The text says the pastes and treatments given for kushtha also apply to shvitra, and then gives pastes that restore normal skin colour.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- श्वित्रकिलास
- Hindi
- श्वित्रसफेद दागफुलबहरी
- English
- Leucodermaleucodermavitiligowhite patches
- Romanized
- shvitrakilasa
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Treatment principle1
The great pastes and the many treatments described above are also to be used in shvitra (white kushtha); after this the author gives pastes that bring the skin back to its normal colour.
Prognosis1
The verse names kilasa as another kushtha, set apart from the others and produced by the three doshas, and lists it among the kinds that do not heal.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 2 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 152Chapter 10… वा, पाँचों लवण, इनको कांजी व छाछ में पीसकर अवलेपन करने से दद्रु, कंडू किलास सिधमारोग, उग्रकच्छू आदि अनेक श्लेष्म रोग उपशम होते हैं। धूमपानकबलधारण …
- Book page 172Chapter 11… ास्रावि विपाणडुरं त-त्तद्वर्णमाप्त सहजं च न सिद्धिमेति॥ 70॥ भावार्थ : किलास व त्रिदोषोत्पन्नकुष्ठ एवं स्रावरहित, पाणडुवर्ण युक्त, ऐसे त्वचा में स …
Questions and answers
Which kushthas does the text treat as curable, manageable or incurable?
Kushtha in the skin, blood and flesh is curable with medicines; in the fat it is only manageable; the rest, in bone, marrow and semen, does not heal even with panchakarma.
Detailed answer and sourcesWhich pastes are given after the shvitra verse to restore normal skin colour?
The bhallataka-seed paste (verse 97) and the bhallatakadi paste (verse 98), both made with burnt drugs in sesame oil.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Skin and hair
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T08, T09
- Record id
- condition_shvitra