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Conditionरोग

Alaji

अलजी

Extracted from the textNew name from the text3 references

A minor disease: very hard, mouthless eruptions in the flesh with a little pus, from kapha and vata.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
अलजी
Hindi
अलजीअलजि
English
AlajiAlaji (hard knot at the eye junction)

What the text says

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

Definition1

  • From kapha and vata, very hard, mouthless eruptions based in the flesh with a little pus arise; they are called alaji.

    Chapter 14 · p. 251 · v. 39Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Signs and symptoms1

  • A hard, black, very painful knot-like swelling at the junction, arising from kapha with much discharge, is called alaji.

    Chapter 15 · p. 297 · v. 172Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Prognosis1

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 10 times on 8 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

Which nine diseases arise in the junctions of the eye?

Parvani, alaji, puyalasa, kaphopanaha, four kinds of discharge (kapha, pitta, blood and pus) and krimigranthi.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

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

Extraction notes

  • Not described within PDF 374-394.
  • Id suffixed _netra to keep this eye disease apart from any non-eye use of the name alaji. The verse is on p.368, the commentary on p.369.
  • Merged from condition_alaji_netra.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Source pages with records
3
Pages naming it
8
Extraction tasks
T12, T15, T14
Record id
condition_alaji