Vishuchika, glossed as cholera (haija) by the commentary, follows indigestion and shows vomiting, thirst, giddiness, colic, fainting, diarrhoea, trembling, yawning, burning, discolouration and heart pain.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- विसूचिकाविषूचिका
- Hindi
- विसूचिकाहैजा
- English
- Visuchikacholera-like acute gastroenteritisvisuchika
- Romanized
- visuchika
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 commentary explains udveshtana as a feeling like being covered with a wet cloth and glosses vishuchika as cholera (haija).
Signs and symptoms1
The signs of vishuchika are given as vomiting, thirst, giddiness, colic, udveshtana, fainting, diarrhoea, trembling, yawning, burning, discolouration and pain in the heart.
Treatment principle2
A patient suffering from vishuchika is to be treated with the measures given for diarrhoea (atisara).
For vishuchika with strong vata the text advises burning at the heels and hot-natured drugs in hot water; it also gives a rice-water drink of licorice, sandalwood and other drugs for vishuchika with thirst, and a collyrium for its severe form.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 9 times on 3 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 199Chapter 12… बवासीर, गुल्म, ग्रंथि, कृमिरोग कठिनोदर, शूल, आधमान, कुक्षि, परिवर्त, हैजा, अतिसार आदि अनेक रोगों को उपशमन करता है। साध्यासाध्य विचार पूर्वक चिक …
- Book page 352Chapter 17×5… म्बिका विशूचिका की उत्पत्ति अलसकं च विलंविकया सह। प्रवरतीव्ररूजा तु विषूचिका। भवति गैरवि योःत्ति निरंतरं। बहुतरान्नमजीर्णमतोःस्य तत्॥ 24 ॥ भावार्थ …
- Book page 354Chapter 17×3… मल, नीम की पत्ी व उसके जड को चावल के धोबन में मर्दन कर पिलावें, तो यह विषूचिका रोग को तृषा से प्रशमन करता है। त्रिाकटुकाद्यंजन त्रिाकटुकत्रिाफलारजनी …
Questions and answers
What are the three kinds of ajirna, and which dosha does the footnote link to each?
Ama ajirna (food stays raw and sweet) from kapha, vidagdha (food turns sour) from pitta, and vishtabdha (severe pain, distension, retained stool) from vata.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- DigestiveFevers and infections
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 3
- Chapters
- Chapter 17
- Extraction tasks
- T17
- Record id
- condition_visuchika