Sutra Sthana

सूत्रस्थानम्

Basic principles, daily regimen, diet and drugs.

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1 Dirghanjivitiya Adhyaya The origin of Ayurveda, the aim of life and the basic principles of health

2 Apamarga Tanduliya Adhyaya Drugs for purification (Panchakarma) of the head and body

3 Aragvadhiya Adhyaya External applications and pastes for skin diseases

4 Shadvirechanashatashritiya Adhyaya Six hundred purgative preparations and their sources

5 Matrashitiya Adhyaya The right quantity of food and the daily regimen

6 Tasyashitiya Adhyaya Diet and lifestyle for each of the six seasons

7 Navegandharaniya Adhyaya Natural urges that must not be suppressed and those that should be controlled

8 Indriyopakramaniya Adhyaya Care of the sense organs and the code of good conduct

9 Khuddakachatushpada Adhyaya The four pillars of treatment: physician, medicine, attendant and patient

10 Mahachatushpada Adhyaya Curable and incurable diseases and the value of the four pillars

11 Tistraishaniya Adhyaya The three desires of life, the three pillars of health and the three causes of disease

12 Vatakalakaliya Adhyaya The qualities and actions of Vata in health and disease

13 Sneha Adhyaya Oleation therapy: fats, oils, doses and procedure

14 Sveda Adhyaya Sudation therapy: types, indications and precautions

15 Upakalpaniya Adhyaya Preparing the patient and the hospital for purification therapy

16 Chikitsaprabhritiya Adhyaya Signs of proper, excessive and insufficient purification

17 Kiyantahshirasiya Adhyaya Diseases of the head and heart, and the classification of doshas

18 Trishothiya Adhyaya The three types of swelling (shotha) and their treatment

19 Ashtodariya Adhyaya Classification of diseases by number

20 Maharoga Adhyaya Diseases caused by each dosha

21 Ashtauninditiya Adhyaya Eight undesirable body types; obesity and emaciation

22 Langhanabrimhaniya Adhyaya Depleting (langhana) and nourishing (brimhana) therapies

23 Santarpaniya Adhyaya Diseases of over-nutrition and under-nutrition

24 Vidhishonitiya Adhyaya Pure blood, blood disorders and their treatment

25 Yajjahpurushiya Adhyaya The origin of man and disease; the best and worst foods

26 Atreyabhadrakapyiya Adhyaya The science of taste: rasa, guna, virya and vipaka

27 Annapanavidhi Adhyaya Properties of grains, pulses, meat, vegetables, fruits and drinks

28 Vividhashitapitiya Adhyaya Digestion of food and diseases of the tissues

29 Dashapranayataniya Adhyaya The ten seats of life and the qualities of a good physician

30 Arthedashamahamuliya Adhyaya The heart, Ojas and the eight branches of Ayurveda

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