A kapha eyelid disease with a painless pimple that swells, bursts and swells again.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कुम्भीककुम्भीका
- Hindi
- कुंभीक
- English
- Kumbhika (eyelid pimple shaped like a kumbhika seed)
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
A painless pimple shaped like the seed of the kumbhika fruit arises in the lid; it swells, bursts discharging pus and swells again; it arises from kapha.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 3 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.
Extraction notes
- Footnote: kumbhika is a fruit shaped like a pomegranate, which some call कुम्हेर. Id suffixed _vartma to keep it apart from non-eye uses of the name.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T14
- Record id
- condition_kumbhika_vartma