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Symptomलक्षण

Numbness (supti)

सुप्ति (सुन्नपन) · सुप्ति

Extracted from the text3 references

Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
सुप्तिस्पर्शाज्ञान
Hindi
सुप्तिसुन्नपनसुन्न होनाझुनझुनी
English
Numbnessnumbnessloss of sensationtingling
Romanized
supti

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

  • Loss of touch sensation is among the signs of aggravated kapha.

    Chapter 3 · p. 41 · v. 66Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

  • For suptavata (vata with numbness) the text says bloodletting and suitable pacifying measures are useful.

    Chapter 12 · p. 194 · v. 5Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Prognosis1

  • A person who gets no horripilation even when sprinkled with ice-cold water and does not perceive any of the actions of his own body is described as living no more than two days.

    Appendix: Rishta · p. 604 · v. 25Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

All references

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

Quick facts

Content type
Symptom
Categories
Neurological
Source pages with records
3
Pages naming it
1
Extraction tasks
T02, T10, T29
Record id
symptom_supti