A blistering disease spreading over the whole mouth (also called mukhapaka), of vata, pitta and kapha types, each treated with drugs removing the respective dosha.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- सर्वसरसर्वसार
- Hindi
- सर्वसरमुखपाक
- English
- Sarvasara (blistering disease of the whole mouth)
Types described in the text
Vata-type sarvasara
वातज सर्वसर
Rough blisters with pricking, splitting and many kinds of intense pain.
Pitta-type sarvasara
पित्तज सर्वसर
Red blisters over the mouth with burning, suppuration and fever.
Kapha-type sarvasara
कफज सर्वसर
Rough, cold, very itchy, hard, painless and slimy blisters.
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 explains that the disease is called sarvasara because it spreads to seven places: mouth, tongue, throat, lips, gums, teeth and palate.
Classification1
The verse says that besides the separate disease vichari, sarvasara arises from the three doshas.
Treatment principle1
Vata-type sarvasara is to be overcome with vata-removing drugs, pitta-type quickly with the best pitta-removing drugs, and kapha-type with kapha-removing drugs.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 8 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 281Chapter 15×2… रोगों का अब निरूपण करेेंगे। उसमें एक विचारी नामक पृथक् रोग है। दूसरा सर्वसर नामक रोग है, जो वात, पित्त व कफ से उत्पन्न होता है। विचारी लक्षण विदा …
- Book page 282Chapter 15×6… क तरह की अत्यधिक पीडा से युक्त रूक्ष विस्फोट (फफोले) हों, इसे वातजन्य सर्वसर1 (मुखरोग)कहते हैं, इसको वातनाशक औषधियों से जीतना चाहिए। पित्तज सर्वसर …
Questions and answers
Which four diseases affect the whole mouth, and why is sarvasara so called?
Vichari and the vata, pitta and kapha types of sarvasara; sarvasara is so called because it spreads to seven places of the mouth.
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
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T14
- Record id
- condition_sarvasara