Arochaka is an unmatched aversion to food caused by aggravated doshas, emotions such as grief, fear and anger, and impaired digestive fire.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अरोचकअरुचिभक्तद्वेष
- Hindi
- अरोचकअरुचिभूख न लगनाखाने की इच्छा न होना
- English
- Loss of appetiteanorexialoss of appetiteaversion to food
- Romanized
- arochakaaruchi
Types described in the text
Anorexia from external causes
आगन्तुज अरोचक
Arises from grief, anger, greed, fear and the like (footnote).
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Classification1
A footnote gives five kinds of arochaka: vataja, pittaja, kaphaja, sannipataja and agantuja (from grief, anger, greed, fear and the like); the word grief in the verse stands for this whole group.
Causes1
The text says aggravation of vata, pitta and the other doshas, causes such as grief, fear and anger, and impairment of the digestive fire produce an unmatched aversion to food, which shows the features of its own cause.
Signs and symptoms3
Belching (the verse has nausea) and loss of appetite are given as the brief signs of aggravated kapha.
Loss of appetite for food is among the signs of aggravated pitta.
Loss of appetite is also among the signs of aggravated kapha.
Treatment principle1
The physician learns which foods and tastes suit and please the patient by region, season, family and community, and gives varied appetising food, drinks and linctuses.
Diet1
Tasty, dry and light food with sour, bitter, pungent and pleasant vegetables, suited to the patient's liking, is called wholesome.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 8 times on 6 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 113Chapter 8… धिकशुद्धदेहान्नरान्। सबस्तिकृतकर्मणो न घृतमेतदापाययेत्॥ 30॥ भावार्थ : अरोचक अवस्था में, नवजवर पीडित को, हृदय रोग से पीडित को, गर्भवती को, मूचि्र् …
- Book page 333Chapter 16… भोजनद्रव्य, पानक व लेहों की विधिपूर्वक योजना करें। अथारोचकरोगाधिकार: अरोचक निदान दोषवर्गबहुशोक - निमित्ताद्धोजनेष्वरुचिरप्रतिरूपा। प्राणिनाम …
- Book page 334Chapter 16×2… थात् दोषदि के अनुसार उत्पन्न अन्यान्य लक्षणों से संयुक्त होती है, इसे अरोचकv रोग कहते हैं। अरोचक चिकित्सा देशकालकुलजातिविशोषान्। सात्म्यभोजनरसा …
- Book page 335Chapter 16×2कल्याणकारके / क्षुद्ररोगाधिकार: 335 औषधियों के कषाय से अरोचक रोगी के मुख को प्रक्षालन (कुल्ला) कराना चाहिए एवं खट्टा कटु आदि रस यु …
- Book page 496Chapter 22… वाप्यथ वामयेद्धिषक्॥ 4॥ भावार्थ : पिया हुआ घृत यदि जीर्ण न हुआ तो वह अरोचक, जवर, प्रमेह, उन्माद, कुष्ट और मूच्र्छा को उत्पन्न करता है। उस अवस्था …
- Book page 511Chapter 22… असमर्थ हो जाये तो वह अनेक महादोषों को उत्पन्न करती है। मूच्र्छा, वमन, अरोचक, तृषा, उeार, अशुद्धिता पीडा, उपस्थित वमनत्व (वमन होने की तैयारी, जी म …
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Digestive
- Source pages with records
- 4
- Pages naming it
- 6
- Chapters
- Chapter 3Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T02, T16
- Record id
- condition_arochaka