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In terms of its contents, the Samhita addresses eight specialized branches of medicine, including Internal Medicine (''Kayachikitsa''), Ear, Nose and Throat (''Shalakya''), surgery (''Shalya''), toxicology (''Vishagarvyrodhikachikitsa''), demonology and psychiatry (''Bhutavidya''), pediatrics (''Kaumarabhritya''), science of rejuvenation (''Rasayana''), infertility medicine and aphrodisiacs (''Vajeekarana''). It is Kayachikitsa that is considered the prime area of focus.
In terms of its contents, the Samhita addresses eight specialized branches of medicine, including Internal Medicine (''Kayachikitsa''), Ear, Nose and Throat (''Shalakya''), surgery (''Shalya''), toxicology (''Vishagarvyrodhikachikitsa''), demonology and psychiatry (''Bhutavidya''), pediatrics (''Kaumarabhritya''), science of rejuvenation (''Rasayana''), infertility medicine and aphrodisiacs (''Vajeekarana''). It is Kayachikitsa that is considered the prime area of focus.
==Structure==
In terms of its structure, the [[Charak Samhita]] consists of 120 chapters broken into eight sections, or ''Sthana''. The text is written partly in the form of verses, or ''shloka'', and partly in prose. In the last chapter of the last section of the [[Charak Samhita]] ([[Siddhi Sthana]], 12/52), it has been indicated that there are 12000 verses in the text. However, the extant versions of the treatise seem to have 8419 verses and 1111 prose paragraphs. Thus, some 2000 verses seem to have been lost in the course of its existence. The treatise’s first section – [[Sutra Sthana]] – lays the foundational principles of Ayurveda in 30 chapters.
In terms of its structure, the [[Charak Samhita]] consists of 120 chapters broken into eight sections, or ''Sthana''. The text is written partly in the form of verses, or ''shloka'', and partly in prose. In the last chapter of the last section of the [[Charak Samhita]] ([[Siddhi Sthana]], 12/52), it has been indicated that there are 12000 verses in the text. However, the extant versions of the treatise seem to have 8419 verses and 1111 prose paragraphs. Thus, some 2000 verses seem to have been lost in the course of its existence. The treatise’s first section – [[Sutra Sthana]] – lays the foundational principles of Ayurveda in 30 chapters.