The names of chapters are: 1. The quest for longevity; 2. Dehusked seed of Apamarga (Achyranthes aspera Linn); 3. Aragvadha (Cassia fistula Linn) 4. Six hundred purgatives; This marks the end of the tetrad on drugs.
मात्रातस्याशितीयौ च नवेगान्धारणं तथा| इन्द्रियोपक्रमश्चेति चत्वारः स्वास्थ्यवृत्तिकाः ||३७||
5. Measurement of eating; 6. Human dietetics; 7. Non-suppression of natural urges; 8. Description of sense organs; The above mentioned four chapters constitute the quadrate on the maintenance of positive health.
9. The minor chapter on the four aspects of therapeutics; 10. The major chapter on the four aspects of therapeutics; 11. Three basic desires of life; 12. Vata – its merits and demerits; the above mentioned four chapters constitute the tetrad on the physician, medicine, etc.;
स्नेहनस्वेदनाध्यायावुभौ यश्चोपकल्पनः| चिकित्साप्राभृतश्चैव सर्व एव प्रकल्पनाः ||३९||
13. Oleation; 14. Fomentation; 15. Requirements of a physician; 16. Duties of a physician; The above mentioned four chapters constitute the tetrad on therapeutic measures.
17. Enumeration of diseases relating to the head; 18. Three types of swelling; 19. Eight abdominal diseases; 20. The major chapter on the enumeration of diseases; The above mentioned four chapters constitute the tetrad on diseases.