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To sum up, in this chapter, groups of diseases based upon ''vata'' etc. ''prakriti'' types, non-contradiction of classified categories of diseases, similarity in ''dosha'' and ''roga'', numbers of ''doshas'', diseases with one type, causes of vitiation of ''dosha'', description of ''agni'', and means to stimulate it’s functions, ''vata'' etc. dominant types of persons and their management to maintain normalcy of ''dosha'' are described in details by sage Atreya. [20-22]

To sum up, in this chapter, groups of diseases based upon ''vata'' etc. ''prakriti'' types, non-contradiction of classified categories of diseases, similarity in ''dosha'' and ''roga'', numbers of ''doshas'', diseases with one type, causes of vitiation of ''dosha'', description of ''agni'', and means to stimulate it’s functions, ''vata'' etc. dominant types of persons and their management to maintain normalcy of ''dosha'' are described in details by sage Atreya. [20-22]

=== ''Tattva Vimarsha'' ===

=== ''Tattva Vimarsha'' / Fundamental Principles===

#The grouping of diseases, patients and ''agni'' is framed for development of common modalities for diagnosis and treatment.

#The grouping of diseases, patients and ''agni'' is framed for development of common modalities for diagnosis and treatment.

#''Agni''( digestive processes) of a person shall be diagnosed as ''tikshna''(severe), ''manda''(low), ''sama''(balanced) and ''vishama''(irregular). The selection of diet and dose of medicine depends upon ''agni''.

#''Agni''( digestive processes) of a person shall be diagnosed as ''tikshna''(severe), ''manda''(low), ''sama''(balanced) and ''vishama''(irregular). The selection of diet and dose of medicine depends upon ''agni''.

=== ''Vidhi Vimarsha'' ===

=== ''Vidhi Vimarsha'' / Applied Inferences===

''Vimana'' literally means measurement, so this section gives the physical as well pathological parameters for the measurement of various entities like ''dosha, dhatu, agni, srotasa'' etc. In the present chapter method of classification of diseases is given on the basis of prognosis, severity, site of origin, cause and location. Physicians are directed to diagnose the disease as primary or secondary one on the basis of vitiated ''doshas'' and treatment given. Primary ''doshas'' manifest their respective diseases when they are aggravated. On the other hand, the sub-ordinate ''dosha'' manifests their respective symptoms only when they are stimulated by the primary ''dosha''. In other words, in view of their un-manifested symptoms, subordinate ''dosha'', do not get aggravated by the factor responsible for their aggravation as mentioned in the texts nor do they get alleviated by the therapy prescribed specially for them. They get alleviated only when the therapy prescribed for primary ''dosha'' is administered. That is to say the aggravation and alleviation of subordinate ''doshas'' are affected by the causative factors and therapies, other than their own. This is because they share the attributes of the ''dosha'', of primary nature to some extent. For example, in the autumn season ''pitta'' is vitiated primarily and ''kapha'' secondarily due to sour ''vipaka'' of water etc. This is because sour taste is responsible for the vitiation of both. For the treatment of primary ''doshas'', viz. ''pitta'', ghee boiled with bitter drugs is employed; bitter taste, by nature, alleviates the subordinate ''dosha'', viz. ''kapha'' also. ''Anubandhya'' and, ''anubandha'' are the technical terms for primary and secondary diseases respectively known to scholar adapt in the medical science.

''Vimana'' literally means measurement, so this section gives the physical as well pathological parameters for the measurement of various entities like ''dosha, dhatu, agni, srotasa'' etc. In the present chapter method of classification of diseases is given on the basis of prognosis, severity, site of origin, cause and location. Physicians are directed to diagnose the disease as primary or secondary one on the basis of vitiated ''doshas'' and treatment given. Primary ''doshas'' manifest their respective diseases when they are aggravated. On the other hand, the sub-ordinate ''dosha'' manifests their respective symptoms only when they are stimulated by the primary ''dosha''. In other words, in view of their un-manifested symptoms, subordinate ''dosha'', do not get aggravated by the factor responsible for their aggravation as mentioned in the texts nor do they get alleviated by the therapy prescribed specially for them. They get alleviated only when the therapy prescribed for primary ''dosha'' is administered. That is to say the aggravation and alleviation of subordinate ''doshas'' are affected by the causative factors and therapies, other than their own. This is because they share the attributes of the ''dosha'', of primary nature to some extent. For example, in the autumn season ''pitta'' is vitiated primarily and ''kapha'' secondarily due to sour ''vipaka'' of water etc. This is because sour taste is responsible for the vitiation of both. For the treatment of primary ''doshas'', viz. ''pitta'', ghee boiled with bitter drugs is employed; bitter taste, by nature, alleviates the subordinate ''dosha'', viz. ''kapha'' also. ''Anubandhya'' and, ''anubandha'' are the technical terms for primary and secondary diseases respectively known to scholar adapt in the medical science.