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Symptom
Tremor (kampa)
कंप (कंपन) · कम्प
Tremor is among the signs of aggravated vāta.
Condition
Tremor disorder (kampavata)
कम्पवात (कंपन रोग) · कम्पवात
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…
Condition
Pox disease (masurika)
मसूरिका (चेचक) · मसूरिका
Masurika (pox; called devi, mata or chechak in the commentary) is described as lentil-like eruptions of many colours and shapes, arising mainly from pitta, with dosha and blood types,…
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
Vata dosha
वात दोष · वात
Continuing the account of digestion, the introduction says the food is moved onward by a propulsive action, and samāna vāyu is needed for this and to keep the food moist; its actions of…
Condition
Angagraha (stiffness of the limbs) after enema
अंगग्रह · अङ्गग्रह
An enema complication with hard-to-cure stiffness of the limbs and signs of vata aggravation.
Topic
Angagraha and atiyoga after enema: signs and treatment
अंगग्रह और अतियोग के लक्षण व चिकित्सा · अंगग्रह, अतियोग लक्षण व चिकित्सा
In a person full of vata, dry by nature or lying improperly, an enema of weak drugs causes hard-to-cure angagraha (stiffness of the limbs) with fatigue, yawning, tremor and other vata…
Topic
Complications of vata-type prameha
वातिक प्रमेह के उपद्रव
A gripping feeling in the heart, craving for sense objects, sleeplessness, tremor, severe colic, retention of stool, cough, hiccup, breathlessness and dryness of the mouth are the…
Topic
Incurable forms of pox
मसूरिका के असाध्य लक्षण
Eruptions that are saucer-shaped with a sunken mouth, have a central knob, are ringed like burns, hard, very red or black with wide mouths, with fever, diarrhoea and colic, or with…
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
Signs of vāta aggravation
वात प्रकोप के लक्षण
Aggravated vāta is said to produce many sudden pains without apparent cause: feelings of the body breaking, being beaten, pricked, cut or kneaded, wasting, flinging of the limbs, bitten,…
Topic
Summary of vata diseases
वातव्याधि का उपसंहार
Vata spread through the whole body causes generalised diseases such as whole-body vata and tremor, and lodged in a part it causes swelling and pain there. Although its diseases differ by…
Principle
Vyana vata
व्यानवायु · व्यान
Vyana vata is said to pervade the whole body and carry out all bodily functions, such as moving the blood and bringing pitta and kapha to their proper places.
Topic
Vyana vata
व्यानवायु
Vyana vata pervades the whole body, moves with many kinds of activity and performs all bodily functions, such as moving the blood and carrying pitta and kapha to their places; aggravated,…