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Chapter 15 counts seventeen throat diseases: rohini of five kinds, kanthashaluka, adhijihvika, valaya, mahalasa, ekavrinda, vrinda, shataghni, gilayu, galavidradhi, galaugha, svaraghna and…

A warm throat nodule from kapha and blood with little pain, in which swallowed food seems to stick; incised quickly.

A great throat swelling from kapha and blood with fever and burning that blocks the passage of food, drink and air.

An abscess of all doshas in the throat with the signs of abscess described earlier; said to take life.

A complication of emesis named as the counterpart of the anal parikartika of purgation, described as a scraping pain in the throat.

A throat swelling from kapha and vata with great pain and severe breathlessness that cuts the vital points; given up as incurable.

A hard, raised, wick-like growth from all three doshas with pricking and splitting pain that blocks the throat; to be given up.

A hard, fixed, thorny lump like a jujube stone in the throat from kapha; incised and cleansed.

Twenty-eight of the ear, thirty-one of the nose, eight of the teeth, fifteen of the tooth roots (gums) and seventeen of the throat; five tongue diseases and nine palate diseases are also…

A high, long swelling in the throat from kapha that stops food and water from passing; described as dreadful and incurable.

A round, raised throat swelling from intense pitta and blood with burning and high fever; dreadful, life-taking and left untreated as incurable.

An abscess in the throat from all doshas, with the signs of abscess described earlier, takes life; another great swelling from kapha and blood, with fever and burning, blocks the throat…

A soft, heavy, round throat swelling from kapha and blood with itching, burning and little pain; incised and treated.

A throat swelling that spreads step by step with the signs of all three doshas; said to destroy like a strongly poisonous snake.

In the throat svaraghna, valaya, vrinda, mahalasa, mamsachaya, rohini, galaugha and the very severe shataghni, and vichari of the whole mouth, are dreadful and incurable. The physician…

Throat diseases are treated with emesis, nasal drops, plasters and ointments, gargles and similar special measures.

Throat diseases are treated with emesis, nasal drops, plasters, ointments, gargles and similar special measures; the author then promises to describe the palate diseases with their signs…

Rohini of the combined, kapha and blood types (in the commentary), adhijihvika once suppurated, valaya, mahalasa, vrinda and shataghni are to be given up; galavidradhi and mamsatana are…

Mouth diseases arise from the doshas in seven sites: the two lips, teeth, tongue, gums, throat and palate.

Foul air coming from the nose and mouth when vata, joined with vitiated doshas, lodges in the throat and palate; treated by cleansing the throat and with head purgation.

Apachi is described as small hard swellings, round or long, formed by fat accumulating at the jaw, throat, eyes and joints; some burst and discharge, some subside by themselves and new ones…

Rajayakshma, also called kshaya and shosha, is described as a severe wasting disease of all three doshas that dries up the tissues and is the seat from which many other diseases arise.