Vata reaching the thighs makes both thighs stiff and motionless; they become cold, numb and so heavy that they seem to be someone else's legs, with unbearable pain, anxiety, body ache, drowsiness, loss of taste and fever. Some teachers call it adhyavata.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- ऊरुस्तम्भआढ्यवात
- Hindi
- ऊरुस्तम्भजांघ जकड़नाआढ्यवात
- English
- Thigh stiffnessthigh stiffnessurustambha
- Romanized
- urustambha
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 symptoms2
Both thighs are stiff, cold and without sensation and so heavy that they seem to be someone else's legs placed there, with unbearable pain.
The patient has complications such as anxiety, body ache, drowsiness, loss of taste and fever, and lifts the feet only with great difficulty; some teachers of another school call it adhyavata.
How it develops1
Vata reaching the thighs is said to make both thighs stiff and motionless.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 2 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
- Categories
- Joints and muscles
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 8
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- condition_urustambha