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Gynaecological disorders (yoniroga)

योनिरोग (स्त्री रोग) · योनिरोग

Extracted from the text5 references

The text treats yoni diseases by dosha; an editorial note gives their causes (wrong diet and conduct, vitiated menstrual blood, semen defects, fate) and twenty kinds, five each from vata, pitta, kapha and all three doshas.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
योनिरोगयोनिव्यापत्योनिदोष
Hindi
योनिरोगस्त्री रोगयोनि रोगगर्भाशय के रोग
English
Gynaecological disordersgynaecological disordersvaginal and uterine disorders
Romanized
yonirogayonivyapat

Types described in the text

Udavarta (vata)

उदावर्ता

Frothy menstrual blood flows with great difficulty.

Vandhya (vata)

वन्ध्या

Menstruation is lost.

Vipluta (vata)

विप्लुता

Constant pain.

Vipluta, second entry (vata)

विप्लुता (दूसरी)

Severe pain during intercourse; printed with the same name as the third entry.

Vatala (vata)

वातला

Hard and stiff with colic and pricking; the most vata signs.

Lohitakshaya (pitta)

लोहितक्षया

Blood flows with burning.

Vamini (pitta)

वामिनी

Expels semen mixed with menstrual blood, together with vata.

Prasramsini (pitta)

प्रस्रंसिनी

Displaced from its own position.

Putraghni (pitta)

पुत्रघ्नी

Pregnancy repeatedly falls because of deficient blood.

Pittala (pitta)

पित्तला

Burning and suppuration with fever; the most pitta signs.

Atyananda (kapha)

अत्यानन्दा

No satisfaction even with excessive intercourse.

Karnini (kapha)

कर्णिनी

A fleshy growth like a lotus pericarp arises from kapha and blood.

Acharana (kapha)

अचरणा

Becomes moist before the man with slight intercourse and so does not receive the seed.

Aticharana (kapha)

अतिचरणा

Becomes moist only after the man despite repeated intercourse, so does not conceive.

Shleshmala (kapha)

श्लेष्मला

Slimy, itching and very cold; the most kapha signs.

Shandhi (all three doshas)

षण्ढी

Without menses and rough in intercourse; the breasts very small.

Andali or andini (all three doshas)

अण्डली (अण्डिनी)

Protrudes like an egg after intercourse with a man with a large penis.

Vivrita (all three doshas)

विवृता

Very wide opening and a large yoni.

Suchivaktra (all three doshas)

सूचीवक्त्रा

Opening as small as a needle point.

Sannipatika (all three doshas)

सान्निपातिका

Signs of all three doshas in abundance.

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

  • The note gives four main kinds, from vata, pitta, kapha and all three doshas, each with five forms, making twenty yoni diseases.

    Chapter 17 · p. 362 · v. 74Editorial noteTraditional description

Causes1

  • An editorial note says yoni diseases arise from wrong diet and conduct, vitiated menstrual blood, defects of semen and fate.

    Chapter 17 · p. 362 · v. 74Editorial noteTraditional description

Treatment principle3

  • All yoni diseases, marked by the signs of the doshas that cause them, are to be treated by the physician with various drugs according to the dosha.

    Chapter 17 · p. 362 · v. 74Sanskrit verseTraditional description
  • In yoni diseases with severe burning (the pitta type) cooling measures are to be applied.

    Chapter 17 · p. 364 · v. 78Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • The many yoni diseases are to be overcome with dosha-specific drugs through washing, fumigation, filling, gentle pastes, tarpana and bandaging.

    Chapter 17 · p. 365 · v. 83Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Prognosis1

  • Yoni diseases caused by all three doshas are to be given up as incurable.

    Chapter 17 · p. 364 · v. 75Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 20 times on 7 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

How many yoni diseases does the editorial note count, and how are they grouped?

Twenty: five each from vata, pitta, kapha and all three doshas.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Categories
Women's healthReproductive health
Source pages with records
4
Pages naming it
7
Chapters
Chapter 17
Extraction tasks
T17
Record id
condition_yoniroga