A minor disease: nodules like a snake's anthill on the palms and soles, chest, throat, joints and above the collarbone, from much pitta with kapha.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वल्मीक
- Hindi
- वल्मीकरोग
- English
- Valmika (anthill-like growth)
What the text says
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Definition1
On the palms and soles, the chest (hridaya), throat, all joints and the region above the collarbone, much pitta with kapha produces nodules like a snake's anthill; this is called valmika disease.
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.
Extraction notes
- Distinct from valmikapada of verse 14.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 14
- Extraction tasks
- T12
- Record id
- condition_valmika