Vyanga is described as a black patch on the face from blood, pitta, vata and emotional and heat causes; nilika, large black patches on the body or face, is described next and treated with bloodletting and pastes.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- व्यङ्गनीलिका
- Hindi
- व्यंगझाईंचेहरे के दागझाइयां
- English
- Facial pigmentationfacial pigmentationmelasmafreckles
- Romanized
- vyanga
Types described in the text
Nilika
नीलिका
Large black patches on the body or face from pitta, blood and vata.
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
Large, very black patches on the body or the face, arising from pitta, blood and vata, are called nilika.
Causes1
From aggravated blood and pitta, excessive anger, great grief, being heated by fire and sun, constant mental distress and aggravated vata, a black round patch arises on the face; it is called vyanga (jhai).
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 4 times on 3 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 72Chapter 5… अर्थात् थोडा-सा मलें तो मुख कमल के समान कांतियुक्त होता है तथा मुखगत व्यंग, तिलकालक, नीली आदि अनेक रोग दूर हो जाते हैं। तत्पश्चाद्विधेय विधि भुक …
- Book page 254Chapter 14×2… कित्सा न करें) जो अशुभफलदायक है, उसको औषधि आदि प्रयोग से निकाल देवें। व्यंग लक्षण कुपितरूधिरपित्ताद्वातिरोषातिदु:खा। द्रहनतपनतापाद्वा सदा क्लेशको …
- Book page 257Chapter 14… घृत सिद्ध करें। इस घृत को ( snow) मुख पर लेपन करने से मुख में उत्पन्न व्यंग, नीलिका आदि समस्त रोग नाश होकर मुख चंद्रमा के समान कांतियुक्त होकर सु …
Questions and answers
What does the text advise doing with the hands right after a meal, and what is it said to achieve?
Wash the hands, rub them together, touch the eyes with the wet hands and rub the face lightly; this is said to help the eyes and make the face radiant.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Nilika is mapped to condition_vyanga, whose lexicon aliases include नीलिका; the text treats it as a separate minor disease.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Skin and hair
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 3
- Chapters
- Chapter 14
- Extraction tasks
- T12
- Record id
- condition_vyanga