Udavarta is the upward turning of wind, faeces, urine and the like when natural urges are held back: provoked apana rises into udana. Seven kinds are named by the urge held back, and all are treated with the treatment for vata disorders.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- उदावर्त
- Hindi
- उदावर्तवेग रोकने से रोग
- English
- Udavartaudavartadisorders from suppressed urges
- Romanized
- udavarta
Types described in the text
From holding back flatus
अपानवातरोधज
Colic, distension, breathlessness, heart disease and hiccup at once.
From holding back urine
मूत्रावरोधज
Scanty urine in small amounts, bladder distension and pain; displaced apana may also hold faeces and expel them by the mouth.
From holding back faeces
मलावरोधज
Colic, gurgling, breathlessness, constipation, hiccup, faeces from the mouth and severe cutting pain.
From holding back semen
शुक्रावरोधज
Swelling of urinary opening, anus and testicles, difficult urination mixed with semen, seminal stone.
From holding back vomiting
वमनावरोधज
The doshas that spoil the retained food produce kushtha.
From holding back sneezing
क्षुतनिरोधज
Diseases of the nose, mouth, eyes and head.
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
A footnote defines udavarta as the disease in which wind, faeces, urine and the like move upward, quoting a Sanskrit definition.
How it develops1
The text says that when urges such as flatus are held back, the provoked apana vayu rises and pervades udana vayu, producing udavarta, which is as dreadful as a snake, lightning, fire or a weapon.
Treatment principle1
In all seven kinds of udavarta the skilled physician applies the treatment for vata disorders, and in each kind does whatever suits it.
Regimen1
Those who wish for a long life should never hold back an urge that has arisen.
Prognosis1
If neglected, udavarta is said to take life quickly.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 17 times on 6 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 67Chapter 5… ्त, मूच्र्छा, अतिसार, श्वास खांस दोष, उन्माद, जीर्णजवर भ्रम, मद, विषम उदावर्त रोग को नाश करता है। दूध शरीर को हित करने वाला है, अत्यन्त बल देने वाल …
- Book page 190Chapter 11… घृत को सेवन करने से यकृत, प्लीहा, आधमान, महोदर, कास, गुल्म, ऊधर्ववात, उदावर्त को नाश करता है।
- Book page 323Chapter 16… विकारान्॥ 2॥ भावार्थ : श्वास, कास, विरस, छर्दि अरोचकता, कर्कश स्वरभेद उदावर्त, कठोर हिक्का व पीनस विरूप आदि रोगों का वर्णन करेंगे। लक्षितानखिललक्षण …
- Book page 337Chapter 16×6… ने की डाली को खाकर ऊपर से गव्य घृत व शक्कर से मिला हुआ गरम दूध पीवें। उदावर्त रोगाधिकार: अत्रोदावर्तार्तमप्यातुरं रात्वां यत्नात् कारणैर्लक …
- Book page 338Chapter 16×5कल्याणकारके / क्षुद्ररोगाधिकार: 338 अपानवातरोधज उदावर्त तस्माद्वेगो नैव संधारणीयो। दीर्घायुष्यं वांछतस्तत्तथैव॥ शूलाध …
- Book page 339Chapter 16×3कल्याणकारके / क्षुद्ररोगाधिकार: 339 क्षुतनिरोधज उदावर्त नासा वक्त्रा़युत्तमांगोद्धवास्ते। रोगास्स्युर्वेगे निरूद्धे क्षुतस् …
Questions and answers
What does the text say about holding back natural urges?
Those who want a long life should never hold back an urge; doing so causes udavarta.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Digestive
- Source pages with records
- 3
- Pages naming it
- 6
- Chapters
- Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T16
- Record id
- condition_udavarta