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Conditionरोग

Morbid thirst (trishna)

तृष्णा (अधिक प्यास) · तृष्णारोग

Extracted from the text4 references

Trishna is a strong thirst in the heart region that arises when vitiated liver and spleen dry the throat and palate. It has five kinds; ama thirst is counted under the dosha kinds and treated as pitta thirst.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
तृष्णारोगपिपासा
Hindi
तृष्णाअधिक प्यासबार बार प्यास
English
Morbid thirstmorbid thirstexcessive thirst
Romanized
trishnapipasa

Types described in the text

Thirst from injury

क्षतज तृष्णा

Arises after a wound from a weapon or the like, from heavy bleeding or from severe pain.

Thirst from wasting

क्षयज तृष्णा

Arises in the heart from loss of rasa (blood in the commentary) and never settles by day or night, even when the stomach is full of water.

Thirst from ama

आमज तृष्णा

From indigestion of food, with heart pain, salivation and malaise; counted among the dosha kinds.

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

  • Ama thirst is defined in a footnote as thirst from indigestion of food eaten, with heart pain, salivation and malaise showing features of all three doshas; it is included in dosha thirst so the count stays five.

    Chapter 16 · p. 330 · v. 34FootnoteTraditional description

Classification1

  • A footnote lists the five kinds of thirst as vataja, pittaja, kaphaja, kshataja and kshayaja.

    Chapter 16 · p. 329 · v. 28FootnoteTraditional description

Causes1

  • The text says that in a person whose liver and spleen are being vitiated by the doshas, the throat and palate dry and a strong thirst arises in the heart.

    Chapter 16 · p. 329 · v. 28Hindi commentaryTraditional description

How it develops1

  • The text says thirst cannot arise without pitta, so ama thirst is treated by the full course for pitta thirst.

    Chapter 16 · p. 330 · v. 34Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

  • Dosha thirst is recognised by the features of each dosha and treated with three kinds of medicines that destroy the three doshas.

    Chapter 16 · p. 329 · v. 29Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 8 times on 8 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

Why is thirst arising from ama treated like pitta thirst?

Because the text says thirst cannot arise without pitta.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Categories
DigestiveMetabolic
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
8
Chapters
Chapter 16
Extraction tasks
T16
Record id
condition_trishna