Apachi is described as small hard swellings, round or long, formed by fat accumulating at the jaw, throat, eyes and joints; some burst and discharge, some subside by themselves and new ones keep forming.
Also described as
Treatment of apachi aims at kapha and fat: emesis, strong nasal medication, purgation, the sinus treatments, dietary remedies and a nili-root drink.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- गण्डमालाअपची
- Hindi
- गंडमालागले की गांठेंअपची
- English
- Cervical lymph node swellingsscrofulalymph node swellingsApachi
- Romanized
- gandamalaapachi
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Definition1
Excess fat (meda, the fourth dhatu) gathering at the jaw, throat, eyes and the joints of all bones produces a small swelling that is hard and round or elongated; because fat accumulates in it, it is called apachi.
Signs and symptoms1
Some apachi nodules burst by themselves and discharge pus, some of the earlier ones subside by themselves, and new ones of various irregular forms keep arising.
How it develops1
A footnote explains that these measures are used because kapha and fat increase most in this disease.
Treatment principle2
The oil described before is to be used on these nodules.
Apachi is listed together with sinus tracts among the diseases treated by cautery.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 10 times on 3 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 244Chapter 14×4… अल्प शोथ को उत्पन्न करता है। जो कि कठिन, गोल अथवा लम्बा होता है। इसको अपची कहते हैं। इसमें मेद का उपचय होता है। इसलिए इसको अपची नाम से कहते हैं। …
- Book page 245Chapter 14×5कल्याणकारके / उपदंशाधिकार: 245 अपची चिकित्सा वमनमपिच ती़णं नस्यमत्रापचींना। विधिवदिह विधेयं सद्विरेकश्च प …
- Book page 479Chapter 21… िसमें मांस बढ गया हो ऐसे व्रण में, ग्रंथि, अर्बुद, चर्मकील, तिल कालक, अपची, नाडी व्रण इन रोगों में छेदित सिरा, संधि में, रक्त प्रवृत्ति में, अग् …
Questions and answers
How does the text explain the name apachi?
Fat accumulates (upachaya) at the jaw, throat, eyes and joints and forms small hard swellings, so it is called apachi.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Apachi is mapped to condition_gandamala, whose lexicon aliases include अपची.
- Merged from condition_apachi.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Skin and hair
- Source pages with records
- 3
- Pages naming it
- 3
- Chapters
- Chapter 14Chapter 21
- Extraction tasks
- T12, T23
- Record id
- condition_gandamala