creating a feeling of presence of spikes and thorns in the throat and obstructing the passage; this disease is called Shaluka. Vrinda is round, elevated mass, at the sides of the throat giving rise to burning sensation and fever.
A swelling in the throat, located at the meeting place of the lower jaw, resembling the fruit of kārpāsī – Gossypium herbaceum, slimy, with mild pain and hard to touch, this is known as Tundikerika.
Profound swelling, both outside and inside the throat, remains like a bolt in the passage of the throat, producing heaviness of the head, stupor, more of salivation and fever. This disease is Galaugha.
Valaya is a similar kind of swelling, of the same shape (of valaya or ring) not very painful, and of similar width and elevation. Sprouts of muscle, one or more in the throat, caused by all the doshas, with mild pain,
कृच्छ्रोच्छ्वासाभ्यवहृतिः पृथुमूलो गिलायुकः । भूरिमांसाङ्कुरवृता तीव्रतृड्ज्वरमूर्धरुक् ॥ ५० ॥
causing difficulty in breathing and swallowing and with thick root, is known as Gilayuka. Studded with multiple sprouts of muscle tissue, accompanied with severe thirst, fever and headache,