A severe colic in a woman who has delivered, said to arise when her vitiated blood does not flow out properly; it is treated with asthapana and anuvasana enemas or uttarabasti and with vata-removing drugs.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मक्कल्लमार्कल
- Hindi
- मक्कल शूलमार्कल शूल
- English
- Makkalla (colic after delivery)
What the text says
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Causes1
When the vitiated blood of a woman who has delivered does not flow out properly a severe colic arises, which is called markala (makkala) shula.
Treatment principle1
It is overcome with the asthapana and anuvasana enemas described before, or with the uttarabasti, and with the well-known groups of vata-removing drugs.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 4 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
- Printed मार्कल (मक्कल); the verse reads मार्कलसंज्ञितं.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 23
- Extraction tasks
- T26
- Record id
- condition_makkalla