Diseases related to Sapta-dhātus and their cure

Rasa, rakta, māṃsa, medas, asthi, majja, and śukra, are the Sapta dhātus^[1].

(i) Diseases related to Rasa are nothing but those related to Śleṣma (Vata, Pita and Kapha) says Vāgbhaṭa:

raso'pi śleṣmavat |

When Rasa increases, diseases due to Vāta and also diseases relating to blood will arise and when on decrease, many other diseases like raukṣya, śrama and śoṣa would be created.^[2]

Candraprabhā tablets are capable of removing all these three faults and the diseases born out of these defects.^[3] (VI.50/51; p.358):

śleṣmaprabhṛtīn saputrāṃścandraprabhā praharati |

Blood (Rakta) -oriented diseases like Visarpa, Plīha and others are cured by the medicine made of Amṛtā, Guggulu and Lavaṇa (VI.50/51; p.359):

raktaputrāṇāṃ visarpa-plīhaprabhṛtīnām āmṛtāguggulu-lavaṇapaṣcakādayaḥ prahartāraḥ |

Māṃsa (flesh) concerned diseases can be controlled by the oil-based medicines like Śākhotaka (VI.50/51; p.359):

māṃsaputrāṇāṃ śākhoṭakatailaprabhṛtayaḥ |

Medas and its groups of diseases can be cured by Kaphakesarī and other related medicines (VI.50/51; p.359):

medasaḥ putrāṇāṃ kaphakesariprabhṛtayaḥ |

Among the diseases of Vāta, Pitta and Kapha, Vāta alone nourishes and also dries the Dhātus of rasa, rakta and māṃsa.^[4] Katuka and other medicines are for the improvement of muscles.^[5]

From the Kaṭu juice flesh grows; from the Kaṣāya blood grows; from salt bone grows; from the sour, marrow grows; from sweet, śukra grows and from tikta (astringent) medas grows (VI.50/51; p.361):

kaṭukādvardhate māṃsaṃ kaṣāyācchoṇitaṃ rasaḥ |
lavaṇādvardhate hyasthi majjā tvamlāt pravardhate ||
madhurādvardhate śukraṃ tiknānmedaḥ pravardhate ||

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

They are considered as the trenches around the seven forts; VI.49/50; p.355:
rasa-rakta-māṃsa-medo'sthi-majja-śukra rūpāḥ sapta dhātavaḥ parikhātvena nirūpitāḥ |

[2]:

VI.49/50 (p.356):
eṣāṃ vṛddhau śleṣmavidradhiraktavisarpādayo bhavanti kārśye tu raukṣyaśrama-śoṣādayaḥ |

[3]:

Cf: Śārṅgadhara Saṃhitā (Madhyamakhaṇḍa, 7.45ab):
candraprabheti vikhyātā sarvarogapraṇāśinī |
The method of preparation of these special powerful tablets and their uses are dealt with in detail in the seventh chapter of the Madhyamakhaṇḍa of Śārṅgadhara Paddhati.

[4]:

VI. 50/51; p.360: vāta-pitta-kapheṣu vāta eko rasa-rakta-māṃsādi-dhātūnāṃ soṣakaḥ poṣakaśca |

[5]:

VI. 50/51; p. 361: dhātūnāṃ prakope dhātukārśye ca bhiṣajo vadanti 'kaṭukādayo māṃsādivṛddhihetavaḥ' iti |