[[Charaka Samhita]] being primarily a treatise of ''kayachikitsa'' (medicine) , most of the chapters in the [[Chikitsa Sthana]] deal with ''kayachikitsa'' while chapter 25 pertains to surgical disorders (shalya) and chapter 23 on the management of poisoning (''visha'') deals with ''agada-tantra'' (toxicology). In Ayurveda, psychiatry is dealt with under the heading of ''bhuta-vidya'' and two chapters - 9th and 10th - deal with ''unmada'' and ''apasmara'' focus on this aspect of medicine. Finally, the 30th chapter describes miscellaneous matters including the gynecological disorders and pediatrics (''kaumarabhritya''). | [[Charaka Samhita]] being primarily a treatise of ''kayachikitsa'' (medicine) , most of the chapters in the [[Chikitsa Sthana]] deal with ''kayachikitsa'' while chapter 25 pertains to surgical disorders (shalya) and chapter 23 on the management of poisoning (''visha'') deals with ''agada-tantra'' (toxicology). In Ayurveda, psychiatry is dealt with under the heading of ''bhuta-vidya'' and two chapters - 9th and 10th - deal with ''unmada'' and ''apasmara'' focus on this aspect of medicine. Finally, the 30th chapter describes miscellaneous matters including the gynecological disorders and pediatrics (''kaumarabhritya''). |