A junction disease of the eye caused by worms, with a very itchy knot.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कृमिग्रन्थि
- Hindi
- कृमिग्रंथिक्रिमिग्रंथि
- English
- Krimigranthi (worm knot at the lid junction)Krimigranthi
What the text says
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Causes1
Worms arising in the eyelid and the white produce a very itchy knot at the junction of lid and white; this is krimigranthi.
Prognosis1
Krimigranthi is listed among the eleven curable kapha-born eye diseases.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 5 times on 4 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 296Chapter 15… ित्तस्राव, रक्तस्राव, पूयस्राव अर्थात् सिन्नपातस्राव) पर्वणी, अ∂जी और कृमिग्रंथि इस प्रकार संधिगत रोगों के भेद नौ हैं।
- Book page 297Chapter 15×2… पित्तज: ॥ सशोणित: शोणितसंभवो यतश्चतुर्विधा: स्रावगदा उदीरिता : ॥ 175॥ कृमिग्रंथि लक्षण । स्ववत्र्मजाता: क्रिमयोःथ शुक्लजा:। प्रकुर्वते ग्रंथिमतीव कणड …
- Book page 310Chapter 15… य है। कफाभिष्यंद कफजाधिमंथ, बलासग्रथित, श्लेषविदग्धदृष्टि, पोथकी लगण, क्रिमिग्रंथि, परिक्लिन्नवत्र्म, पिष्टक, शुक्लार्म, कफोपनाह, ये ग्यारह कफोत्पन्न रो …
- Book page 312Chapter 15… रभव एक कफोपनाह:। स्यादंजनाक्षिलगणो बिसवत्र्म भेद्या:॥ 247॥ भावार्थ : कृमिग्रंथि, कफोपनाह, अंजननामिका, लगण, बिसवत्र्म, ये पाँच रोग भेदन करने योग्य होत …
Questions and answers
Which nine diseases arise in the junctions of the eye?
Parvani, alaji, puyalasa, kaphopanaha, four kinds of discharge (kapha, pitta, blood and pus) and krimigranthi.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Not described within PDF 374-394.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 4
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T14, T15
- Record id
- condition_krimigranthi