A swelling like the tip of the tongue arising beneath it from kapha and blood, with constant salivation and itching; treated like jihvalasaka, with head purgation and medicated mouthfuls.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- उपजिह्विकाउपजिह्वा
- Hindi
- उपजिह्वा
- English
- Swelling beneath the tongue (upajihvika)
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
Pushing the tongue down, a swelling shaped like the front of the tongue arises from aggravated kapha and blood, with constant flow of saliva and itching; this is called upajihva.
Treatment principle1
It is rubbed with the same drugs as jihvalasaka and always treated with head purgation and medicated mouthfuls.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 1 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
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
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- condition_upajihvika