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Urinary obstruction (mutraghata)

मूत्राघात (पेशाब रुकना) · मूत्राघात

Extracted from the text15 references

In verses 39 to 52 the text describes urinary obstruction (mutraghata, glossed मूत्रावरोध) in the forms vatakundalika, mutrashthilika, vatabasti, mutratita, mutrajathara, mutrotsanga, mutrakshaya, mutrashmari, mutrashukra, ushnavata and pitta- and kapha-type mutropasada.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
मूत्राघातमूत्रावरोधमूत्रसङ्ग
Hindi
मूत्राघातपेशाब रुकनामूत्र अवरोध
English
Urinary obstructionurinary retentionurinary obstruction
Romanized
mutraghata

Types described in the text

Vatakundalika

वातकुण्डलिका

Vata coils with urine in the bladder; scanty, slow, painful urination.

Mutrashthilika

मूत्राष्ठीलिका

Dried urine forms a stone-like mass blocking stool, urine and wind.

Vatabasti

वातबस्ति

Vata closes the bladder outlet; retention with bladder and abdominal pain.

Mutratita

मूत्रातीत

Suppressed urine will not come later, or comes scantily with pain.

Mutrajathara

मूत्रजठर

Upward vata distends the abdomen below the navel with severe pain.

Mutrotsanga

मूत्रोत्संग

Urine held up in the penis or bladder outlet; slow painful flow, sometimes with blood.

Mutrakshaya

मूत्रक्षय

In dry, fluid-poor bodies pitta and vata destroy the urine.

Mutrashmari

मूत्राश्मरी

A hard round stone-like knot at the bladder outlet blocks urine.

Mutrashukra

मूत्रशुक्र

After intercourse with the urge present, ash-water-like semen passes with urination.

Ushnavata

उष्णवात

Repeated hot, coloured urine with burning in the penis, bladder and anus.

Mutropasada (pitta and kapha types)

मूत्रोपसाद

Yellow-red hot urine drying like gorochana, or thick cold white urine drying white.

What the text says

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

Definition1

  • A footnote glosses mutraghata as urinary obstruction (मूत्रावरोध).

    Chapter 17 · p. 355FootnoteTraditional description

Classification1

  • The text describes the urinary diseases in order: vatakundalika, mutrashthilika, vatabasti, mutratita, mutrajathara, mutrotsanga, mutrakshaya, mutrashmari, mutrashukra, ushnavata, and mutropasada of pitta and kapha types.

    Chapter 17 · p. 357 · v. 52Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Causes1

  • Several of these forms (vatakundalika, vatabasti, mutratita, mutrajathara) are said to arise from holding back the urge to urinate.

    Chapter 17 · p. 355 · v. 39-44Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Treatment principle1

  • For these urinary diseases the text advises purgation according to rule and the uttara basti described earlier; if blood flows because of excessive intercourse, nourishing therapy is used.

    Chapter 17 · p. 358 · v. 53Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 8 times on 6 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

How does the text tell vatabasti apart from mutratita?

In vatabasti, vata aggravated by suppressing urine closes the bladder outlet, so urine is retained with pain in the bladder and lower abdomen; in mutratita, urine that was held back will not come when wanted, or comes only a little at a time with straining and pain.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Categories
Kidney and urinaryMen's health
Source pages with records
4
Pages naming it
6
Chapters
Chapter 17
Extraction tasks
T17
Record id
condition_mutraghata