Vata lodged in the waist pulls the thick tendons of the legs; the patient trembles at the start of walking, limps and feels as if the leg joints were loosened.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कलायखञ्ज
- Hindi
- कलायखंज
- English
- Kalayakhanja (limping vata disorder)
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
The patient trembles at the start of walking, walks like a lame person and the joints of the legs feel loosened.
How it develops1
Corrupted vata in the waist region pulling the tendons of the legs is said to cause kalayakhanja and pangu.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 4 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 8
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- condition_kalayakhanja