Chapter 15 counts ten kinds of head disease: from vata, pitta, kapha, blood and all doshas together, suryavarta, ardhavabhedaka, shankhaka, and the worm-caused and depletion types; treatment follows the dominant dosha.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- शिरोरोगशिरःशूलशिरोव्यथाशिरस्ताप
- Hindi
- शिरोरोगसिर के रोगसिरदर्दसिर दर्द
- English
- Head disordersheadachehead disorderscephalalgia
- Romanized
- shirorogashirahshula
Types described in the text
Vata-type head disease
वातज शिरोरोग
The head aches suddenly and much more at night, and is relieved by binding and fomentation.
Pitta-type head disease
पित्तज शिरोरोग
The head is hot like fire, the eyes and nose burn, and it eases at night with cold things.
Kapha-type head disease
कफज शिरोरोग
The inside of the head feels coated with kapha, heavy, as if bound and cold, with swollen eye sockets and face.
Combined-dosha head disease
सन्निपातज शिरोरोग
The signs of all three doshas appear together.
Blood-type head disease
रक्तज शिरोरोग
All the signs of the pitta type are present and the head cannot bear touch.
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Classification2
The text names head diseases from vata, kapha, blood, pitta and all doshas together, and further suryavarta, ardhavabhedaka and shankhaka.
The head section closes by saying that ten kinds of serious head disease, including the difficult shankhaka, have been described.
Signs and symptoms1
Head pain from blood and pitta is described as severe by day and easing at night; pain from vata and kapha is severe at night, and these patients are at ease by day.
Treatment principle3
Vata lodged in the head is to be overcome by oiling the head, nasya with medicated oil, pastes, warm sudation, poultices, shirobasti and bloodletting.
In head diseases arising from vata, pitta or both, avamarsha nasya is to be used.
After weighing the course of the doshas, head diseases are to be treated with venesection, head purgation, heating, binding, medicated mouthfuls and plasters.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 13 times on 4 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 259Chapter 15×7… रतिपादक करने वाले, किसी से जेय नहीं ऐसे श्री अजित जिनेशवर जयवंत रहें। शिरोरोग कथन प्रतिज्ञा प्रणम्यं तं पापविनाशिनं जिनं । ब्रवीमि रोगानखिलोत्तम …
- Book page 260Chapter 15×2… ता है और सूर्य के उतरते समय वह वेदना भी उतरती जाती है। उसे सूर्यावर्त शिरोरोग कहते है। शिर के ठीक अर्धभाग में जो अत्यधिक दर्द होती है, उसे अर्धावभे …
- Book page 261Chapter 15×3… पीडा रात्रि में तो अधिक है और दिन में वे दोनों रोगी प्रसन्न रहते हैं। शिरोरोग चिकित्सा विशोषतो दोषगतिं विचार्य ता-। नुपाचरेदुग्रशिरोगतामयान् । सि …
- Book page 479Chapter 21… ृतामयंजनं। शीताहारविहारभेषजविधिं विद्वान् विदध्यात्सदा॥ 22॥ भावार्थ : शिरोरोग व अधिमंथ रोग में भू्रप्रदेश व शंखप्रदेश में जलाना चाहिए। वत्र्मरोग मे …
Questions and answers
Which ten kinds of head disease does chapter 15 describe?
Those from vata, pitta, kapha, blood and all doshas together, plus suryavarta, ardhavabhedaka, shankhaka, the worm-caused type and the depletion type.
Detailed answer and sourcesHow does the text tell suryavarta from ardhavabhedaka?
Suryavarta pain rises from morning to midday with the sun and wanes as the sun goes down; ardhavabhedaka is severe pain in exactly one half of the head.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Subtype features come from the footnote on PDF 331 (layer footnote).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Neurological
- Source pages with records
- 4
- Pages naming it
- 4
- Chapters
- Chapter 8Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T05, T13
- Record id
- condition_shiroroga