Signs and SymptomsFeatures of Jwara include abnormal taste in the mouth, heaviness of body, aversion to food, tiredness, body aches, mental agitation. There is usually absence of sweat and raised body temperature. Fevers which are due to exogenous factors...
Jwara means that which causes anguish to the body and mind. It is the first disease that originated from the third eye of angry Lord Shiva. It is very similar to fever in medical terminologies. However, in Ayurveda a rise in temperature is only one of its symptoms....
Part 2 Vata aggravates either due to depletion of Dhatus or due to obstruction. Aggravation of Vata causes 80 diseases. They include paralysis, joint pain, back pain, sciatica etc. Signs and symptoms of Vata diseases are pain, numbness, shooting pain, tremor,...
Part 1 The word Roga or disease in Ayurveda comes from the Sanskirt word Ruk. Ruk means pain or suffering. Roga is present both in the mind and body. In Ayurveda whenever a Roga occurs it affects the Doshas. These Doshas are Vata, Pitta and Kapha. They are found all...
Nidana in Ayurveda deals with details of causes, signs, symptoms and cure of raga (disease). It gives a complete understanding of the raga. It is the beginning point of roga diagnosis. Some authors say that anything which causes a change in the doshas is the nidana of...
. . . continued from previous issue Kwaatha This is obtained by boiling 60 grams of cleaned, chopped and crushed raw drugs and cooked with 1200 ml of water and reduced to 1/4th. Usually when administration is done clinically this filtered Kwaatha is further reduced to...
