A disease of the whole mouth from strongly aggravated pitta: swelling with burning, foul smell, suppuration, spreading sinew strands and high fever; called dreadful and listed among the incurable mouth diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- विचारी
- Hindi
- विचारीबिदारी
- English
- Vichari (pitta swelling of the whole mouth)
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 symptoms1
The commentary says strong pitta aggravation produces a swelling over the whole mouth with burning, foul smell, suppuration, sinew strands and high fever.
Prognosis1
Vichari affecting the whole mouth is named among the dreadful incurable diseases to be abandoned.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 5 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 281Chapter 15×4… कर सम्पूर्ण मुखगत चार प्रकार के रोगों का अब निरूपण करेेंगे। उसमें एक विचारी नामक पृथक् रोग है। दूसरा सर्वसर नामक रोग है, जो वात, पित्त व कफ से उत …
- Book page 285Chapter 15… य, वृन्द, महालस, मांसचय मांसतान रोहिणी, उग्रतर शतघनी एवं सर्वमुख, गत, विचारी रोग को भी भयंकर असाध्य समझाना चाहिए। इस प्रकार मुख में होने वाले उौीस …
Questions and answers
Which four diseases affect the whole mouth, and why is sarvasara so called?
Vichari and the vata, pitta and kapha types of sarvasara; sarvasara is so called because it spreads to seven places of the mouth.
Detailed answer and sourcesHow many mouth diseases does the text describe, and how many are to be abandoned as incurable?
Sixty-six mouth diseases are described, of which nineteen are to be abandoned.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Footnote on p.353: 'स्नायुप्रतानप्रभव: इति ग्रंथातरे' (another text reads 'arising from the network of sinews').
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T14
- Record id
- condition_vichari