A round, raised throat swelling from intense pitta and blood with burning and high fever; dreadful, life-taking and left untreated as incurable.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वृन्द
- Hindi
- वृंद
- English
- Round throat swelling with fever (vrinda)
What the text says
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Signs and symptoms1
A round, raised swelling arises in the throat with burning and severe fever, from intense pitta and blood; this dreadful, life-taking disease is called vrinda.
Prognosis1
It is incurable, so it is to be left and not 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 278Chapter 15… है जो कि दाह, तीव्र जवर से संयुक्त है, इस प्राणघातक, भयंकर व्याधि को वृन्द कहते हैं। यह असाध्य होता है, इसलिए इसे छोड देवेें, चिकित्सा न करें। श …
- Book page 285Chapter 15… ारोग असाध्य है। तालुगत अर्बुद नामक रोग वर्जनीय है। कंठगत स्वरघन, वलय, वृन्द, महालस, मांसचय मांसतान रोहिणी, उग्रतर शतघनी एवं सर्वमुख, गत, विचारी र …
Questions and answers
Which throat diseases does the text say are to be given up as incurable or deadly?
Rohini of the combined, kapha and blood types (in the commentary), adhijihvika once suppurated, valaya, mahalasa, vrinda and shataghni are to be given up; galavidradhi and mamsatana are also described as deadly.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- condition_vrinda