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Conditionरोग

Amladhyushita (eye inflammation from sour food)

अम्लाध्युषित

Extracted from the textNew name from the text2 references

A blood-caused eye disease in which eating burning sour food makes the whole eye suppurate, red, swollen and burning.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
अम्लाध्युषित
Hindi
अम्लाध्युषित
English
Amladhyushita (eye inflammation from sour food)Amladhyushita

What the text says

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

Causes1

  • Eating burning (vidahi) sour substances makes the whole eye suppurate and become red, swollen and burning; the disease arises from aggravated blood.

    Chapter 15 · p. 295 · v. 166Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Prognosis1

  • Amladhyushita is listed among the six curable pitta-born eye diseases.

    Chapter 15 · p. 309 · v. 234Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Questions and answers

What does the text give for amladhyushita, and where is one of these remedies said to be unsuitable?

Eye drops of palasha gum with milk and sugar, and a triphala decoction with ghee to drink; the triphala remedy is said not to be beneficial in shukti.

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.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
3
Chapters
Chapter 15
Extraction tasks
T14, T15
Record id
condition_amladhyushita