A complication named in the text for purgation and for enemas, in which pitta and kapha keep draining in small amounts with weakness and fatigue.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- परिस्रावसंस्राव
- Hindi
- परिस्राव
- English
- Parisrava (prolonged oozing discharge)
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Causes2
The text says a purgative that is too small or too mild, given to a person with a dry, hard bowel full of doshas, cannot expel the doshas and only stirs them up.
The text says an enema of very sharp, sour and salty drugs causes the great disease parisrava.
Signs and symptoms2
It is described as causing weakness, loss of taste, bodily fatigue and obstruction of stool, with painful discharge of pitta and kapha in small stools over many days.
After an enema it is described with marked weakness and fatigue of the body and a discharge of pitta.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 1 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
Questions and answers
What is parisrava after purgation, and how does the text say it arises?
A long, painful discharge of pitta and kapha in small stools, which the text says follows a too small or mild purgative given to a person with a dry, hard bowel and many doshas.
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
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 22
- Extraction tasks
- T25
- Record id
- condition_parisrava