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Conditionरोग

Convulsive disorder (akshepaka)

आक्षेपक (ऐंठन) · आक्षेपक

Extracted from the text2 references

Akshepaka is named as a vata disease that repeatedly convulses the whole body; when it arises from injury the physician is told to regard it as incurable.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
आक्षेपकआक्षेप
Hindi
आक्षेपकऐंठनआक्षेपझटकेआक्षेप वात
English
Convulsive disorderconvulsionsspasmsseizures
Romanized
akshepaka

What the text says

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

Signs and symptoms1

  • Akshepaka vata is described as repeatedly shaking the whole body.

    Chapter 8 · p. 107 · v. 10Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Prognosis1

  • A patient with akshepaka arising from a wound is to be regarded by the physician as incurable and given up.

    Chapter 8 · p. 108 · v. 15Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 8 times on 6 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
Categories
Neurological
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
6
Chapters
Chapter 8
Extraction tasks
T05
Record id
condition_akshepaka