Severe pain in exactly one half of the head.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अर्धावभेदक
- Hindi
- अर्धावभेदकआधासीसीआधे सिर का दर्दमाइग्रेन
- English
- Hemicraniahemicraniamigraine
- Romanized
- ardhavabhedaka
What the text says
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Definition1
Very severe pain in exactly one half of the head is called ardhavabhedaka.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 3 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 259Chapter 15… तज शिरोरोग उत्पन्न होते हैं एवं तत्तद्रोषों के प्रकोप से, सूर्यावर्त, अर्धावभेदक, शंखक नामक 1. इन शिरोरोगों में वातादि दोषों के ∂क्षण प्रकट होते है। व …
- Book page 260Chapter 15×2… ो रोग में दोष व धातुओं को बढाने वाली चिकित्सा करनी चाहिए। सूर्यावर्त, अर्धावभेदक लक्षण । क्रमक्रमाद्वृद्धिमुपैति वेदना। दिनार्धतोःसै व्रजतीह सूर्यवत् …
Questions and answers
Which ten kinds of head disease does chapter 15 describe?
Those from vata, pitta, kapha, blood and all doshas together, plus suryavarta, ardhavabhedaka, shankhaka, the worm-caused type and the depletion type.
Detailed answer and sourcesHow does the text tell suryavarta from ardhavabhedaka?
Suryavarta pain rises from morning to midday with the sun and wanes as the sun goes down; ardhavabhedaka is severe pain in exactly one half of the head.
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
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- condition_ardhavabhedaka