CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Now we shall discourse on the chapter which deals with (the symptoms and) the therapeutics of the diseases of the female*[1] organ of generation (Yoni vyápat-Pratishedha). 1.
Causes:— The bodily (as well as the local) Váyu of a girl of tender years, weakly constitution or build and dry organic temperament, is deranged and aggravated in consequence of her excessive indulgence with a man of abnormally developed reproductive organ, and on getting into her organ of generation (yoni) gives rise to different local vaginal diseases which become manifest through the presence of the symptoms of the aggravation of the three specific Doshas. 2.
In the chapter on the enumeration of diseases, the diseases which affect the female organ of generation (yoni) have been classified into twenty different kinds †[2]. The injudicious conduct of life which is usually found in females, menstrual disorders, the diseased or defective nature of the seed (of the parents of the girl), or any accidental cause may be fairly set down as causes of these female diseases. Now hear them discussed separately. 3.
Enumeration and Classification:— Udávartá (dysmenorrhcea), Bandhyá (sterility), Viplutá (introversion of the uterus), Pariplutá (retroversion or retroflexion of the uterus) and Vátalá are the five kinds
