Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अतिसार
- Hindi
- अतिसारदस्तपतले दस्त
- English
- Diarrhoeadiarrhoeadiarrhealoose stools
- Romanized
- atisaradast
Types described in the text
Vata diarrhoea
वातातिसार
Dry, frothy stool passed often in small amounts with pain, noise and colic.
Pitta diarrhoea
पित्तातिसार
Yellow or green, hot, bloody, thin stool passed quickly, with fainting, thirst and fever.
Kapha diarrhoea
श्लेष्मातिसार
White, thick, very cold stool passed slowly and copiously; chill, heaviness and coldness of the body.
Diarrhoea of all three doshas
सन्निपातातिसार
Signs of all three kinds; broken, clear stool with or without particles.
Diarrhoea in the ama (undigested) stage
आमातिसार
Foul-smelling stool that sinks in water.
Diarrhoea in the pakva (digested) stage
पक्वातिसार
Signs opposite to those of ama diarrhoea.
Diarrhoea from grief
शोकातिसार
Arises from excessive grief; very bloody, very hot stool with bloating and colic; described as fatal with its complications.
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Classification2
These diseases also arise with vata, kapha and all three doshas and are named after the dominant dosha: though the root of diarrhoea is pitta, it is called vatatisara when vata is more aggravated than pitta.
Diarrhoea with the signs of all three doshas and broken, clear stool with or without particles is sannipata diarrhoea; stool that sinks in water and smells foul marks ama diarrhoea, and the opposite signs pakva diarrhoea.
Causes1
Diarrhoea, burning, thirst, fever, giddiness, intoxication, heat and drying are said not to arise without aggravated pitta.
Signs and symptoms3
In vata diarrhoea, from aggravated apana vata, the stool is very thick, dry and frothy and passes repeatedly in small amounts with pain and noise, and the patient has colic.
In pitta diarrhoea the stool is yellow or green, very hot, bloody, clear and thin and passes quickly, and the patient has fainting, thirst, fever, indigestion and intoxication.
In kapha diarrhoea the stool is white, thick and very cold and comes slowly and in large amount; the patient suffers from cold and the body feels heavy and very cold.
How it develops1
Pitta burnt by its own causes, joined with blood, kapha and vata, reaches the seat of stool, dulls the digestive fire there and causes thin stools; this is called atisara.
Treatment principle1
The ama and pakva states must be judged before treatment: digestion (pachana) in the ama state and binding (stambhana) in the pakva state, says the commentary; with much ama, emesis is given.
Prognosis2
Diarrhoea from excessive grief, passing very bloody, very hot stool with bloating and colic, with complications such as thirst, swelling, fever, breathlessness and cough, loss of appetite and a weakened voice, is said to destroy the patient.
Diarrhoea in the very young, the very old, the emaciated, the weak and the consumptive, or with stool like ghee, spleen, fat, liver, oil, water, milk, curd or buttermilk, is very hard to treat and should be given up; the verse also names honey.
Other1
As an example of judging the force of a disease by questioning, the commentary says that in diarrhoea the physician asks how many stools occur and at what intervals.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 74 times on 45 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 47Chapter 4×2… याधियों को उत्पन्न करते है जैसे कि यदि उदर को प्राप्त करें तो, गुल्म, अतिसार अगिAमांद्य, अनाह, विशूचिका आदि रोगों को पैदा करते हैं, बस्ति को आश्रय …
- Book page 53Chapter 4×3… ग भी उसी प्रकार के गुण से युक्त हैं एवं जवर को नाश करने वाला है। सर्व अतिसार (अतिसार रोग दस्तों की बीमारी को कहते हैं) रोग में हितकर। इनके दाल, जव …
- Book page 67Chapter 5×2कल्याणकारके / अन्नपानविधि: 67 के द्वारा दग्ध हो, अतिसार रोग से पीडित हो एवं जो थक गए हों ऐसे मनुष्य मुeयूष सेवन करने योग्य है …
- Book page 68Chapter 5… प्रधान आहार है, उसे यदि गरम ही पीवें तो मल की शुद्धि करता है अर्थात् दस्त लाता है। गरम करके ठणडा किया हुआ दूध मल आदि को बांधने वाला है। दही के …
- Book page 75Chapter 6… ण हो गया हो आँखों का रोग हो गया हो, पीनस रोग होकर अल्प समय हो गया हो, अतिसार हो गया हो, जिसने भोजन किया हो साक्षता् जवर सहित हो, ऐसे मनुष्य ऐसी अव …
- Book page 76Chapter 6… ो, जिसे क्षयरोग हो गया हो जो अत्यन्त कृश हो, जिसको विरेचन दे दिया हो, अतिसार रोग से पीडित हो, क्षुधा व तृषा से बाधिक हो, उन्माद जिसको हुआ हो, मूत् …
- Book page 78Chapter 6… आया हो, थका हुआ हो, प्यासा हो, वातरोग से पीडित होकर क्षीण हो गया हो, अतिसार रोग से पीडित हो, मद्य पीकर मत्त हो गया हो एवं रात्रि मे जो जगा हो, वह …
- Book page 102Chapter 7×2… ि के बलाबल) व्याधि का जोर (यदि जवर हो तो कितनी गर्मी बढ जाती है? यदि अतिसार हो तो दस्त कितने होते है? कितने-कितने समय के बाद होते है? आदि, इसी प् …
- Book page 106Chapter 8… पचाता है उसको समानवात कहते है। यदि वह कुपित हो जावें तो, अग्निमांद्य, अतिसार, अंत्रशूल गुल्म आदि उग्र रोगों को पैदा करता है। अपानवायु अपान इति योः …
- Book page 107Chapter 8… र आमाशय, व पक्वाशय में प्रकुपित (समान) वायु आमाशयगत व पक्वाशयगत छर्दि अतिसार आदिं रोगों को उत्पन्न करता है, उसी प्रकार त्वगादि स्वस्थानों में प्रक …
- Book page 125Chapter 9… प्राप्त हो तो सम्पूर्ण शरीर में दाह, प्यास, जवर, भ्रम, मद, रक्तपित्त, अतिसार आदि अनेक रोग उत्पन्न होते हैं। पित्तप्रकोप का लक्षण आरक्तलोचनमुख: कटु …
- Book page 135Chapter 9×2… मुत्कर्षतो भवति तद् गुणमुख्यभेदात्॥ 49॥ भावार्थ : पित्तोद्रेक के विना अतिसार, दाह, तृषा, जवर, भ्रम, मद, उष्ण इत्यादि विशोष दोष (रोग) उत्पन्न नहीं …
Questions and answers
How does the text describe kapha diarrhoea (shleshmatisara)?
The stool is white, thick and very cold and comes slowly and in large amount; the patient feels chilled and the body heavy and cold.
Detailed answer and sourcesHow does the text tell ama diarrhoea from pakva diarrhoea?
Stool that sinks in water and smells foul marks ama diarrhoea; the opposite signs mark pakva diarrhoea.
Detailed answer and sourcesWhich diarrhoea patients does the text call very hard to treat and to be given up?
The very young, the very old, the emaciated, the weak and the consumptive, and those whose stool looks like ghee, spleen, fat, liver, oil, water, milk, curd or buttermilk.
Detailed answer and sourcesFor which stage of diarrhoea is Amrasthyadi powder given, and with what?
For diarrhoea in the pakva stage; it is drunk with whey.
Detailed answer and sourcesIn which diseases does the text call lukewarm milk wholesome?
Long-standing diarrhoea, chronic fever, insanity, epilepsy, urinary stone, gulma, abdominal enlargement, liver disorder, vata, breathlessness and cough, spleen enlargement, ashthila, urinary gravel, asrigdara, burning, vertigo, depleted semen and fainting.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.