Ascites (jalodara)

Jalodara is said to follow drinking much cold water after emesis, purgation, an enema or oleation; the abdomen shakes like a full water-skin, and in its final stage it is called incurable. Its treatment is gradual tapping of the fluid followed by a milk diet.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: जलोदरदकोदरउदकोदर
Hindi: जलोदरपेट में पानी भरना
English: Ascitesascitesfluid in abdomen
Romanized: jalodara

What the text says

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Causes1

If a person who has been given emesis, purgation, an enema or oleation (ghee to drink) then drinks a great deal of cold water, jalodara certainly arises.
Chapter 11 · p. 184 · v. 136Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Signs and symptoms1

The distended abdomen quivers like a water-skin full of water and is agitated; the patient becomes thin and faint, is very thirsty and has no particular wish to eat.
Chapter 11 · p. 184 · v. 137Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Prognosis1

The verse says that in their final stage all udaras become jalodara and are then incurable; the commentary reads this as jalodara in old age being incurable. The physician should not treat such patients.
Chapter 11 · p. 185 · v. 139Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Discussed in topics9

Cause of jalodaraजलोदर का निदान Causes of udaraउदर रोग का निदान Diet for the jalodara patientजलोदरी का पथ्य Features of jalodaraजलोदर के लक्षण How to drain fluid from the abdomenउदर से जल निकालने की विधि Incurable udaraअसाध्य उदर Those unfit for sudationस्वेदन के अयोग्य व्यक्ति Treatment of jalodaraजलोदर चिकित्सा Treatment of urine-type enlargementमूत्रज वृद्धि की चिकित्सा

Remedies and formulations described4

Draining fluid from the abdomen in jalodaraउदर से जल निकालने की विधि Draining urine-type scrotal enlargementमूत्रज अण्डवृद्धि की चिकित्सा Milk diet after draining jalodaraजलोदरी का दुग्धाहार Puncturing the abdomen in jalodaraजलोदर में उदर-वेधन

Symptoms3

Emaciation (karshya)कार्श्य (दुबलापन)Fainting (murchha)मूर्च्छा (बेहोशी)Morbid thirst (trishna)तृष्णा (अधिक प्यास)

Organs and systems2

Abdomenउदर (पेट)Liver and hepatobiliary systemयकृत और पित्ताशय तंत्र

Questions2

Which udaras does the text call curable by medicines, which by surgery, and which incurable?ग्रंथ किन उदर रोगों को औषधि से, किन्हें शस्त्र से साध्य और किन्हें असाध्य कहता है?Why is the fluid in jalodara drained only a little at a time, and how long does the draining take?जलोदर में जल थोड़ा-थोड़ा ही क्यों निकाला जाता है, और इसमें कितना समय लगता है?

Sessions1

Treatment of the major diseases, part oneमहाव्याधिचिकित्सित

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 1 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Book page 182Chapter 11… ातिकोदर (दृष्योदर) यकृत्प्लीहोदर, बद्धगुदोदर, क्षतोदर (परिस्राव्युदर) दकोदर, इस प्रकार अष्टविध उदररोग उत्पन्न होते हैं। वातोदर लक्षण अपथ्यमिथ्याच …

Questions and answers

Which udaras does the text call curable by medicines, which by surgery, and which incurable?

The first four (vata, pitta, kapha and combined) by medicines and the other four by surgery, with both needed after a long time; udaras that have ended as jalodara, and patients who refill quickly after purgation with anorexia, broken-feeling flanks and swelling, are to be left as incurable.

Detailed answer and sources

Why is the fluid in jalodara drained only a little at a time, and how long does the draining take?

Because draining it all at once may bring on severe thirst, intense fainting, fever and burning; the fluid is let out from the left side over fifteen days, with the waist cloth tightened as it drains.