Indralupta is described as hair falling and whitening when pitta with vata enters the hair follicles, with no regrowth once kapha and blood block them.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- खालित्यइन्द्रलुप्त
- Hindi
- खालित्यगंजापनबाल झड़नाइंद्रलुप्त
- English
- Hair losshair lossbaldnessalopecia
- Romanized
- khalityaindralupta
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
People of pitta constitution are said to suffer early from old age and from baldness (khalitya, glossed as falling out of hair).
How it develops1
When pitta joined with vata enters the hair follicles, the hair falls out and turns white; afterwards, when kapha and blood block the follicles, new hair does not grow. This is called indralupta (chai).
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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Skin and hair
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 3Chapter 14
- Extraction tasks
- T02, T12
- Record id
- condition_khalitya