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Conditionरोग

Excessive oleation

अति स्निग्धता · अतिस्निग्ध

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The state of a person oleated too much; the text lists burning at the anus, excessive stools, anorexia, kapha from the mouth, dysentery, burning of the limbs and fainting, and treats it with dry ginger in hot water and rice with mung soup, or a gruel with ajamoda, chitraka and rock salt.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
अतिस्निग्धस्नेहातियोग
Hindi
अति स्निग्धताअधिक स्नेहन
English
Excessive oleation

What the text says

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Signs and symptoms1

  • Signs of over-oleation are given as burning at the anus, excessive passing of stool (diarrhoea), anorexia, kapha coming from the mouth, dysentery, burning of the limbs and fainting.

    Chapter 22 · p. 499 · v. 18Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

  • To relieve the distress, the over-oleated patient is given dry ginger in hot water and promptly fed rice with mung soup, or else a gruel mixed with ajamoda, chitraka and rock salt.

    Chapter 22 · p. 499 · v. 19Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Questions and answers

What are the signs of excessive oleation and how is it treated?

Burning at the anus, excessive stools, anorexia, kapha from the mouth, dysentery, burning of the limbs and fainting; it is treated with dry ginger in hot water and rice with mung soup, or a gruel with ajamoda, chitraka and rock salt.

Detailed answer and sources

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Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
3
Chapters
Chapter 22
Extraction tasks
T24
Record id
condition_atisnigdha