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Conditionरोग

Minor disorders (kshudra roga)

क्षुद्र रोग · क्षुद्ररोग

Extracted from the text2 references

Chapter 14 returns to the minor diseases described before and sets out more of them briefly, with their dosha features and beneficial drugs, starting with ajagalli.

Also described as

Verse 62 closes the minor diseases: all are treated according to their causes, features and doshas with plasters, pastes, bloodletting and poultices.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
क्षुद्ररोग
Hindi
क्षुद्र रोगछोटे रोग
English
Minor disordersminor disordersminor skin and surface diseases
Romanized
kshudraroga

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Treatment principle1

  • All the minor diseases described so far in their various kinds are to be treated, after knowing their causes and features, according to the doshas with the plasters, pastes, bloodletting, poultices and other procedures described before.

    Chapter 14 · p. 256 · v. 62Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Other1

  • Although minor diseases were described before, the author again sets out many kinds of them here, briefly, with the features of the doshas involved and the beneficial drugs.

    Chapter 14 · p. 250 · v. 35Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 5 times on 5 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

How should minor diseases that the text does not describe be treated?

Since no disease arises without the doshas, decide from the signs which dosha is primary and which secondary and treat with suitable pacifying drugs.

Detailed answer and sources

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
5
Chapters
Chapter 14
Extraction tasks
T12
Record id
condition_kshudraroga