Sharkara (urinary gravel) is described as kapha in the bladder that is dried by heat and broken by vata into sand-like grains; lodged in the urinary passage they cause severe pain, and medicines that break them make them pass out with the urine.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मूत्रशर्कराशर्करारोग
- Hindi
- शर्करामूत्र में कणपेशाब में रेतमूत्र शर्करा
- English
- Urinary gravelurinary gravelcrystalluria
- Romanized
- sharkaramutrasharkara
What the text says
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Definition1
A footnote says that when vata breaks a bladder stone into pieces, it is called sharkara.
Signs and symptoms2
Broken by strong vata into two, three or more pieces, the gravel lodges in the urinary passage and causes intense pain in the waist, groin, bladder and penis.
When gravel comes out with the urine, urine passes with great difficulty, with pain in the heart, trembling, colic, weakness, weak digestive fire and fainting.
How it develops2
Its formation is compared to mud settling by itself at the bottom of a new pot of clear water: kapha in the bladder settles, is dried hard by heat and is broken by vata into sand.
The commentary says gravel (sharkara) forms when a stone, digested by pitta, is broken by the force of vata into sandy pieces.
Treatment principle1
With the use of the best medicines that break gravel, it falls out again and again with the urine.
Questions and answers
How does the text explain the formation of urinary gravel (sharkara)?
Kapha entering the bladder with urine settles like mud in a new pot, is dried hard by heat and is broken by vata into sand-like grains.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Kidney and urinary
- Source pages with records
- 3
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 13Chapter 17
- Extraction tasks
- T11, T17
- Record id
- condition_sharkara