Chapter 23 describes defects of semen, together with those of menstrual blood, arising from the single doshas, from blood, from kapha with vata, from pitta with blood, from all three doshas and from excessive intercourse; it gives their prognosis and treats them with oleation, the purifying procedures, uttarabasti, medicated ghees, aphrodisiacs and rasayana.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- शुक्रदोषशुक्रक्षयशुक्रविकार
- Hindi
- शुक्रदोषवीर्य दोषवीर्य की कमी
- English
- Semen disorderssemen disorderslow semen
- Romanized
- shukradosha
Types described in the text
Semen vitiated by a single dosha
वातादिदोषदूषित शुक्र
Shows the signs and pains of vata, pitta or kapha; said to be curable.
Corpse-smelling semen
कुणपगंधि शुक्र
From blood; smells like a corpse; difficult to cure.
Knotted semen
ग्रंथिभूत शुक्र
From kapha and vata; full of knots; difficult to cure.
Pus-like, foul semen
पूयनिभ (पूति) शुक्र
From pitta and blood; thick, foul-smelling and like pus; difficult to cure.
Faeces-smelling semen
पुरीषगंधि (विड्गंधि) शुक्र
From all three doshas; smells like faeces; called incurable.
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
Semen and menstrual blood vitiated by vata and the other doshas are to be recognised by the signs and pains of that dosha; vitiated by blood they have a corpse-like smell, vitiated by kapha and vata they develop many knots, and through disorder of pitta and blood they become foul-smelling and pus-like.
From all three doshas together (sannipata) semen and menstrual blood smell like faeces.
Causes1
Excessive sexual intercourse is said to deplete semen and menstrual blood, which are then called kshina (depleted).
Treatment principle3
Disorders of semen and menstrual blood from the single doshas are to be overcome with oleation, sudation and the other procedures.
In depletion of semen it is to be increased with the great aphrodisiac (vrishya) preparations described earlier and with rasayana.
To overcome these five great disorders of semen, oleation, emesis, purgation, niruha and anuvasana enemas are given first and then the uttarabasti.
Prognosis1
Disorders of semen and menstrual blood from vata, pitta or kapha separately are curable; the corpse-smelling, pus-like, foul and knotted kinds are difficult to cure; the faeces-smelling kind is incurable.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 3 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 64Chapter 5×2… ल से युक्त होने से काला होना यह जल के रूप में दोष है। जल का गंध, रस व वीर्य दोष भवति हि जलदोषोःनिष्टगंधस्सुगंधो। विदितरसविशोषोप्येष दोषो रसाख्य:॥ यदु …
- Book page 362Chapter 17… चिकित्सा करके वैद्य शमन करें। विशोष : मिथ्या आहार-विहार, दुष्टार्तव, शुक्रदोष व दैववशात् योनि रोग की उत्पत्ति होती है। इसके मुख्यत: वातज, पित्तज, क …
Questions and answers
How does the text judge the curability of disorders of semen and menstrual blood?
Disorders from vata, pitta or kapha singly are curable and are overcome with oleation, sudation and similar procedures; the corpse-smelling, pus-like, foul and knotted kinds are difficult to cure; the faeces-smelling kind is called incurable.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Men's healthReproductive health
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 23
- Extraction tasks
- T26
- Record id
- condition_shukradosha