Colic from provoked vata; in chapter 22 it is a complication of purification given with dry, cold drugs to someone not prepared by oleation and sweating.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वातशूलवातजशूल
- Hindi
- वातज शूल
- English
- Vata colic
What the text says
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Causes1
Dry and cold emetic or purgative medicine given to a person not prepared by oleation and sweating and given to sexual activity is said to provoke vata, which causes severe colic (in the flanks, back, waist, neck and vital spots, the commentary adds) and complications such as giddiness and fainting.
Treatment principle1
The patient is quickly massaged with oil, sweated (with grains) and given an anuvasana enema of oil cooked with a decoction and paste of liquorice.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 2 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 509Chapter 22… प्रमाण में दोषों का निकलना, 5. अधिक प्रमाण में दोषों का निकल जाना, 6. वातजशूल उत्पन्न होना, 7. जीवादान (जीवनीय रक्त आदि निकलना), 8. अयोग, 9. अति …
- Book page 511Chapter 22… ा नाश करता है) ऐसे जीर्ण औषध को, शीघ्र शोधन करना चाहिए। अल्पदोष्ोहरण, वातजशूल का लक्षण एवं उसकी चिकित्सा अल्पं चाल्पगुणं च भेषजमरं पीतं न निशशोषत …
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
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 22
- Extraction tasks
- T24
- Record id
- condition_vatashula