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Discharge of thick salty kapha from the head (bhramshathu)

महाभ्रंशन · भ्रंशथु

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Thick, salty kapha accumulated in the vital spot of the head and heated flows out from the head; treated with pressed and purging nasal drops.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: भ्रंशथुमहाभ्रंशनप्रभ्रंशथु
Hindi: महाभ्रंशन
English: Discharge of thick salty kapha from the head (bhramshathu)

What the text says

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How it develops1

Thick, salty kapha accumulated beforehand in the vital spot of the head, heated (the commentary says by the sun's rays through the heat of pitta), comes out from the head; this is called mahabhramshana (bhramshathu, prabhramshathu).
Chapter 15 · p. 267 · v. 36Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

It is to be overcome with pressed nasal drops (avapidana) and purging nasal drops.
Chapter 15 · p. 267 · v. 36Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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 267Chapter 15… होने वाली छीक को, आगंतु क्षवथु कहते है। यह अपने आप ही नाश हो जाता है। महाभ्रंशन लक्षण व चिकित्सा ततो महाभ्रंशननामरोगत:। कफोतिसांद्रो लवण: समूर्धत:। न …

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Chapter 15 · p. 267 · v. 36

Quick facts

Content type: Condition
Source pages with records: 1
Pages naming it: 1
Chapters: Chapter 15
Extraction tasks: T13
Record id: condition_bhramshathu