Galaganda is described as a swelling hanging from the neck like a scrotum, produced when vitiated kapha and fat reach the manya vessel; it is treated with elimination measures, sudation and poultices, and incised when ripe.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- गलगण्ड
- Hindi
- गलगंडघेघागले की सूजन
- English
- Goitregoitregoiterneck swelling
- Romanized
- galaganda
What the text says
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How it develops1
Kapha and fat, vitiated, reach the manya vessel in the neck and produce a swelling there that looks as if a scrotum were tied to the neck; this is called galaganda.
Note: मंथा is read as मन्या.
All references
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- EndocrineEye and ENT
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 14
- Extraction tasks
- T12
- Record id
- condition_galaganda