Gulma Chikitsa: Difference between revisions

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Five places of ''gulma'' are urinary bladder (hypogastric region), umbilical region (''nabhi''), cardiac region (''hridi'') and two flanks (''parshva''). Henceforth I will explain the causes, symptoms and the treatment of these five types of ''gulma'' [8]
Five places of ''gulma'' are urinary bladder (hypogastric region), umbilical region (''nabhi''), cardiac region (''hridi'') and two flanks (''parshva''). Henceforth I will explain the causes, symptoms and the treatment of these five types of ''gulma'' [8]


==== Causative factors of vata dominant gulma ====
==== Causative factors of ''vata'' dominant ''gulma'' ====


रूक्षान्नपानं विषमातिमात्रं विचेष्टितं वेगविनिग्रहश्च|  
रूक्षान्नपानं विषमातिमात्रं विचेष्टितं वेगविनिग्रहश्च|  
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rūkṣānnapānaṁ viṣamātimātraṁ vicēṣṭitaṁ vēgavinigrahaśca|  
rūkṣānnapānaṁ viṣamātimātraṁ vicēṣṭitaṁ vēgavinigrahaśca|  
śōkō'bhighātō'timalakṣayaśca nirannatā cānilagulmahētuḥ||9||  
śōkō'bhighātō'timalakṣayaśca nirannatā cānilagulmahētuḥ||9||  
rUkShAnnapAnaM viShamAtimAtraM viceShTitaM vegavinigrahashca|  
rUkShAnnapAnaM viShamAtimAtraM viceShTitaM vegavinigrahashca|  
shoko~abhighAto~atimalakShayashca nirannatA cAnilagulmahetuH||9||  
shoko~abhighAto~atimalakShayashca nirannatA cAnilagulmahetuH||9||  


Excessive use of dry articles of food and drinks, excessive or wrong body activities, suppression of natural urges, excessive grief, too-much diminution of faeces, trauma and excessive fasting are the causes of vata-gulma [9]
Excessive use of dry articles of food and drinks, excessive or wrong body activities, suppression of natural urges, excessive grief, too-much diminution of feces, trauma and excessive fasting are the causes of ''vata-gulma'' [9]


==== Symptoms of vata gulma ====
==== Symptoms of vata gulma ====