Granthi are nodules arising from vitiated blood, the doshas, flesh, fat and vessels, treated by dosha and tissue with drugs, pastes and poultices; siraja granthi is incurable when immobile and hard to cure when mobile and painful.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- ग्रन्थिरोग
- Hindi
- ग्रंथिगांठगिल्टी
- English
- Nodulesnodulecystlump
- Romanized
- granthi
Types described in the text
Granthi arising from vessels
सिराज ग्रंथि
Two kinds, mobile and immobile; the immobile one is called incurable and the mobile, painful one hard to cure.
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Classification1
A footnote says the verse seems to give seven kinds of granthi, while other texts give five: vataja, pittaja, kaphaja, medaja and siraja. The editor thinks the verse is a general statement, since flesh and blood are only vitiated and do not form granthi themselves, or that Ugradityacharya may have accepted seven kinds.
Causes1
Vitiated blood, vata, pitta, kapha, flesh, fat and vessels give rise to nodules (granthi) in the body, each with features corresponding to the dosha or tissue involved.
Treatment principle1
All kinds of granthi are treated according to the dosha and tissue involved with the drugs repeatedly described and with pastes, poultices and similar procedures.
Prognosis1
Siraja granthi that is immobile is to be left untreated (the commentary: immobile and painless, it is incurable); one that is mobile and painful is hard to cure.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 2 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 75Chapter 6… ं स्थिरता आ जाती है, चर्म में कांति आ जाती है, मेदविकार, श्लेष्मविकार ग्रंथिरोग (संधिरोग) खुजली और वातरोग एवं रक्तोत्पन्न रोग भी इससे नष्ट होते हैं। …
- Book page 477Chapter 21… ्रिमविष) उदररोग, गुल्मरोग, अग्निमांद्य, अशमरी, शर्करा, नाना प्रकार के ग्रंथिरोग, अर्श, अंतर्गत तीव्र विषरोग व कृमिरोग, श्वासकास, भयंकर अजीर्ण, इन रोग …
Questions and answers
Why are piles called mularoga, the root disease?
Because they give rise to many other diseases, being their root cause.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Skin and hairSurgery and injuries
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 14
- Extraction tasks
- T12
- Record id
- condition_granthi