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Principleसिद्धांत

Bowel nature (koshtha)

कोष्ठ (पेट की प्रकृति) · मृदुकोष्ठ

Extracted from the text3 references

Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
मृदुकोष्ठक्रूरकोष्ठमध्यकोष्ठ
Hindi
कोष्ठपेट की प्रकृतिमृदु कोष्ठक्रूर कोष्ठ
English
Bowel naturebowel naturegut sensitivitykoshtha
Romanized
koshthamridu koshthakrura koshtha

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Classification2

  • The bowel (koshtha) is said to be of three kinds: soft when pitta predominates, medium when kapha predominates and hard when vata predominates.

    Chapter 8 · p. 113 · v. 28Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • The bowel (koshtha) is said to be of three kinds: soft (mridu) from excess pitta, hard (krura or kathina) from excess vata and kapha, and medium (madhyama) when all three doshas are balanced.

    Chapter 22 · p. 506 · v. 44Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Quantity as written1

  • Those skilled in Ayurveda prescribe a mild dose of purgative for a soft bowel, a sharp dose for a hard bowel and a medium dose for a medium bowel.

    Chapter 22 · p. 506 · v. 45Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Regimen1

  • Oleation lasts three days for a soft bowel, five for a medium bowel and seven for a hard bowel.

    Chapter 8 · p. 113 · v. 28Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 37 times on 23 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

How is the dose of a purgative matched to the kind of bowel?

A soft bowel (from pitta) gets a mild dose, a hard bowel (from vata and kapha) a sharp dose and a medium bowel (balanced doshas) a medium dose.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Principle
Categories
Physiology
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
23
Extraction tasks
T05, T24
Record id
concept_koshtha