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we go bit in to the subject I think Ayurveda explains
this syndrome better than any modern textbooks.
The
patient suffering from Grahani always have difficulty
in digestion either heaviness, pain or acidity - depending
upon the involved dosha .
Some time patients also complain of excessive thirst
and appetite, dryness in throat, dryness of skin and
of sound in the ears {tinnitus} and diminished vision.
He explains the pain in the cardiac region and lateral
side of abdomen, pain in tongue, no taste, irritating
/ cutting sort of pain in anal region.
As patients lack taste of foods, they want to eat the
foods of all taste.
There is always an association of psychological imbalance.
Most of the time patients also complain of heaviness
in the abdomen during taking meal and after meal.
Due to agnimandhya- mucus start coming with stool along
with episode of diarrhoea and constipation- hard piece
of stool
Very typical symptoms Backache.
Type of Grahni :
• Vatta
• Pitta
• Kapha
• Sannipatik
Pathogenesis (Samprapti):
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| Vatta Grahani:
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Excessive consumption
of pungent, bitter and astringent rasa dominant foods,
Excessive intake of unctuous and cold food, fasting, suppression
of natural urges, excessive sexual intercourse |
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Vata accumulates
and becomes aggravated in Purishavaha srota (Colon)
And overflows to rasa and rakta dhatus. It then relocates
to small intestines where it vitiates samana vayu and
apana vayu |
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| suppresses the jatharagni
(digestive fire) |
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| Leads to acidity and
roughness in body, dryness of throat and mouth, abnormal
sounds in the ears, frequent pains in cardiac region,
distaste in mouth, sawing pain in abdomen, backache, mental
frustration, flatulance after and during process of digestion,
difficulty in defaecation, passage of stool which is liquid
mixed with hard stool (pseudo-diarrhoes with faecolith
formation) and is associated with mucus (ama) and froth. |
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If vata relocates
into mamsa dhatuu of mahavaha srota, cramping is present.
If continued vata vitiated due to irregular habits as
above, samana vayu iv vitiated in manovaha srota, the
mind then becomes unstable and the patint may experience
anxiety due to prana vayu vitiation and worry due to vyana
vayu vitiation |
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| Pitta Grahni: |
| Excessive intake of
pungent, heavy (ajirna), vidahi (which cause burning sensation),
sour and alkaline foods |
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| Aggravation of pitta |
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Suppression and extinguished
agni (digestive enzymes) as
Hot water causes extinction of physical fire |
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Patient voids loose
stool containing undigested material which is
Bluish-yellow or yellow in colour. Patient suffers from
eructation with foul smell
and sour taste, burning sensation in cardiac region and
throat, anorexia
as well as morbid thirst. |
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| Kapha Grahni: |
Consumption of excessive
oleated, heavy, cold foods,
Intake of excessive quantity of foof and sleeping soon
after meals |
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| Vitiation of kapha |
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Jatharagni mandya
(slowness of digestive fire) |
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heaviness in abdomen,
nausea, vomiting, anorexia, stickiness and
sweet taste in mouth, cough, spitting (excessive salivation)
and pinasa (chronic rhinitis), eructation with foul smell
and sweet taste |
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voiding of stool which
is split into pieces, mixed with mucus and
heavy phlegm and heavy. Even if not emaciated,
patient feels weak and indolent. |
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Sannipatika
Grahni:
There is simultaneous manifestation
of all the sign and symptoms pertaining to the three dosas
as explained above. |
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Sign
& Symptoms of Sangrahni 
