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 Yoni Vyapat (disorders of the vagina) in Ashtanga Hridayam "Yoni Vyapat Chikitsa" translates to "treatment of vaginal disorders" in Ayurveda, a traditional Indian system of medicine. It encompasses a range of Ayurvedic therapies and practices aimed at addressing various gynecological conditions.  Twenty diseases of the vagina arise because of consuming bad food. 27b. Vatiki: Improper postures during lieing/sleeping, excess of sexual intercourse, vitiation of the menstrual flow, use of bad materials (as substitutes for the phallus), disorders of the seed (ovum) and effects of actions of previous lives-by these causes vata gets aggravated and produces pain, pricking and dilating types of pain, loss of sensation, feeling of ants crawling, loss of movement, roughness and noise (gas coming out with noise) and discharge of menstrual blood which is frothy, slight reddish black, thin and dry (non unctuous) drooping of groins and flanks, discomfort and gradual development o...

 Causes of Diseases of Genital Organs (Penis)  Indulging in copulation suddenly (for the second time) immediately after retiring from the first, copulating with women having their menstrual tract (vaging) vitiated by the dosas, congested, contaminated and greatly narrowed, copulating with the other vagina (of animals); with the woman who is unwilling, who is forbidden, who has just delevered; touching (washing the penis in) dirty water, not washing it at all after copulation, applying strong acting pastes (of drugs etc.) on the penis desiring its increase in size ; (penis) getting injured (bruised) from assault by the fist, teeth, nails and application of paste of poisonous insects, suppression of the urges, long contect with very rough materials, hit or blow (by accident)-by these causes the dosas become aggravated, get localised in the genital organ (penis) and produce 23 diseases such as upadamsa etc. 1-4.  Upadamsa Upadamsa is of five kinds; one from each dosa seperat...

 YONI VYAPAT CHIKITSA (Treatment of diseases of the Vagina)  "Yoni Vyapat Chikitsa" translates to "treatment of female genital diseases" in the context of Ayurveda. It encompasses a variety of Ayurvedic therapies for various gynecological issues, including those related to the vagina and uterus.  Treatment of vataja yoni vyapat In diseases of the vagina of vata origin-oletion, sudation, enema and such other therapies, which mitigate vata are highly valuable, especially in those which are caused by vata. 22. Without the aggravation of vata, the vagina does not get disordered in women; hence that should be won over (mitigated) first and the others treated next. 23. The woman should given either bala taila (chapter 21), misraka sneha (chapter 14), sukumara ghrita (chapter 14 of chikitsasthana) to drink ( as internal oletion therapy). The vagina should be anointed with fats given fomentation and then the distortions corrected by the hand, the curved one should be straig...

  Ayurvedic Treatment of Tumours etc. in Ashtang Hridayam We shall now expound the Granthi-arbuda-slipada apaci nadi pratisedha adhyaya (treatment of granthi-arbuda, slipada apaci and nadi); thus said Atreya and other great sages.  Treatment of benign tumour For granthi (benign tumours) which is unripe, the treat ment is like that of any sopha (swelling). The patient requiring purificatory therapies should be given oleation therapy first with ghee prepared with brhati; citraka, vyaghri and kana; after he gets purified, application of paste of drugs of penetrating action should be done (on the tumour); the tumour should be given fomentation many times and squeezed (by the hands) again and again. this is the method of treatment especially for tumour of vata origin. For those arising from pitta and asrk (blood) application of leeches (to suck blood) and all cold therapies are beneficial; for that of kapha origin, the treatment prescribed for that of vata origin itself is suitable...

  Knowledge of Tumours, Cancer, Filariasis Scrofula-sinus Ulcer (Granthi-Arbudaslipada-Apaci-nadi Vijnaniya) described by Vaghbhatt  We shall now expound the chapter Granthi-arbudaslipada apaci-nadi vijnaniya-knowledge of tumours, cancer, filariasis, scrofula and sinus ulcer; thus said Atreya and other great sages.  Granthi (benign tumour) Malas (dosas) of which kapha is the predominant one, invading the fat, muscle and blood produce a round, raised swelling (new growth) known as Granthi because of its knotty (lumpy) nature. It is nine kinds viz. arising from each dosa from mamsa (muscle tissue), medas (fat tissue), asthi (bone tissue), sira (vein) and from vrana (ulcer). 1-2a. That arising from vata, is broad, has pricking and cutting types of pain, black in colour, shifts from place to place, undergoes increases or decrease in size without any reason, soft, bulged like a leather bag and exudes clear thin blood when pricked. 2b-3.  That arising from pitta, has burni...

 Treatment of rectal fistula (Bhagandara) in Ashtanga Hridayam  We shall now expound the chapter Bhagandara pratisedha treatment of rectal fistula; thus said Atreya and other great sages.  Bhagandara Nidana-nirukti  (Causes and definition of rectal fistula) Riding on elephant, horse etc, for long period, sitting on hard seats, ones own heels (and such other troublesome postures) and indulging in unsuitable activies enumerated as the causes of arsas (piles / haemorrhoids), maturing of sinful acts of previous lives, effects of abusing ascetics-by these causes the blood and muscle tissues in the rectum become vitiated give rise to the formation of a vrana (ulcer) preceded by a pitaka ( eruption); one or two angula (deep), opening either to the interior or to the exterior; because of proximity to the urinary bladder, it is exudative (discharges urine, faecal matter etc), this diseases is Bhagandara. It is so named because it causes severe tearing pain in the pelvis, urin...

 Treatment of fractures (Bhanga Pratisedha) in  Ashtang Hridayam We shall now expound the chapter– Bhanga pratisedha (treatment of fractures); thus said Atreya and other great sages.  Bones get broken ( fractured ) from a fall from height, assault etc; it is of two kinds, a. sandhigata-localised in the joint and b. asandhigata-in places other then the joints; inability for expansion (extension) and contraction (flexion etc.) and dislocation of the joint are the features of the first kind; whereas in the second kind profound swelling and severe pain in all positions, inability even for slight movement, production of cracking sound on rubbing are the features of fractures in brief. It is of many kinds, based on the nature of fractures. 1-3a. Those treatments which are common to all kinds and which are useful as a routine will be described here. 3b-4a.  Asadhya laksana Chikitsa of sandhigata bhanga  The bone which has been crushed into very small pieces, that which...