[Number of diseases] “There are five shiroroga (diseases of head) and five hridroga (diseases of heart). On the basis of permutations and combinations of dosha, there are sixty-two disorders”
“There are eighteen varieties of kshaya, seven varieties of pidika (pustule/carbuncles) caused due to madhumeha and three courses (gati) of dosha. These are being described in detail henceforth”
[Causes of diseases of head] Suppression of natural urges, day-sleep, insomnia, intoxication, talking too loudly, exposure to frost, exposure to wind from the front, excessive sex,
trauma to the head, formation of products of improper digestion and metabolism in the body (i.e., ama), excessive weeping or suppression of tears, cloudy weather, irritation of mind/anxiety (manastapa),