Intermittent fevers (ekantara, santata, satata, anyedyushka, tritiyaka, chaturthaka and others) are treated with dosha-specific medicines and preparations made from them; for those with vata predominance a ghee with the three pungents, three myrobalans and three aromatics is drunk with lukewarm milk. A footnote defines the kinds by their timing.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- विषमज्वरसन्ततज्वरतृतीयकज्वरचातुर्थकज्वर
- Hindi
- विषम ज्वरबारी का बुखारतिजारीचौथिया
- English
- Intermittent feverintermittent feverperiodic fever
- Romanized
- vishamajvara
Types described in the text
What the text says
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Classification2
A footnote defines santata as fever that comes continuously for seven, ten or twelve days from vata, pitta or kapha respectively, and satata as fever that comes at two times of the day.
Anyedyushka comes once in a day and night, tritiyaka comes on the third day after a day's gap, and chaturthaka on the fourth day after a gap of two days.
Treatment principle2
Dosha-specific medicines and the ghee, oil, milk and dishes prepared with them, given as massage, nasya, collyrium and drinks, are said to destroy the intermittent fevers.
For tritiyaka, chaturthaka and other intermittent fevers with vata predominance, cow's ghee with the three pungents, three myrobalans and three aromatics is drunk with lukewarm milk.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 1 times on 1 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
- Fevers and infections
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- condition_vishamajvara