Burning and suppuration of the gums from pitta and blood that loosens all the teeth, with great distress; treated with warm gargles and ghee nasya.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- उपकुशकुश
- Hindi
- उपकुश
- English
- Burning, suppurating gums (upakusha)
What the text says
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Definition1
From pitta and blood, burning and suppuration arise in the gums, which then loosen all the teeth with great distress; it is called kusha (upakusha).
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_upakusha