Kapha disorders

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: श्लेष्मरोगकफरोगश्लेष्मव्याधिकफविकार
Hindi: कफ रोगबलगम के रोग
English: Kapha disorderskapha disorderskapha diseases
Romanized: kapharogashleshmaroga

What the text says

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Definition1

Any disease in which these signs are found is to be understood as a kapha disease, and the skilled physician treats it with suitable medicines after knowing the signs well.
Chapter 10 · p. 148 · v. 2Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Causes1

The people of marshy (ānūpa) land are described as very stout and kapha-predominant, and physicians there are told always to treat kapha and vāta.
Chapter 2 · p. 19 · v. 33-34Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Signs and symptoms1

Aggravated kapha shows stiffness, coldness, swelling, heaviness, hardness, intense cold, severe itching, unctuousness, wetness, salivation, distaste for food, heaviness of the head, excessive sleep, weak digestion, indigestion, a salty or sweet taste in the mouth and loss of touch sensation in the limbs; the verse also names vomiting (vamathu).
Chapter 10 · p. 148 · v. 2Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

Kapha aggravation is said to subside with alkalis, hot substances, light and clear food and drink in small amounts, soups of horse gram and mung, pungent soups of peas and pigeon pea, strong sudation, fasting, massage with sesame oil, sexual intercourse, and pungent, bitter, astringent and dry substances.
Chapter 10 · p. 149 · v. 3Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Prognosis1

A patient with a kapha disease who sees many white things in dreams is said to surely die.
Chapter 20 · p. 455 · v. 35Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Remedies and formulations described40

Alkali of the mushkaka tree (unnamed)मुष्कक (मोखा) क्षार Avapidana nasya of black pepper, dry ginger and long pepper (unnamed)मिरच, सोंठ, पीपल का अवपीडन नस्य Bala oilबला तैल Bharangyadi powderभारंग्यादि चूर्ण Bhringaraja powder (unnamed)भृंगराज (मार्कव) चूर्ण Bilva pasteबिल्वादि लेप Boiled milk taken warmउबालकर गरम पिया दूध Dhatryadi pasteधात्र्यादि लेप Eladi powderएलादि चूर्ण Emesis with neem decoction and trikatuत्रिकटु युक्त नीम कषाय से वमन Gargles against kaphaकफनाशक गंडूष Ghee drunk with trikatu and alkali in kapha disordersत्रिकटु व क्षार युक्त घृतपान Green gram soup (mudga yusha)मूंग का यूष Haritaki with dry gingerसोंठ के साथ हरड Head-purging nasya (shirovirechana)शिरोविरेचन नस्य Heat sweating (tapa sveda)तापस्वेद

Discussed in topics34

Bala oilबला तैल Benefit of emesisवमन का गुण Benefits of rubbing the body with paste (udvartana)उद्वर्तन (उबटन) के गुण Benefits of sweating and signs of proper sweatingस्वेद के गुण Bharangyadi powderभार्ङ्ग्यादि चूर्ण Bilva pasteबिल्व आदि का लेप Chapter ten: the section on kapha disordersदसवाँ परिच्छेद: कफरोगाधिकार Cold and hot foodशीत और उष्ण भोजन Collyrium against itchingकण्डूनाशक अंजन Dreams specific to certain diseases, and fruitless dreamsविशेष रोगों के विशेष स्वप्न और निष्फल स्वप्न Eladi powderएलादि चूर्ण Emesis with neem decoction and Khadiradi powder against kaphaकफनाशक वमन और खदिरादि चूर्ण Exception to the rule against emesisवमन निषेध का अपवाद Four powders beginning with vyoshaव्योषादि चार चूर्ण How ghee is drunk in vata, pitta and kapha disordersवात आदि दोषों में घृतपान की विधि Invocation and statement of intent to describe kapha diseasesमंगलाचरण और श्लेष्मरोग वर्णन की प्रतिज्ञा

Symptoms5

Excess salivation (praseka)प्रसेक (मुंह में पानी आना)Heaviness (gaurava)गौरव (भारीपन)Itching (kandu)कंडू (खुजली)Numbness (supti)सुप्ति (सुन्नपन)Stiffness (stambha)स्तंभ (जकड़न)

Sessions3

Compendium of the science and rules of methodशास्त्रसंग्रहतंत्रयुक्ति Conception and the growing embryoगर्भोत्पत्तिलक्षण Treatment of kapha diseasesश्लेष्मव्याधिचिकित्सित

Questions2

How does the text distinguish the three kinds of land, and which disorders and treatment does it associate with each?ग्रन्थ तीन प्रकार के देशों में क्या भेद करता है और प्रत्येक के साथ कौन से रोग और चिकित्सा जोड़ता है?Which dreams does chapter 20 treat as signs of death in particular diseases, and which dreams does it call fruitless?बीसवें परिच्छेद में किन रोगों में कौन से स्वप्न मृत्यु के सूचक बताए गए हैं, और कौन से स्वप्न निष्फल कहे गए हैं?

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 9 times on 9 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 distinguish the three kinds of land, and which disorders and treatment does it associate with each?

Dry land (jāṅgala), with thin, rough-bodied people, mostly has vāta disorders and calls for vāta-pacifying treatment; marshy land (ānūpa), with stout, kapha-predominant people, has vāta disorders with much kapha and calls for treating kapha and vāta; ordinary land (sādhāraṇa) has balanced conditions, no dosha disturbance and is the best.

Detailed answer and sources

Which dreams does chapter 20 treat as signs of death in particular diseases, and which dreams does it call fruitless?

Many red things for raktapitta, yellow for pandu, white for kapha and reddish for vata patients, and befriending a monkey for a wasting patient; dreams that follow one's nature, habit or repeated thoughts are fruitless.