A throat swelling that spreads step by step with the signs of all three doshas; said to destroy like a strongly poisonous snake.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मांसतानमांसरोग
- Hindi
- मांसतान
- English
- Spreading throat swelling (mamsatana)
What the text says
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Prognosis1
A swelling in the throat that grows step by step, showing the signs of all three doshas, is called mamsaroga; it is said to destroy like a snake with strong poison.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 3 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 279Chapter 15×2… अटकता-सा मालूम होता है। इस वातजन्य रोग को स्वरघन कहते हैं। मांस रोग (मांसतान लक्षण) गले तनोति श्वयथुं क्रमात् क्रमात्। त्रिादोषलगिोंच्छ्रयवेदनाकुल …
- Book page 285Chapter 15… त अर्बुद नामक रोग वर्जनीय है। कंठगत स्वरघन, वलय, वृन्द, महालस, मांसचय मांसतान रोहिणी, उग्रतर शतघनी एवं सर्वमुख, गत, विचारी रोग को भी भयंकर असाध्य स …
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
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- condition_mamsatana