Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

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CHAPTER YII.
Now wc shall discourse on the Nidanam of Udara
(dropsy with an abnormal condition of the abdomen), i.
IVIctrical Text : —The royal sage Dhanvan-
tari, the foremost of all pious men who equalled
in splendour and glory the lord of the celestials, thus
blissfully discoursed on the Nidanam of Udara to
Sus'ruta, the son of the holy Vis'vamitra, who devoutly
approached him for that purpose. 2.
Classification : —This disease may be divided
into eight different types, of which four are produced
by the several actions of the three deranged Doshas of
the body and their concerted action as well. Of the re-
maining types, two being known as Plihodara (including
Yakritodara), and Vaddha-Gudodara (tympanites due to
the constriction of the anus), the seventh Agantuka
(traumatic or of extraneous origin), and the eighth
Dakodara (Ascites proper). 3.
Predisposing Causes :—The deranged
Doshas of a person of extremely impaired digestion,
addicted to the habit of taking unwholesome food, or
of eating dry, putrid food, or of violating the rules of
conduct to be observed in connection with oleaginous
measures etc.,* are aggravated and find lodgment in the
abdomen. Thus appearing in the shape of an abdomi-
nal tumour (Gulma), they give rise to this dreadful disease,
attended with all its characteristic symptoms. The lymph
chyle formed out of the assimilated food gets vitiated,
•and, impelled by the aggravated Vayu, it percolates
* These include purgative, emitic, A'stha'panam and Anuva'sanatu
mesisures.