Ajagalli is described as water-filled, slightly painful eruptions on the skin of children from kapha and vata, shaped like a ripe tumburu fruit; unripe ones are treated with leeches and ripe ones are incised.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अजगल्लिकाअजगल्ली
- Hindi
- अजगल्ली
- English
- Ajagallika
What the text says
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Definition1
Just as a bubble arises from the union of water and air, so from kapha and vata, eruptions filled with water and with slight pain arise on the skin of children; they are called ajagalli and, the commentary adds, are shaped like a ripe tumburu fruit.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 2 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 14
- Extraction tasks
- T12
- Record id
- condition_ajagallika