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Nasal suppuration (nasapaka)

नाक पकना · नासापाक

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Boils and suppuration inside the nose caused by aggravated pitta; treated with wound liquids and the drugs for pitta-type visarpa.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: नासापाक
Hindi: नाक पकना
English: Nasal suppuration (nasapaka)

What the text says

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How it develops1

Aggravated pitta descending into the nose produces boils, and the inner part of the nose suppurates; this is called nasapaka.
Chapter 15 · p. 266 · v. 31Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

It is treated with the liquids suited to wounds and with the drugs prescribed for pitta-type visarpa.
Chapter 15 · p. 266 · v. 31Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 2 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Book page 266Chapter 15×2कल्याणकारके / शिरोरोगाधिकार: 266 नासापाक लक्षण व चिकित्सा अरूंषि पित्तं कुपितं स्वनासिका। गतं करोत्येवमतो ही न …

All references

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

Chapter 15 · p. 266 · v. 31

Quick facts

Content type: Condition
Source pages with records: 1
Pages naming it: 1
Chapters: Chapter 15
Extraction tasks: T13
Record id: condition_nasapaka