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Conditionरोग

Heart disorders (hridroga)

हृद्रोग (हृदय रोग) · हृद्रोग

Extracted from the text6 references

Chapter 17 treats heart disease by dosha type: emesis with long pepper and mustard water and ghee or trikatu remedies for the vata type, emesis and purgation for the pitta and kapha types, and dosha-specific enemas.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
हृद्रोगहृदयरोगहृच्छूल
Hindi
हृद्रोगहृदय रोगदिल की बीमारीदिल का दर्द
English
Heart disordersheart diseasecardiac disorderchest pain
Romanized
hridrogahridaya roga

Types described in the text

Vata-type heart disease

वातज ह्द्रोग

Severe heart pain; treated by emesis with long pepper and mustard in warm water and by ghee or trikatu remedies.

Pitta-type heart disease

पित्तज ह्द्रोग

From excess pitta; treated by emesis with drugs combined with ghee, jaggery and milk, and by purgation.

Kapha-type heart disease

कफज ह्द्रोग

Called a severe great disease of the heart; treated by emesis with trikatu in warm water and purgation with trivrit.

What the text says

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

Causes1

  • Pitta-type heart disease is said to arise from a special excess of pitta, and the kapha type is called a great disease located in the heart.

    Chapter 17 · p. 348 · v. 7-8Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Signs and symptoms1

  • Vata-type heart disease is described as marked by excessive pain in the heart.

    Chapter 17 · p. 348 · v. 5Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

  • For heart disease the text prescribes emesis and purgation according to the dosha, and enemas with drugs suited to the dosha.

    Chapter 17 · p. 348 · v. 9Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 11 times on 6 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

How does the text treat pitta-type and kapha-type heart disease?

Pitta type: emesis with drugs mixed with ghee, jaggery and milk, then purgation. Kapha type: emesis with warm water containing trikatu, then purgation with trivrit, sour fruit, rock salt and dry ginger.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

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

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Categories
Heart and circulation
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
6
Chapters
Chapter 17
Extraction tasks
T17
Record id
condition_hridroga