Svarabheda is damage to the voice from loud recitation, grief, poison, a blow to the throat or loud speaking. It has six kinds (vata, pitta, kapha, tridoshic, fat, blood); the tridoshic and blood kinds are called incurable.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- स्वरभेदस्वरोपघात
- Hindi
- स्वरभेदआवाज बैठनागला बैठना
- English
- Hoarsenesshoarsenessvoice disorder
- Romanized
- svarabheda
Types described in the text
Vata hoarseness
वातज स्वरभेद
The voice seems broken as it comes out and is harsh like a donkey's.
Pitta hoarseness
पित्तज स्वरभेद
The throat dries while speaking, burns, and there is much thirst.
Kapha hoarseness
कफज स्वरभेद
The throat is blocked by phlegm and the voice comes out phlegmy.
Tridoshic hoarseness
त्रिदोषज स्वरभेद
All the above features appear together; incurable.
Blood hoarseness
रक्तज स्वरभेद
The face darkens and the voice comes out with much heat; called incurable.
Fat-born hoarseness
मेदज स्वरभेद
Vitiated fat in throat and palate; speech slow, thick and laboured, letters unclear.
What the text says
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Classification1
It arises from aggravated vata, pitta, kapha, the three doshas together, fat and blood, so it has six kinds.
Causes1
The text lists loud recitation, excessive grief, taking poison, a blow to the throat by wood or the like, loud talking and speech-making as causes of loss of voice.
Treatment principle2
All voice disorders are examined and treated by dosha with oleation and the like, suitable medicines, or the medicines that calm breathing disorder and cough; fat-born hoarseness takes the kapha treatment, and the incurable kinds are attempted only after careful thought.
Hoarseness from a fat disorder is to be treated with the treatment given for kapha hoarseness.
Prognosis1
Tridoshic hoarseness is called incurable, and the sages call hoarseness from blood incurable as well.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 18 times on 5 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 115Chapter 8… संयोजितं॥35॥ भावार्थ : सम्यग् वमन से रोगी का बडबडाना, शरीर का भारीपन, स्वरभेद, निद्राधिकता, मुखविरसता, अग्निमांद्य, मुखदुगँध, विदाहरोग, हृदयरोग कफ, …
- Book page 323Chapter 16… यतिविरूपविकारान्॥ 2॥ भावार्थ : श्वास, कास, विरस, छर्दि अरोचकता, कर्कश स्वरभेद उदावर्त, कठोर हिक्का व पीनस विरूप आदि रोगों का वर्णन करेंगे। लक्षितान …
- Book page 335Chapter 16×5… णों से मनुष्यों को स्वर का घात (नाश) होता है (गला बैठ जाता है ) जिसे, स्वरभेद रोग कहते हैं। यह प्रकुपित वात, पित्त, कफ, त्रिदोष, मेद, व रक्त से उत् …
- Book page 336Chapter 16×7… र्थ : जब मेद दूषित होकर, गल व तालु प्रदेश में प्राप्त होता है तो मेदज स्वरभेद उत्पन्न होता है। इससे युक्त मनुष्य, बहुत कष्ट से धीरे-धीरे गद्गद कंठ …
- Book page 337Chapter 16×4… ोकर उसका स्वर सुंदर किन्नर के समान हो जाता है। मेदज सिन्नपातज व रक्तज स्वरभेद चिकित्सा मेदोविकारकृतदुस्स्वरभेदमत्र। विद्वान् जयेत्कफविधिं विधिव …
Questions and answers
How many kinds of svarabheda are described, and which are called incurable?
Six (vata, pitta, kapha, tridoshic, fat and blood); the tridoshic and blood kinds are 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
- Eye and ENTRespiratory
- Source pages with records
- 3
- Pages naming it
- 5
- Chapters
- Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T16
- Record id
- condition_svarabheda