A throat swelling from kapha and vata with great pain and severe breathlessness that cuts the vital points; given up as incurable.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- महालसबलास
- Hindi
- महालस
- English
- Throat swelling with breathlessness (mahalasa)
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
From kapha and vata a swelling arises in the throat with great pain and dreadful breathlessness; this hard-to-overcome disease that cuts the vital points is called mahalasa (balasa).
Prognosis1
The verse says the wise physician gives it up.
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.
- Book page 223Chapter 13… ्यास लगती है। वह बार-बार उष्णवात से भी पीडित होता है। वातिकाशमरीलक्षण बलास एवाधिकवातसंयुतो। यथोक्रमार्गादभिवृद्धिमागत:॥ करोति रूक्षसितकणडकाचि …
- Book page 277Chapter 15… यंकर श्वास से युक्त होता है। मर्मच्छेदन करने वाली इस दुस्तर व्याधि को महालस (बलाश) कहते हैं। 1. ता∂ूक इति पाठांतर।
- Book page 285Chapter 15… ाध्य है। तालुगत अर्बुद नामक रोग वर्जनीय है। कंठगत स्वरघन, वलय, वृन्द, महालस, मांसचय मांसतान रोहिणी, उग्रतर शतघनी एवं सर्वमुख, गत, विचारी रोग को भ …
- Book page 303Chapter 15… शिराओं से आच्छादित जो सफेद फुन्सी होती है, उसको शिराजपिडिका कहते हैं। बलास ग्रथित का लक्षण मृदुस्वकोशप्रतिमोरूबबििंका- फलोपमो वा निजशुक्लभागज: …
- Book page 332Chapter 16… या सह नृपांघ्रिपमुस्ता। नबिंसिद्धमहिमं कटुकाढच्यम्॥ पाययेत्सलिलमत्र बलास-। छर्दिमेतदपहंत्यचिरेण॥ 46॥ भावार्थ : पाठा, आरग्वध (अमलतास का गूदा) …
Questions and answers
Which throat diseases does the text say are to be given up as incurable or deadly?
Rohini of the combined, kapha and blood types (in the commentary), adhijihvika once suppurated, valaya, mahalasa, vrinda and shataghni are to be given up; galavidradhi and mamsatana are also described as deadly.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 5
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- condition_mahalasa