A high, long swelling in the throat from kapha that stops food and water from passing; described as dreadful and incurable.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वलय
- Hindi
- वलय
- English
- Ring-like throat swelling (valaya)
What the text says
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Signs and symptoms1
Aggravated kapha produces a high, long swelling in the throat so that water, food and the like do not pass down; it is called valaya.
Prognosis1
It is likened to poison, fire, a weapon, lightning and death, and is to be left as incurable.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 4 times on 3 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 211Chapter 12×2… ख से लेकर तीनों एक2- एक अंगुल के अंतर में है।)। (तात्पर्य यह कि एक-एक वलय एक-एक अंगुल प्रमाण है। इस प्रकार तीनों वलय गुदा के मुख से लेकर तीन अं …
- Book page 277Chapter 15… र द्रव्य गले से नीचे उतरते नहीं, इसीलिए यह अत्यधिक भयंकर है। इसका नाम वलय है। यह विष, अग्नि, शस्त्र, बिजली व मृत्यु के समान है, इसे असाध्य समझा …
- Book page 285Chapter 15… मक महारोग असाध्य है। तालुगत अर्बुद नामक रोग वर्जनीय है। कंठगत स्वरघन, वलय, वृन्द, महालस, मांसचय मांसतान रोहिणी, उग्रतर शतघनी एवं सर्वमुख, गत, व …
Questions and answers
Which throat diseases does the text say are to be given up as incurable or deadly?
Rohini of the combined, kapha and blood types (in the commentary), adhijihvika once suppurated, valaya, mahalasa, vrinda and shataghni are to be given up; galavidradhi and mamsatana are also described as deadly.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll 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
- 3
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- condition_valaya