Hārīta (Āyurveda scholar)

Hārīta–He was one of six disciples of Punarvasu Ātreya, contemporary to Agniveśa, Bhela etc., scholars. He composed a treatise named Hārīta Saṃhitā, the original book is not available and the available book appears to be written in the tenth to the eleventh AD.

The name Hārīta was quoted in may famous medical treatises like Tattva-Candrikā, Tattva-Pradīpikā, Bhāva-Prakāśa, Caraka-Saṃhitā, Suśruta-Saṃhitā etc. Hārīta Saṃhitā consists of seven Sthāna and one hundred three chapters as follows: Vaidyaguṇa- doṣa, Śāstra Reading Rules, Vaidyaka sarvasva, Vaidya śikṣā, Ṛtucaryā, Doṣaprakopa, ṣaḍarasa, Jalavarga, Trivarga, Mūvarga, Ikṣuvarga, Kāñjikavarga, Maṇḍavarga, Yūṣavarga, Tailabasāvarga, Dhyānavarga, Śākavarga, Phalavarga, Madhuvarga, Madhyavarga, Catuṣpada-meat-Varga, Jalacara-meat-Varga, Sthalacarameat- Varga, Anyāpana -Varga etc. The second sthāna consists of nine chapters. This sthāna described Pāpadoṣa pratikāra, Svapnādhyāya, Svāsthyāriṣṭa, Vyādhyariṣṭā, Pañca-indriya-bikāra, Nakṣatra jñāna, Homabidhi, Dūtaparīkṣā, description of Śakūna etc. The third sthāna consists of fifty-eight chapters described this sthāna are herbal medicine, diagnosis of fever, Atisāra Virecana, Gulma, Kṛmi, different types of fire and diagnosis, Śūla, Pāṇḍuroga, erosion, hemoptysis, haemorrhoids, cough, Kṛṣṇā-tālu defect, fainting, sleep, Madātyaya, Dāharoga, Apasmāra, Unmāda, Vātavyādhi, Āmavāta, Dṛghnasi, Vātarakta, Amlabṛtta, Śoka, Gulma, Jalodara, Prameha, Mūtrakṛccha, Mūtrarodha, Aśmarī, Mūtrabṛddhi, Bisarpa, Upasarpa, Braṇa, Ślīpada, Arbudha, Lūtāgaṇḍamālā, Kuṣṭha, Urdhvajatru, Gataroga, Śiroroga, Bhrūroga, Nasal Disease, Indralupta, Ear Disease, Eye Disease, Oral Disease, Bajīkaraṇa, Strīroga bibecana, gynaecology, Hrallasi, Chardi etc., treatment of the eight infestations of the pregnant woman, stupid pregnancy treatment, Sūtikāroga treatment, Bālaroga Treatment, Bhūtavidyā, Biṣatantra, fracture treatment, and burn treatment etc. The fourth sthāna consists of six chapters. This sthāna described are–Tulāmāna-Bidhi, Tailapāka-Bidhi, Niruha-Bastikarma-Bidhi, Svedana-Bidhi, Raktābasecana-Bidhi, Jalokābacāra-Bidhi, etc. The fifth sthāna consists of five chapters. This sthāna described are-Harītakīkalpa, Triphalākalpa, Rasonakalpa, Gugulukalpa etc. The sixth sthāna consists of one chapter and Pariśiṣṭa sthāna consists of one chapter^[1].