Disorders of menstrual blood (artava dosha)

Defects of the menstrual blood (artava, rajas), which the text classifies together with those of semen by dosha, blood and excessive intercourse, and treats with purification up to the uttarabasti, cleansing decoctions, pastes with sesame oil, vaginal washes, fumigation and pastes, and specific decoctions.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: आर्तवदोषआर्तवविकाररजोदोष
Hindi: आर्तव के विकाररज सम्बन्धी दोष
English: Disorders of menstrual blood (artava dosha)

What the text says

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Classification1

The same classification is given for menstrual blood as for semen: vitiated by vata and the other doshas it shows their signs and pains, from blood it smells like a corpse, from kapha and vata it is knotted, from pitta and blood foul and pus-like, from all three doshas it smells of faeces, and from excess intercourse it is depleted.
Chapter 23 · p. 543 · v. 8-9Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

For disorders of menstrual blood the procedures from oleation up to the uttarabasti are used to purify it; decoctions of various cleansing drugs and pastes of suitable drugs with sesame oil are drunk as prescribed, and wholesome, artava-correcting washes of the vagina with decoctions (achamana), fumigation, pastes and cleansing measures are applied to the vaginal region by the method of the texts.
Chapter 23 · p. 544 · v. 14-15Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Prognosis1

As with semen, menstrual disorders from single doshas are curable, the corpse-smelling, pus-like, foul and knotted kinds difficult, and the faeces-smelling kind incurable.
Chapter 23 · p. 543 · v. 10Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Discussed in topics5

Invocation and statement of intentमंगलाचरण और प्रतिज्ञा Prognosis, and treatment of seed disorders from single doshasसाध्यासाध्य विचार और वातादि दोषजन्य वीर्य रोग की चिकित्सा Signs of semen and menstrual blood vitiated by the doshasवातादि दोषों से दूषित रज-वीर्य के लक्षण Treatment of disorders of semen and menstrual bloodशुक्र और आर्तव विकार की चिकित्सा Treatment of menstrual disorders from pitta and the other doshasपित्तादि दोषजन्य आर्तव रोग की चिकित्सा

Remedies and formulations described4

Decoction of devadaru, mango, sarala, agaru and sandalwoodदेवदारु, आम्र, सरल, अगरु, चंदन क्वाथ Decoction of kutaja and trikatuकुडा व त्रिकटु क्वाथ Purifying treatment of disorders of semen and menstrual bloodशुक्र व आर्तव विकार की शोधन चिकित्सा Uttarabasti nozzleउत्तरबस्ति की नली (पिचकारी)

Organs and systems2

Reproductive organsप्रजनन अंग Uterus and female reproductive tractगर्भाशय

Questions1

How does the text judge the curability of disorders of semen and menstrual blood?ग्रंथ शुक्र और आर्तव के विकारों की साध्यता के बारे में क्या कहता है?

Sessions1

Treating mishaps of all proceduresसर्वौषधकर्मव्यापच्चिकित्सित

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 1 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Book page 657Plant glossary… रमोथ, [कन्नड़] वृक्ष. पपिंळमूल, वेळची घांड, [कन्नड़] हितावली, आर्तवदोष, [कन्नड़] ग्रंथिपर्णी. 23. ग्रन्थिका [क] करोलवृक्ष, पीपरामूल, गठो …

Questions and answers

How does the text judge the curability of disorders of semen and menstrual blood?

Disorders from vata, pitta or kapha singly are curable and are overcome with oleation, sudation and similar procedures; the corpse-smelling, pus-like, foul and knotted kinds are difficult to cure; the faeces-smelling kind is called incurable.

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