The case where the placenta (apara) does not come out after delivery. A footnote says it causes distension and bloating of the abdomen, and the text treats it by manual removal, kalihari paste taken or applied, or fumigation of the vaginal opening with snake slough and oil.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अपरासङ्ग
- Hindi
- अपरा का न गिरनाझोल नाल का न गिरना
- English
- Retained placenta
What the text says
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Signs and symptoms1
A footnote says that if the placenta does not fall, distension (aphara) and anaha, swelling of the belly, arise in the abdomen.
Treatment principle1
If the placenta does not fall it is to be removed by hand, or kalihari paste is given to drink or applied to the soles, navel and abdomen, or the vaginal opening is fumigated with snake slough mixed with oil; the commentary says the placenta then falls quickly.
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
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 23
- Extraction tasks
- T26
- Record id
- condition_aparasanga