A minor disease from vata or injury in which the skin at the mouth of the genital organ hangs down and obstructs urine, with much pain; the commentary describes pus collecting and draining with difficulty.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वर्तिका
- Hindi
- वर्तिका
- English
- Vartika
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Definition1
From aggravated vata or some injury, the skin at the mouth of the genital organ hangs down over it and obstructs the urine, which comes out with great difficulty and much pain; this is called vartika.
Signs and symptoms1
The commentary says the skin of the mouth becomes long, pus collects in it and is discharged with some difficulty, and there is great pain.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse names the genital organ (प्रजनन मुख चर्म); the commentary says only मुख का चर्म.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 14
- Extraction tasks
- T12
- Record id
- condition_vartika