Scrotal enlargement (vriddhi) is described as swelling of the scrotum produced when a dosha, aggravated by its own causes, reaches the vessel of the scrotum with the help of vata; seven kinds are named after vata, pitta, kapha, blood, fat, urine and intestine, and in all of them the patient avoids things that injure the body.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अण्डवृद्धिमुष्कवृद्धिवृषणवृद्धि
- Hindi
- वृद्धिअंडवृद्धिअण्डकोष बढ़नाहाइड्रोसील
- English
- Scrotal swellingscrotal swellinghydrocele
- Romanized
- vriddhiandavriddhi
Types described in the text
Vata type
वातज वृद्धि
Full (of air), hard, beset with thorn-like points, dark and very painful.
Pitta and blood types
पित्तज-रक्तज वृद्धि
The same swelling with fever and intense burning.
Kapha type
कफज वृद्धि
Heavy and steady, with little pain, severe itching and hardness.
Fat type
मेदज वृद्धि
Large, soft, shaped like a palm fruit, with intense itching.
Urine type
मूत्रज वृद्धि
Soft; sways while walking like a water-filled leather bag; painful urination and much pain; from holding back urine.
Intestinal type
अन्त्रज वृद्धि
Vata presses the intestine, which bends the skin, shakes the groin and enters the scrotum with great pain.
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Classification1
Scrotal enlargement in men is of seven kinds, each bearing the name of its cause: vata, pitta, kapha, blood, fat, urine and intestine.
Causes1
The urine type is said to arise from holding back urine.
How it develops1
Any one dosha, aggravated by its own causes, reaches the vessel that runs into the scrotum and with the help of vata produces swelling there.
Regimen1
In all kinds the patient should give up intercourse, suppression of natural urges, riding in vehicles, fighting and other things that injure the body, and then be treated.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 2 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 236Chapter 13… ि रोगों का लक्षण व चिकित्सा के साथ वर्णन किया जाता है। सप्त प्रकार की वृषणवृद्धि क्रमाच्चा दोष्ै रुधिरेण मेदसा। प्रभूतमूत्रांत्रानिमित्ततोःपि वा॥ सनाम …
- Book page 418Chapter 19… दूष्ीविष शरीर को कृश कर देता है, कोई सुखा देता है, कोई अंत्रवृद्धि या अंडवृद्धि आदि को पैदा कर देता है। कोई तो अधिक निद्रा करता है। कोई पेट को फुला द …
Questions and answers
Into how many kinds is scrotal enlargement (vriddhi) divided, and which kind is to be declared incurable?
Seven, from vata, pitta, kapha, blood, fat, urine and intestine; the intestinal kind (antravriddhi) is to be declared incurable before treatment.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Men's health
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 13
- Extraction tasks
- T11
- Record id
- condition_vriddhi