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Conditionरोग

Taste disturbance (virasa)

विरस (स्वाद बिगड़ना) · विरस

Extracted from the text1 reference

Virasa is a perverted taste in the mouth caused by the doshas, treated by mouth-washes, tooth-sticks, held liquids, gargles and head purgation.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
विरसवैरस्य
Hindi
विरसस्वाद बिगड़नामुंह का स्वाद बिगड़ना
English
Taste disturbancetaste disturbancedysgeusia
Romanized
virasa

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

  • The text says the doshas, vata and the others, make the taste of the mouth contrary (spoiled), and this is called virasa.

    Chapter 16 · p. 328 · v. 27Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Signs and symptoms1

  • A footnote says kapha excess makes the mouth salty, pitta excess sour and bitter, and vata excess astringent.

    Chapter 16 · p. 328 · v. 27FootnoteTraditional description

Treatment principle1

  • The mouth is washed with decoctions of drugs that destroy the dosha and have a taste opposite to the present one; suitable tooth-sticks, held liquids, gargles and head purgation are also used.

    Chapter 16 · p. 328 · v. 27Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 7 times on 7 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.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Categories
Digestive
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
7
Chapters
Chapter 16
Extraction tasks
T16
Record id
condition_virasa