Abhishyanda is presented as the cause and basis of all eye diseases, arising from the individual doshas; the text gives vata, pitta, blood and kapha types with their signs and treatment.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अभिष्यन्दअधिमन्थ
- Hindi
- अभिष्यन्दआंख आनाआंख लाल होनाअधिमंथ
- English
- Conjunctivitisconjunctivitiseye inflammationAdhimantha (churning eye pain)Adhimantha
- Romanized
- abhishyanda
Types described in the text
Vata-type abhishyanda
वाताभिष्यंद
Intense pricking and splitting pain, roughness, horripilation, cold tears, and relief from warm treatment.
Pitta-type abhishyanda
पैत्तिकाभिष्यंद
Burning, suppuration and great heat in the eyes, watering, a fuming sensation, hot tears, thirst (verse), excessive hunger and yellowness of the face.
Blood-type abhishyanda
रक्तजाभिष्यंद
Red face and eyes, eyes surrounded by networks of red lines, together with the signs of the pitta type.
Kapha-type abhishyanda
कफजाभिष्यंद
Eyes feel smeared, very cold, heavy and swollen, with intense itching, craving for warm things and a slimy discharge.
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Classification1
A footnote says adhimantha has four kinds like abhishyanda: vata, pitta, kapha and blood.
Signs and symptoms1
The eye feels as if torn out and churned again and again, and half of the head aches with very severe pain.
How it develops1
Abhishyanda is described as the cause and seat of all eye diseases, arising from the particular doshas.
Treatment principle7
Vata-type abhishyanda is treated with old ghee, warm sudation and warm pastes, then oleation, purgation, venesection, enema, nasya, putapaka, tarpana, smoking, sudation and leaf bandaging, with a wholesome diet and collyrium.
All vata-caused eye diseases are to be cured by the methods described, or by the treatment given earlier for vata diseases.
Eye diseases from pitta, marked by intense burning, are to be overcome with all cooling measures or by the treatment for pitta disorders.
Blood-type abhishyanda is treated quickly with pitta measures, bloodletting and purification, and all diseases from pitta and blood with every cooling measure.
All kapha-caused eye diseases are treated with all the medicines described, and especially with putapaka juices of tender shigru and jati leaves.
Because it causes loss of sight, adhimantha is to be treated quickly after careful consideration, with suitable medicines and those for abhishyanda.
In adhimantha, as in head disorders, the commentary says the brow and temple regions are cauterised.
Prognosis4
If abhishyanda is neglected and not treated in time, each dosha type produces the corresponding hard-to-conquer adhimantha.
Abhishyanda and adhimantha born of vata, and those born of pitta, are listed among the curable eye diseases.
Abhishyanda and adhimantha born of kapha, and those born of blood, are likewise listed as curable.
Untreated, kapha-type adhimantha destroys sight in seven days, vata-type in six, blood-type in five or three, and pitta-type at once.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 28 times on 9 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 136Chapter 9… , शरीर भारी हो जाना, रोमांच होना यह सब जवरों के पूर्वरूप हैं। नयनरोग (आँख आना आदि) नेत्र शरीर में अरुचित होना, यह कफ जवर का पूर्वरूप है। वातरोग का …
- Book page 287Chapter 15×2… : समस्त नेत्र रोगों के कारण व आश्रयभूत तत्तद्विशोष दोषों से उत्पन्न, अभिष्यंद इस विशोष नामधारक, सम्पूर्ण रोगों को कहते हुए उनकी सम्पूर्ण चिकित्सा क …
- Book page 289Chapter 15×2… ्ण रहना, अधिक भोजन की इच्छा होना, मुख पीला पड जाना आदि लक्षण पित्तकृत अभिष्यंद रोग में पाये जाते हैं। पैत्तिकाभिष्यंदचिकित्सा घृतं प्रपाय प्रथमं मृद …
- Book page 291Chapter 15×3… है, जिसमें पित्ताभिष्यंद के लक्षण भी प्रकट हो जाते हैं, उसे रक्तजन्य अभिष्यंद रोग जानना चाहिए। रक्तजाभिष्यंद चिकित्सा तमाशु पित्तक्रियया प्रसाध्ये। …
- Book page 293Chapter 15×13… थवा कटु, उष्ण औषधियों से सिद्ध अडहर के रस (जल) को पीवें, वह हितकर है। अभिष्यंद की उपेक्ष से अधिमंथ की उत्पत्ति उपेक्षणादक्षिगतामया इमे। प्रतीतसत् …
- Book page 294Chapter 15×3कल्याणकारके / शिरोरोगाधिकार: 294 अधिमंथ चिकित्सा अतस्तु दृष्ट़िायकारणामयान्। सतो ह्यधीमन्थगुणान्विचार्य तान् …
- Book page 308Chapter 15… पवन के मस्तक में स्पर्श होना, चोट लगना इत्यादि) से उत्पन्न सिन्नपातिक अभिष्यंद के लक्षण से संयुक्त लगिंनाश निमित्तजन्य कहलाता है। अनिमित्तजन्यलक्षण …
- Book page 312Chapter 15×2… ोध नेत्रपाक, अशोथ नेत्रपाक, अन्यतोवात पूपालस, वातपर्यय, चार प्रकार का अधिमंथ, चार प्रकार का अभिष्यंद, ये 15 रोग वेधन करने से साध्य होते है, ऐसा मह …
- Book page 479Chapter 21… शीताहारविहारभेषजविधिं विद्वान् विदध्यात्सदा॥ 22॥ भावार्थ : शिरोरोग व अधिमंथ रोग में भू्रप्रदेश व शंखप्रदेश में जलाना चाहिए। वत्र्मरोग में गीले कप …
Questions and answers
What follows if abhishyanda is neglected, and how quickly does untreated adhimantha destroy sight?
It turns into adhimantha of the same dosha; untreated, the kapha type destroys sight in seven days, the vata type in six, the blood type in five or three, and the pitta type at once.
Detailed answer and sourcesWhat food and drink does the text give in pitta-type abhishyanda?
Gruel cooked in milk with ghee and sugar, green gram soup, rice pudding with ghee or rice with green gram soup, cooling vegetables, and scented water in measured amounts.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
- Chapter 15 · p. 287 · v. 130
- Chapter 15 · p. 287 · v. 132-135
- Chapter 15 · p. 287 · v. 131
- Chapter 15 · p. 288 · v. 136
- Chapter 15 · p. 289 · v. 137
- Chapter 15 · p. 290 · v. 144
- Chapter 15 · p. 290 · v. 145
- Chapter 15 · p. 291 · v. 146
- Chapter 15 · p. 291 · v. 147
- Chapter 15 · p. 292 · v. 154
- Chapter 15 · p. 293 · v. 157
- Chapter 15 · p. 293 · v. 158
- Chapter 15 · p. 293 · v. 159
- Chapter 15 · p. 294 · v. 160
- Chapter 15 · p. 309 · v. 232, 234
- Chapter 15 · p. 310 · v. 235-238
- Chapter 21 · p. 479 · v. 21
Extraction notes
- The commentary on verse 137 omits thirst (तृषा), which the verse names.
- The text names abhishyanda and adhimantha separately; the lexicon lists adhimantha under this id.
- Merged from condition_adhimantha.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Eye and ENT
- Source pages with records
- 11
- Pages naming it
- 9
- Chapters
- Chapter 15Chapter 21
- Extraction tasks
- T14, T15, T23
- Record id
- condition_abhishyanda