** BA and KK details differ in ratio of 3: 1. Physiology
Physiologically, the eatables have been classified by their rhenium, bilious and phlegmic nature. Their digestions produced different effects in the system in terms of their exothermic, endothermic or mixed type of biochemical actions in the stomach. It is said that the food when chewed and mixed with saliva gets mixed up with bile in stomach and gets bitter. On further digestion, this produces primary fluids in the body, which are converted into seven substances like chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bones, marrow, and semen in order. These fluids are also utilized by the embryo for its nourishing at different stages.
There is good description about foods and nutrition in different canons, which has been detailed, in the relevant chapter to which the reader is referred
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