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Why are piles called mularoga, the root disease?

अर्श को मूलरोग क्यों कहा गया है?

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Because they give rise to many other diseases, being their root cause.

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Verse 90 says piles produce nodules, gulma, liver enlargement, ashthila, abdominal disease, loss of strength and colic; because they are the root of so many diseases they are called mularoga or mulavyadhi.

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