Difference between revisions of "Ūrustambha"

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By M. A. Alwar

Sometimes transliterated as: Urustambha, Urustambha, UUrustambha

Ūrustambha is a kind of disease of the thighs.

Gender

Ūrustambha is a masculine form.

Origin

Ūrustambha can be split as “ūru + Stambh + Aṇ” which means “paralyses the thighs”.

Types

The ūrustambha is of four kinds, namely:

1. Viprakṛṣṭa
2. Sannikṛṣṭa
3. Nidāna
4. Saṃgra

Cause

• It is caused by the imbalance of vāta and imbalance of wetness.
• The leg is gravely affected by it.
• The paralyzing effect is felt immediately.
• The leg is aggrieved and the touch of cold is not felt.
• It shall be engrossed with the complications of the muscles.
• Suśruta in Mahāvātavyādhi states that:

  "This disease is caused by the imbalance in Vāta, Pitta and śleṣma."

• The Prāgrūpa mentions that:

  “It comprises of imbalance in attention and sleep. It also causes loss of taste.”

Symptoms

• Ūrustambha comprises of cold and hot watery content.
• It can be dry and wet at the same time.
• It shall be weary and non-weary.
• Although comprising of air, it shall still have paralyzing effects.
• It numbs the thighs thereby disabling it.
• It makes the thighs as hard as a pillar and paralyze them, hence it is called as ūrustambha.
• It makes the patient's thigh unresponsive.
• It may effect all the parts related to the legs.

Cure

• The ūrustambha needs to be avoided with a comprehensive care and balance of Vāta, Pitta and śleṣma.
• The cure of ūrustambha is stated in various texts.
• During this disease, the patient is advised to have neither too hot not too cold food with diligence.

References

• Shabdakalpadrumah by Raja Radhakantdev, Varadaprasada Vasu, Haricarana Vasu