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Conditionरोग

Abscess (vidradhi)

विद्रधि (फोड़ा) · विद्रधि

Extracted from the text5 references

Vidradhi is described as of two kinds, external and internal, the internal being the more severe.

Also described as

An editorial note describes vidradhi as a large, very painful swelling with a broad root from doshas lodged in bone and lists sites of the internal kind; verses 26 and 27 give incurable sites and signs, and verses 28 and 29 cover poultices and incision when ripe.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
विद्रधि
Hindi
विद्रधिफोड़ापका हुआ फोड़ा
English
Abscessabscessdeep abscess
Romanized
vidradhi

Types described in the text

External vidradhi

बाह्यविद्रधि

Internal vidradhi

अंतर्विद्रधि

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

  • Aggravated vata and the other doshas lodged in bone vitiate skin, blood, flesh and fat and produce a very large, round and long swelling with a heavy, broad root, extremely painful and dreadful; this is called vidradhi.

    Chapter 14 · p. 247 · v. 25Editorial noteTraditional description

Classification3

  • In the account of the prameha boils the commentary says that vidradhi, arising from all the doshas and painful, is divided into five kinds, but is described here mainly as two, savarnaka and shighravidahi.

    Chapter 11 · p. 161 · v. 17-18Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • Vidradhi is of two kinds: external, arising in the outer parts of the body, and internal, arising inside it; the internal one is extremely severe, that is, hard to cure.

    Chapter 14 · p. 246 · v. 25Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • Internal vidradhi arises inside the body, at the side, anus, bladder, navel, flank, spleen, liver and similar sites.

    Chapter 14 · p. 247 · v. 25Editorial noteTraditional description

    Note: A garbled word (राड.) after कुक्षि is not translated.

Prognosis3

  • A vidradhi arising in the anus, heart, liver, navel, spleen or bladder that has ripened is not curable.

    Chapter 14 · p. 247 · v. 26Sanskrit verseTraditional description
  • One that has ripened irregularly and burst in another part is also incurable; it should therefore first be declared incurable and then treated.

    Chapter 14 · p. 247 · v. 26Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • A vidradhi in which aggravated vata brings breathlessness, cough, hiccup, anorexia, distension, colic, fever, heat, a bound-up feeling and immobility, and whose pus comes out upward, is fatal; one whose pus drains downward is curable.

    Chapter 14 · p. 247 · v. 27Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 37 times on 17 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

In vidradhi, which direction of pus discharge does the text call fatal and which curable?

Pus coming out upward, with breathlessness, cough, hiccup and other vata signs, is fatal; pus draining downward is curable.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Categories
Skin and hairSurgery and injuries
Source pages with records
3
Pages naming it
17
Extraction tasks
T08, T12
Record id
condition_vidradhi