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Conditionरोग

Fainting (murchha)

मूर्च्छा (बेहोशी) · मूर्च्छा

Extracted from the text5 references

Murchha (fainting) is described as the doshas covering the channels of consciousness so that the patient sees darkness and falls; it is of six kinds (blood, poison, vata, pitta, kapha, alcohol), pitta predominates in all, and it is treated with cooling measures and cooling foods.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
मूर्च्छामूर्छामोह
Hindi
मूर्च्छाबेहोशीचक्कर आकर गिरना
English
Faintingfaintingsyncopeloss of consciousness
Romanized
murchhamurcha

Types described in the text

From blood

रक्तज

Caused by smelling the smell of blood (footnote).

From poison

विषज

Caused by eating poison (footnote).

Vata type

वातज

From vata.

Pitta type

पित्तज

From pitta.

Kapha type

कफज

From kapha.

From alcohol

मद्यज

Caused by drinking liquor (footnote).

What the text says

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

Classification1

  • Six kinds are named: from blood, poison, vata, pitta, kapha and alcohol; footnotes explain the blood type as caused by smelling blood, the poison type by eating poison and the alcohol type by drinking liquor.

    Chapter 17 · p. 370 · v. 101Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Causes1

  • Fainting is named among the effects of a medicine given beyond the proper dose.

    Chapter 3 · p. 33 · v. 36Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Signs and symptoms1

  • Fainting (the commentary's word for the verse's vimoha) is among the signs of aggravated pitta.

    Chapter 3 · p. 41 · v. 65Hindi commentaryTraditional description

How it develops1

  • When the doshas pervade the channels carrying consciousness, darkness appears before the eyes and the patient falls, the senses being covered so that forms are not perceived.

    Chapter 17 · p. 370 · v. 101Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

  • In fainting, insanity and epilepsy pitta is said to predominate, so pitta-calming treatment is always to be given along with treatment suited to the doshas.

    Chapter 17 · p. 370 · v. 100Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Diet1

  • Licorice, dhataki flowers, grapes, milk, ghee, chironji, sugarcane juice, chickpea, linseed, sugar and shali rice are said to be beneficial foods in fainting.

    Chapter 17 · p. 370 · v. 102Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 7 times on 7 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.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Categories
Neurological
Source pages with records
3
Pages naming it
7
Extraction tasks
T02, T17
Record id
condition_murchha