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Symptom
Constipation (vibandha)
विबंध (कब्ज) · विबन्ध
The text names vibandha as a complication of emesis and purgation: if a person takes very cold drinks, wind and the like while the cleansing is still going on, the doshas in the channels…
Condition
Abdominal distension with retention (anaha)
आनाह (अफारा) · आनाह
Principle
Prakriti (body constitution)
प्रकृति (शरीर प्रकृति) · प्रकृति
The introduction says prakṛti means keeping the body in its original state. The bīja dhātu is formed by the union of śukra (the male seed) and ārtava (the female seed), and the body is…
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…
Food
Water (jala)
जल (पानी) · जल
The seasonal rules name the drinking water for each season: in spring well or village water, or water heated, clean and cooled; in summer well water; in the rains hot water; in autumn water…
Topic
Causes of piles
अर्श के कारण · अर्श निदान
Suppressing the urges of stool and urine, sitting for long, constipation, injury, irregular eating and similar causes are said to produce piles through vata, pitta, kapha and blood,…
Topic
Fault of water in digestion
जल का पाक दोष
Water that does not digest quickly after drinking and suddenly causes constipation has the fault of digestion (pāka). Having named these six faults, the author turns to the means of…
Topic
Signs of vata fever
वातज्वर के लक्षण · वातज्वर का लक्षण
Vata fever shows severe pain in the heart region, back, body and head, constipation, dryness, bad taste, yawning, flatulent distension, blackish stool and eyes, breathlessness and cough,…
Topic
Udavarta from holding back faeces
मल रोकने से उदावर्त · मलावरोधज उदावर्त
Holding back the urge of faeces out of ignorance causes colic, gurgling, breathlessness, constipation, hiccup, faeces coming from the mouth and a severe cutting pain.