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Chapter 18. Three types of swellings
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|title = Trishothiya Adhyaya
|title = Trishothiya Adhyaya
shanaiH paritudan [7] pArshvaM plIhA tasyAbhivardhate||28||
shanaiH paritudan [7] pArshvaM plIhA tasyAbhivardhate||28||
When the vitiated ''vata'' inhabits and elevates the spleen, it causes a gradual prickly pain in the sides, causing ''vliha vriddhi'' i.e. splenomegaly. [28]
When the vitiated ''vata'' inhabits and elevates the spleen, it causes a gradual prickly pain in the sides, causing ''pliha vriddhi'' i.e. splenomegaly. [28]
===== ''Gulma'' (abdominal lumps) =====
===== ''Gulma'' (abdominal lumps) =====
*For knowing and treating a new disease that has not been described in the text, the underlying ''dosha'', its location, etiological factors, and the movement of ''dosha'' should be well identified. Then pathogenesis should become evident and rational treatment can be started. [45-47]
*For knowing and treating a new disease that has not been described in the text, the underlying ''dosha'', its location, etiological factors, and the movement of ''dosha'' should be well identified. Then pathogenesis should become evident and rational treatment can be started. [45-47]
*Three ''doshas'' - ''vata, pitta'' and ''kapha'' - are always present in the body of living beings. The learned should know about their normal and vitiated states. [48]
*Three ''doshas'' - ''vata, pitta'' and ''kapha'' - are always present in the body of living beings. The learned should know about their normal and vitiated states. [48]
*Enthusiasm, inspiration, expiration, movements, processing of ''dhatu'' (body tissues) and elimination of excreta are natural functions of of a normal ''vata''.[49]
*Enthusiasm, inspiration, expiration, movements, processing of ''dhatu'' (body tissues) and elimination of excreta are natural functions of normal ''vata''.[49]
*Vision, digestion, heat production, hunger, thirst, softness in body, luster, serenity and intelligence are the natural functions of a normal ''pitta''. [50]
*Vision, digestion, heat production, hunger, thirst, softness in body, luster, serenity and intelligence are the natural functions of normal ''pitta''. [50]
*Unctuousness, binding, firmness/stability, heaviness (maintaining volume/mass), virility, strength, forbearance, restraint and absence of greed are the natural functions of of a normal ''kapha''. [51]
*Unctuousness, binding, firmness/stability, heaviness (maintaining volume/mass), virility, strength, forbearance, restraint and absence of greed are the natural functions of normal ''kapha''. [51]
*The decrease (or increase) of these ''doshas'' in a body can be best diagnosed by a decrease (or increase) in the functions mentioned above. The alternate method to examine the status is to check functions of other (opposite) ''dosha''. Thus the status of ''dosha'' can be investigated based on their representative functions only.[52]
*The decrease (or increase) of these ''doshas'' in a body can be best diagnosed by a decrease (or increase) in the functions mentioned above. The alternate method to examine the status is to check functions of other (opposite) ''dosha''. Thus the status of ''dosha'' can be investigated based on their representative functions only.[52]
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