Apasmara is named for the loss of memory with deadly fear and fainting; it arises from the three doshas with vata predominant, shows falling, teeth gnashing, phlegm vomiting, upturned eyes and loud cries, is likened to Yama, and is said to be dosha-born rather than caused by grahas. It is treated with the drugs for insanity, strong nasya, ghee nasya and collyrium, sneezing powders and an arishta of bharangi.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अपस्मार
- Hindi
- अपस्मारमिर्गीदौरे
- English
- Epilepsyepilepsyseizuresfits
- Romanized
- apasmaramirgi
Types described in the text
What the text says
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Definition1
As a person fallen into water fears that life is leaving and loses memory with fainting, so in this disease deadly fear, fainting and loss of memory occur; hence it is called apasmara.
Classification1
Though it arises from the three doshas, vata predominates in every form; a footnote gives four kinds, from vata, pitta, kapha and all three.
Causes1
Because it comes suddenly and passes quickly without apparent cause, some ignorant people say apasmara is caused by grahas, but the text holds that it is born of the doshas.
Signs and symptoms1
At the onset the patient sees black, green (or yellow) or white beings in the vata, pitta and kapha types and falls at once; on the ground he gnashes his teeth, vomits phlegm, breathes and stares upward and cries out loudly, which a footnote calls the general sign of apasmara.
Treatment principle1
The skilled physician treats apasmara with the whole group of drugs described for insanity, together with strong nasya and other measures.
Prognosis1
Apasmara is likened to Yama, bearing the marks of death; the person dies again and again and lives on only with great difficulty.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 14 times on 6 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 147Chapter 9… युक्तम् ॥101॥ भावार्थ : मंदोष्ण दूध, पुराना अतिसार, जीर्णजवर, उन्माद, अपस्मार, अशमरी, गुल्म, उदर, यकृतदरवात, श्वासकास, प्लीहोदर, अष्टीला, शर्करा, अ …
- Book page 189Chapter 11… से, शीघ्र विरेचन होता है। इसलिए सर्व उदररोग, अष्टीलीका, कुष्ठ गुल्म, अपस्मार भयंकर उन्माद और प्रलाप युक्त रोगियों के यह अत्यन्त हितकर है। मूत्रावर …
- Book page 370Chapter 17×2… रमेत॥ 100॥ भावार्थ : मूच्र्छा (बेहोश हो जाना) उन्माद (पागल हो जाना) व अपस्मार (मिर्गी) रोग, बाह्यांमयतर कारणों से कुपित होकर शरीर को आच्छादित करने …
- Book page 373Chapter 17×6… ार के भोजनपानादि द्रव्यों को देवें। हमेशा दोषों के शोधन भी करते रहें। अपस्मार निदान भयमिह भवत्यप्सु प्राणैर्यत:परिमुच्यते । स्मरणमपि तत्रौवावश् …
- Book page 374Chapter 17×3… करके (देर-देर से ) आते हैं। कभी तो अनेक एक साथ (शीघ्र-शीघ्र) आते हैं। अपस्मार चिकित्सा इह कथित समस्तोन्मादभैषजयवर्गै:। प्रशमयतु सदापस्माररोगं विध …
- Book page 375Chapter 17… ुगधतिं करें, इस सुगंधित व मीठा भाडंर्यादि अरिष्ट को बार-बार पीवें, तो अपस्मार रोग शीघ्र ही शमन होता है। अंतिम कथन इति जिनवक्त्रानिर्गतसुशास्त्रमहां …
Questions and answers
Why does the text reject the idea that apasmara is caused by grahas?
It says apasmara comes from quickly moving doshas, so it arrives suddenly and passes quickly; ignorant people take this for a graha's work, but it is born of the doshas.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll 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 17
- Extraction tasks
- T17
- Record id
- condition_apasmara