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Symptomलक्षण

Drying (shosha)

शोष

Extracted from the textNew name from the text2 references

Drying (shosha) is named among the effects of aggravated pitta and among the conditions that the pacifying preparations given after purification are said to overcome.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
शोष
Hindi
शोषसूखना
English
Drying (shosha)

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Signs and symptoms1

  • Drying (shosha) is listed among the diseases produced by aggravated pitta; the commentary glosses it as drying.

    Chapter 9 · p. 125 · v. 2Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

  • In one purified by emesis and purgation, shosha and then pitta are to be conquered with pacifying preparations.

    Chapter 9 · p. 127 · v. 13Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 30 times on 25 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

All references

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

Extraction notes

  • Created because the commentary glosses शोष here as drying (सूखना) rather than the wasting disease.

Quick facts

Content type
Symptom
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
25
Chapters
Chapter 9
Extraction tasks
T05
Record id
symptom_shosha