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Thus ends the fifth chapter  - on the specific features of the ''srotas''  - of the [[Vimana Sthana]] in the treatise composed by Agnivesha and redacted by Charaka. [5]
 
Thus ends the fifth chapter  - on the specific features of the ''srotas''  - of the [[Vimana Sthana]] in the treatise composed by Agnivesha and redacted by Charaka. [5]
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=== Tattva Vimarsha ===
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=== ''Tattva Vimarsha'' ===
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Srotasa are the basic biological transport and transformation systems in the body.  
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*''Srotasa'' are the basic biological transport and transformation systems in the body.  
Doshas can pervade in these biological systems and also affect them due to their own causes.  
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*''Doshas'' can pervade in these biological systems and also affect them due to their own causes.  
The roots of srotasa shall be considered while treating a disorder pertaining to specific srotasa.  
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*The roots of ''srotasa'' shall be considered while treating a disorder pertaining to specific ''srotasa''.  
Diet and lifestyle that are similar in properties of dosha and dissimilar in properties of dhatu cause morbidity in srotas. Therefore the causative factors of a disease are similar in properties of dosha and dissimilar in properties of dhatu. The management shall be designed accordingly.  
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*Diet and lifestyle that are similar in properties of ''dosha'' and dissimilar in properties of ''dhatu'' cause morbidity in ''srotas''.  
Increased flow or obstruction or formation of nodules and flow of bodily fluids or contents in the wrong or opposite direction are the features of morbidity of srotas. Diagnosis of these shall be done first before designing management protocol.
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Therefore the causative factors of a disease are similar in properties of ''dosha'' and dissimilar in properties of ''dhatu''. The management shall be designed accordingly.  
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*Increased flow or obstruction or formation of nodules and flow of bodily fluids or contents in the wrong or opposite direction are the features of morbidity of ''srotas''. Diagnosis of these shall be done first before designing management protocol.
    
=== Vidhi Vimarsha ===
 
=== Vidhi Vimarsha ===