Doctor’s Corner:
Diarrhoea (Atisara)
Details
Atisara in Sanskrit means “excessive passage of watery stools”- “Ativa sarati iti Atisaram”. The symotoms of Atisara is quite similar to Diarrhoea.
Cause
Eating Dry Meat,Non fatty and dry food in large quantity.
Improper oleation therapy
worms(Intestinal parasites)
Supression of Urges and such others.
Pathogensis
Due to the above cause Vata(Air) get vitiated makes watery tissues to move downwards,destroying the digestive fire,invade the alimentary tract makes the faeces watery and produce Atisara(Diarrhoea)
Type
According to Dosha its 6 kinds
1. Vata
2.Kapha
3.Pitta
4.Sannipataja (all dosha together)
5.Fear( Bhaya)
6.Grief(shokaja)
Symptoms
pricking pain,Indigestion,flatuence,dryness of mouth,watery stool sometime with blood when pitts dosha is present.burning senstion,
Treatment Case Study
The first line of treatment of Atisara is Langhana(Fasting)
Give thin gruel to eat
Buttermilk
other single medicines
Haritaki
Musta
Bilva
Hingu
Dadima
Mutharistam
Kutajaristam