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Conditionरोग

Abdominal lump (gulma)

गुल्म (वायु गोला) · गुल्म

Extracted from the text4 references

Gulma is a round lump between the heart and the bladder, of five kinds (vata, pitta, kapha, all three, and blood in women); it is treated with purgation, dosha-pacifying drugs, enemas, the diet of vata patients, sudation, bandaging, salts, ghee and wicks, and certain foods are forbidden.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
गुल्मगुल्मरोग
Hindi
गुल्मवायु गोलागोलापेट में गांठ
English
Abdominal lumpabdominal lumpphantom tumourgulma
Romanized
gulma

Types described in the text

Vata gulma

वातज गुल्म

Signs of vata.

Pitta gulma

पित्तज गुल्म

Signs of pitta.

Kapha gulma

कफज गुल्म

Signs of kapha.

Combined gulma

सन्निपातज गुल्म

Signs of all three doshas.

Blood gulma (women only)

रक्तज गुल्म

Pitta signs and all signs of pregnancy, but throbs as a painful lump; treated like pitta gulma.

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

  • A footnote describes gulma as a round knot arising in the region between the heart and the bladder, either moving about or fixed, sometimes growing and shrinking.

    Chapter 17 · p. 366 · v. 84FootnoteTraditional description

Classification1

  • Five kinds are named, from vata, pitta, kapha, all three, and from menstrual blood; the first four occur in men and women, the blood type only in women.

    Chapter 17 · p. 366 · v. 84Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Signs and symptoms1

  • The blood type shows pitta signs and all the signs of pregnancy, but whereas the limbs of a foetus move without pain, this gulma throbs as a lump with pain.

    Chapter 17 · p. 366 · v. 84Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Diet1

  • Gulma patients are given the foods suited to vata patients, with daily sudation and bandaging, and are treated with vata-removing salts, the ghee described for udara and stool-loosening wicks.

    Chapter 17 · p. 366 · v. 86-87Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Contraindications1

  • Tubers such as ratalu and pindalu, radish, meat, split pulses, dried and dry vegetables and sweet fruits are to be avoided in gulma.

    Chapter 17 · p. 367 · v. 90Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Prognosis1

  • A footnote says the blood type becomes easily curable once old and is to be treated after ten months have passed.

    Chapter 17 · p. 366 · v. 84FootnoteTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 37 times on 22 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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 sources
How does the text distinguish a blood gulma from pregnancy?

Both show the signs of pregnancy, but the limbs of a foetus move without pain, while the gulma throbs as a lump with pain.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Categories
Digestive
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
22
Chapters
Chapter 17
Extraction tasks
T17
Record id
condition_gulma