A palate disease in which excessive dryness makes the palate crack and dry, with severe breathlessness; the text prescribes vata- and pitta-pacifying remedies mixed with ghee and oil.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- तालुशोष
- Hindi
- तालुशोषतालु का सूखना
- English
- Talushosha (drying of the palate)
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Signs and symptoms1
The verse says the palate splits and dries and the patient has great breathlessness, arising from excessive dryness.
Treatment principle1
The commentary says it should be treated with vata- and pitta-pacifying medicines mixed with ghee and oil.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T14
- Record id
- condition_talushosha