Shvasa is described as prana vayu moving the wrong way and rising upward, alone or with kapha. It has five kinds: kshudra and tamaka are curable, the other three are to be abandoned.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- श्वासरोगतमकश्वासमहाश्वास
- Hindi
- श्वासदमासांस फूलनाश्वास रोगअस्थमा
- English
- Breathlessness and asthmaasthmadyspnoeabreathlessness
- Romanized
- shvasaswasadama
Types described in the text
Minor shvasa
क्षुद्रश्वास
Arises on slight exertion and subsides by itself on rest.
Tamaka shvasa
तमकश्वास
Comes on in a weak person with kapha and cough, and increases on eating food.
Interrupted shvasa
छिन्नश्वास
Distended abdomen, burning in the bladder, severe pain in all limbs, breathing that comes in stops.
Great shvasa
महाश्वास
Fixed gaze, dry throat, very loud sound and colic pain.
Upward shvasa
ऊर्ध्वश्वास
Strong upward breathing with piercing pain at the vital points, loss of voice and eyes turned upward.
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
The text says that when prana vayu turns back and goes upward, alone or with kapha, pressing as it moves, it is called shvasa, and it is of five kinds.
Classification1
A footnote names the five kinds as mahashvasa, urdhvashvasa, chhinnashvasa, tamakashvasa and kshudrashvasa.
Treatment principle1
A strong patient is first given emesis and then oil enema and other purifications; a weak patient is treated only with pacifying medicines.
Prognosis1
Kshudra and tamaka shvasa are called curable, tamaka very hard to cure in a very weak person, and the remaining kinds are said by the sages to be abandoned.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 5 times on 4 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 58Chapter 4… है। क्रिमिको नाश करने वाले हैं। कुष्ठरोग के लिए हितकर है। कास श्वास (दमा) विषजवर को शमन करने वाले हैं। रक्त में भी हितकर हैं अर्थात् रक्त शुद् …
- Book page 105Chapter 8… ना प्रकार के तीव्र वेगों द्वारा उत्पादित वेदना से व्याकुलित करने वाले दमा, खाँसी, हिचकी इत्यादि रोग उत्पन्न होते हैं।
- Book page 124Chapter 8… को, वमन किए हुए को, बहुत कम जीमने वाले को, गर्भिणी और रक्त पित्ी को, श्वास रोग से व नवीन पीनस रोग से पीडित व्यक्ति को नस्य प्रयोग नहीं करना चाहिए। न …
- Book page 324Chapter 16×2… त कफ व खांसी के साथ श्वास चढता है, और जो अन्न के खाने से बढता है, उसे तमकश्वास कहते हैं। छिन्न व महाश्वास लक्षण छिन्न इत्युदरपूरणयुक्त:। सोष्णबस्त …
Questions and answers
What are the five kinds of shvasa and which of them are curable?
Maha, urdhva, chhinna, tamaka and kshudra; kshudra and tamaka are curable, the rest are to be abandoned.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Respiratory
- Source pages with records
- 3
- Pages naming it
- 4
- Chapters
- Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T16
- Record id
- condition_shvasa