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Conditionरोग

Dysentery (pravahika)

प्रवाहिका (पेचिश) · प्रवाहिका

Extracted from the text2 references

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
प्रवाहिका
Hindi
प्रवाहिकापेचिशआंवमरोड़
English
Dysenterydysenterytenesmus
Romanized
pravahikapechish

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 pravahika arises when a very unctuous or very dry person who has taken a purgative strains forcibly because stool does not come, or holds back the urge of stool that is coming.

    Chapter 22 · p. 519 · v. 81Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • The text says a very sharp asthapana or anuvasana enema, acting in excess, causes pravahika.

    Chapter 22 · p. 526 · v. 115Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Signs and symptoms2

  • White, red or black kapha is described as coming out repeatedly with burning and colic.

    Chapter 22 · p. 519 · v. 81Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • While straining, the person passes from the anus much kapha that is red or blood-mixed and black, with burning and colic.

    Chapter 22 · p. 526 · v. 115Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 13 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
Digestive
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
7
Chapters
Chapter 22
Extraction tasks
T25
Record id
condition_pravahika