Gridhrasi is described as violent vata tormenting the tendons of the hands and feet so that the limbs feel broken, with unbearable pain at those sites.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- गृध्रसी
- Hindi
- गृध्रसीसाइटिकारींगणवातकमर से पैर तक दर्द
- English
- Sciaticasciaticasciatic pain
- Romanized
- gridhrasigrudhrasi
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Signs and symptoms1
When the violent wind torments the tendons of the hands and feet and makes them feel broken, there is unbearable pain at those sites; this is called gridhrasi.
Treatment principle1
In sciatica (gridhrasi) and other major vata disorders the text says bloodletting is done first, followed by suitable treatment with the excellent medicines and procedures told earlier.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 3 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 109Chapter 8×2… े तरफ नमा देता है, इनको क्रम से बहिरायाम अंतरायाम वातव्याधि कहते हैं। गृध्रसी अवबाहु की संप्राप्ति व लक्षण यदात्मकरपादचारुतरकंदरान् दणडयन्। स खणडयत …
- Book page 201Chapter 12… तैल को नस्य आदि के द्वारा प्रयोग करें, तो आर्दितवात को विनाश करता है। गृध्रसी प्रभूतिवात रोग चिकित्सा गृघ्रसिप्रभृतिवातविकारा-। न्ररक्तमोक्षणमहानिल …
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Bloodletting is a procedure for a trained practitioner.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Joints and musclesNeurological
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 8Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T05, T10
- Record id
- condition_gridhrasi