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Conditionरोग

Hiccup (hikka)

हिक्का (हिचकी) · हिक्का

Extracted from the text6 references

Hikka is provoked vayu (prana with kapha) rising repeatedly to the mouth with a hik sound while afflicting spleen, intestines and liver. It has five kinds, and certain signs mark it as incurable.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
हिक्का
Hindi
हिक्काहिचकी
English
Hiccuphiccuphiccups
Romanized
hikkahichki

Types described in the text

Food-born hiccup

अन्नजा

Vata pressed down by excess sharp and pungent food suddenly rises, with pain in the heart and ribs.

Paired hiccup

यमिका

Shakes the throat and head and comes as two hiccups at a time, at intervals.

Minor hiccup

क्षुद्रिका

Comes after long intervals, slowly and step by step, from the root of the collarbone (junction of throat and chest).

Great hiccup

महाप्रलया

Constant, greatly afflicting the vital points and shaking the whole body.

Deep hiccup

गंभीरिका

Arises pressing the navel, with fever and other complications and a deep sound.

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Definition2

  • The text says that when provoked vayu, forcefully afflicting spleen, intestines and liver and making a hik sound, comes up toward the mouth again and again, it is called hikka.

    Chapter 16 · p. 339 · v. 76Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • A footnote gives the etymology: it destroys the life-breaths, hence hikka.

    Chapter 16 · p. 339 · v. 76FootnoteTraditional description

Classification1

  • The great vayu called prana, provoked with kapha, produces five kinds of hiccup: annaja, yamika, kshudrika, mahapralaya and gambhirika.

    Chapter 16 · p. 339 · v. 77Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Prognosis1

  • A patient whose body is stretched, who is very wasted, whose gaze turns upward, who sneezes, has anorexia and feels as if the ribs were broken is to be left as incurable.

    Chapter 16 · p. 340 · v. 81Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 50 times on 23 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

What are the five kinds of hikka and what produces them?

Annaja, yamika, kshudrika, mahapralaya and gambhirika, produced by the vayu called prana provoked with kapha.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

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

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Categories
RespiratoryDigestive
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
23
Chapters
Chapter 16
Extraction tasks
T16
Record id
condition_hikka