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Condition
Painful urination (mutrakricchra)
मूत्रकृच्छ्र (पेशाब में कष्ट) · मूत्रकृच्छ्र
Mutrakricchra is presented as eight further kinds of urinary obstruction (ghata read as kricchra, difficult passing) arising from the three doshas, their combination, injury, faeces, gravel…
Procedure
Daily purification and uttara basti for painful urination
मूत्रकृच्छ्र में शोधन और उत्तरबस्ति
For mutrakricchra the text says the patient's body is purified every day and uttara basti is then applied.
Topic
Eight kinds of painful urination
आठ प्रकार के मूत्रकृच्छ्र
Mutrakricchra is of eight kinds: from vata, pitta, kapha, all three together, injury, faeces, gravel (sharkara) and stone (ashmari).
Topic
Remedies that remove painful urination
मूत्रकृच्छ्र नाशक योग · मूत्रकृच्छ्रनाशक योग
A paste of cucumber (trapusa) seeds, one aksha (one tola per the commentary), drunk with good sour gruel, and the salt group taken with gruel are said to calm even severe mutrakricchra.
Topic
Section on painful urination
मूत्रकृच्छ्र अधिकार · अथ मूत्रकृच्छ्राधिकारः
Having described the signs and treatment of urinary obstruction, the author turns to the eight further kinds of ghata, which a footnote says the teachers read as kricchra (passing with…
Topic
Treatment of painful urination
मूत्रकृच्छ्र की चिकित्सा · मूत्रकृच्छ्र चिकित्सा
The treatment of mutrakricchra will be given with all suitable drugs; every day the patient's body is purified and uttara basti is then applied.
Therapy
Urethral and vaginal douche (uttara basti)
उत्तर बस्ति · उत्तरबस्ति
A footnote defines uttara basti as an injection with a syringe (basti) given into the penis or the vagina.
Mineral
Alkali preparations (kshara)
क्षार (खार) · क्षार
Alkali is said always to follow the properties of urine.
Herb
Tambula (betel leaf)
पान (तांबूल) · ताम्बूल
Chewing betel is said to increase happiness, good fortune, fragrance, contentment, lustre, cheerfulness and pleasant desire; it keeps the face bright, the mind content and the mouth moist,…
Principle
Apana vata
अपानवायु · अपान
Apana vata is said to live in the bladder region and the colon and to expel stool, urine, semen, menstrual blood and the foetus at the proper time.
Topic
Apana vata
अपानवायु
Apana vata lives in the bladder region and the colon and expels stool, urine, semen, menstrual blood and the foetus at their proper time; aggravated, it causes serious diseases of the anus…
Topic
Conclusion on uttara basti
उत्तरबस्ति का उपसंहार
Uttara basti is called the best means for urinary diseases, painful urination, gravel and even the fiercest stones, and for all diseases located in the bladder.
Topic
Properties of alkali (kṣāra)
क्षार के गुण · क्षार गुण
Alkali is said always to share the properties of urine. It overcomes kushtha, tumours, nodules, kilāsa, painful urination, piles, corrupted wounds and all worm diseases, and by its fiery…
Topic
Signs of the urine type
मूत्रज वृद्धि के लक्षण · मूत्रजवृद्धि-लक्षण
A soft swelling that sways as the patient walks, like a leather bag filled with water, with painful urination and much pain, is the urine type; it arises from holding back urine.
Topic
Special virtue of the uttarabasti
उत्तरबस्ति का विशेष गुण
Uttarabasti is said to overcome the disorders from that vitiated blood, raktapradara, severe painful urination and urinary obstruction, bladder diseases from many doshas, diseases of the…
Question
What is alkali (kṣāra) said to overcome, and what warning does the text give about it?
क्षार किन रोगों को जीतता बताया गया है और उसके बारे में क्या चेतावनी दी गई है?
Kushtha, tumours, nodules, kilāsa, painful urination, piles, corrupted wounds and all worm diseases; by its fiery power it burns the body.
Topic
Who should not take betel
ताम्बूल सेवन के लिए अयोग्य व्यक्ति
Betel is to be avoided by those with raktapitta, fever, consumption or extreme emaciation, after a purgative, with diarrhoea, hunger or thirst, insanity or painful urination, after drinking…