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Condition
Ashthila
अष्ठीला
Named in this range only as a disorder that horse gram is said to remove.
Condition
Pratyashthila
प्रत्यष्ठीला
Like ashthila, except that the cross part of the lump is long.
Topic
Signs of tuni, pratituni, ashthila and adhmana
तूनी, प्रतितूनी, अष्ठीला और आध्मान के लक्षण · तूनी, प्रतितूनी, अष्ठीला व आध्मान के लक्षण
Aggravated vata causes tuni (bursting pain running down from the colon or bladder to the anus and genitals) and pratituni (pain running up from there to the colon), ashthila and…
Organ
Bones, joints and cartilage
अस्थि, संधि और उपास्थि · अस्थि
The verse counts, in order, three hundred bones and three hundred joints, followed by nine hundred sinews, seven hundred veins and five hundred muscles.
Herb
Amarataru
हडसंकरी · अमरतरु
Glossary entry
अस्थि
हडसंकरी
हिन्दी: हडसंकरी · मराठी: हाडसंकरी
Condition
Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)
वात रोग · वातव्याधि
Vata is presented as the root cause of many local and whole-body diseases. Each of the five vayus, aggravated in its own seat, causes the diseases of that seat; joined with kapha, pitta or…
Food
Cow milk (go-ksheera)
गाय का दूध (गोक्षीर) · गोक्षीर
Cow milk is one of the eight kinds of milk, all said to be wholesome for all beings.
Condition
Haemorrhoids (arsha)
अर्श (बवासीर) · अर्श
Chapter 12 treats piles as a major disease: causes, six kinds with their signs, sites in the anal folds, prodromes, its name mularoga, fatal signs, related growths elsewhere and their…
Topic
Bharangyadi powder
भार्ङ्ग्यादि चूर्ण
A powder of bharangi, asafoetida, vacha and the other drugs listed (twenty-two in the verse) is impregnated again and again with the juices of the sour group, dried and powdered. Taken with…
Question
In which diseases does the text call lukewarm milk wholesome?
ग्रंथ गुनगुने दूध को किन रोगों में हितकर बताता है?
Long-standing diarrhoea, chronic fever, insanity, epilepsy, urinary stone, gulma, abdominal enlargement, liver disorder, vata, breathlessness and cough, spleen enlargement, ashthila,…
Formulation
Mahanaracha ghee
महानाराच घृत
Naracha ghee cooked again with a decoction of four purgative drugs and a paste of seven others; it acts quickly as a purgative and is called the best purgative for mahodara, ashthila,…
Topic
Mahanaracha ghee
महानाराच घृत
Naracha ghee is cooked again with a decoction of trivrit, danti, triphala and shankhini and a paste of aragvadha pulp, snuhi latex, chitraka, vidanga, chavya, turmeric and the three…
Topic
Special virtue of milk
दूध का विशेष गुण · क्षीर का विशिष्ट गुण
Lukewarm milk (cow's milk, says the verse) is said to be wholesome in long-standing diarrhoea, chronic fever, insanity, epilepsy, urinary stone, gulma, abdominal enlargement, liver…
Topic
Why piles are called the root disease
मूलरोग नाम · मूलरोग संज्ञा
Piles give rise to nodules, gulma, liver enlargement, ashthila, abdominal disease, loss of strength and colic; because they are the root of many diseases they are called mularoga (root…