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Principle
Prodromal signs (purvarupa)
पूर्वरूप
The introduction says that before the doṣas lodge in a site, accumulation and the following stages take place and the definite form of the disease approaches; at this time the prodromal…
Topic
Prodromal signs of kushtha
कुष्ठ के पूर्वरूप · कुष्ठ का पूर्वरूप
Excessive sweating or no sweating at all, horripilation, loss of touch sensation, blackening of the blood, great heaviness of the body, itching, roughness and tremor are the prodromal signs…
Topic
Prodromal signs of prameha
प्रमेह के पूर्वरूप · प्रमेह का पूर्वरूप
Burning in the hands, feet and body, much thirst, a very unctuous and sticky body, great sweetness in the mouth and overeating are the prodromal signs of prameha.
Topic
Prodromal signs of fever
ज्वर के पूर्वरूप · ज्वर का पूर्वरूप
Pain all over the body, sneezing, heaviness and horripilation are prodromes of all fevers. The verse gives eye trouble, burning and drying as prodromes of pitta fever, yawning of vata fever…
Topic
Prodromal signs of raktapitta
रक्तपित्त के पूर्वरूप · रक्तपित्त का पूर्वरूप
Before raktapitta appears, the abdomen feels heavy, there is burning in the body, a feeling as if smoke rises from the throat, loss of taste, weakness and a smell of blood in the breath.…
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The introduction says the work discusses for each disease its cause (nidāna), prodromal signs,…
The introduction says the work discusses for each disease its cause (nidāna), prodromal signs, pathogenesis, treatment and curability in a connected way, sets out many rasa, rasāyana and…
Question
What causes prameha according to the text, and what are its prodromal signs?
ग्रंथ के अनुसार प्रमेह किन कारणों से होता है और उसके पूर्वरूप क्या हैं?
Too much heavy, liquid, unctuous and cold food, much day sleep, lack of exertion and idleness; the prodromes are burning in the hands, feet and body, thirst, an unctuous sticky body,…
Topic
Why prodromal signs exist
पूर्वरूप का अस्तित्व · पूर्वरूप अस्तित्व
Using the relation of sign and thing signified, the text says that as smoke shows fire before the fire itself appears, diseases such as consumption are first shown by prodromal signs and…
Principle
Examination of the patient (rogi pariksha)
रोगी परीक्षा · रोगिपरीक्षा
The introduction says nidāna, pūrvarūpa (prodromal signs), rūpa (signs), upaśaya and saṁprāpti are called the five means of diagnosis (nidāna-pañcaka), and that diseases are to be examined…
Condition
Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)
कुष्ठ (त्वचा रोग) · कुष्ठ
Kushtha, the second of the major diseases in chapter 11, is said to arise from all the vitiated doshas and to take eighteen forms. The text gives its pathogenesis (wrong conduct or…
Principle
Pathogenesis (samprapti)
संप्राप्ति · सम्प्राप्ति
The introduction says the saṁprāpti (pathology) of a disease is to be known through the four means just described: its cause, prodromal signs, signs and upaśaya.
Condition
Prameha (urinary-metabolic disorders)
प्रमेह
Prameha is the first of the major diseases treated in chapter 11. The text gives its causes (too much heavy, liquid, unctuous and cold food, day sleep, lack of exertion), its prodromes, its…
Principle
Stages of dosha disturbance (accumulation, aggravation, spread)
दोषों का संचय, प्रकोप और प्रसर · संचय
The introduction says Ayurvedic diagnosis mainly considers the vitiation of the doṣas, which arises from many different causes: the doṣas accumulate, become aggravated and spread (caya,…
Condition
Fever (jvara)
ज्वर (बुखार) · ज्वर
Fever is said to arise when the doshas, aggravated by wrong diet, other diseases, season, wrong conduct or injury, spread through the whole body. Its general signs and prodromes, its vata,…