Charak Samhita

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महामूला महावेगा महाशब्दा महाबला | महाहिक्केति सा नॄणां सद्यः प्राणहरा मता ||२६||

sanskrit

Maha hikka is mahamula (deep rooted), mahavega (massive attack), mahashabda (very loud sound), maha bala (very strong). This can lead to death immediately, hence named as mahahikka.

english translation

mahAmUlA mahAvegA mahAzabdA mahAbalA | mahAhikketi sA nRRNAM sadyaH prANaharA matA ||26||

hk transliteration

हिक्कते यः प्रवृद्धस्तु कृशो दीनमना नरः | जर्जरेणोरसा कृच्छ्रं गम्भीरमनुनादयन् ||२७||

sanskrit

[Gambhira hikka] Excessive aggravation of kapha and vayu in an aged, emaciated and mentally depressed individual leads to hikka. This hikka is characterised by deep and resonant sound, and affliction of the chest.

english translation

hikkate yaH pravRddhastu kRzo dInamanA naraH | jarjareNorasA kRcchraM gambhIramanunAdayan ||27||

hk transliteration

सञ्जृम्भन् सङ्क्षिपंश्चैव तथाऽङ्गानि प्रसारयन् | पार्श्वे चोभे समायम्य कूजन् स्तम्भरुगर्दितः ||२८||

sanskrit

He yawns, contracts and expands his body, and while respiring he contracts both the flanks making murmuring sounds, and suffers from stiffness and pain.

english translation

saJjRmbhan saGkSipaMzcaiva tathA'GgAni prasArayan | pArzve cobhe samAyamya kUjan stambharugarditaH ||28||

hk transliteration

नाभेः पक्वाशयाद्वाऽपि हिक्का चास्योपजायते | क्षोभयन्ती भृशं देहं नामयन्तीव ताम्यतः ||२९||

sanskrit

In such a patient the hikka arises from the umbilicus or pakvashaya (intestines) with pain all over the body.

english translation

nAbheH pakvAzayAdvA'pi hikkA cAsyopajAyate | kSobhayantI bhRzaM dehaM nAmayantIva tAmyataH ||29||

hk transliteration

रुणद्ध्युच्छ्वासमार्गं तु प्रनष्टबलचेतसः | गम्भीरा नाम सा तस्य हिक्का प्राणान्तिकी मता ||३०||

sanskrit

During this time his body bends and he suffers from black outs, obstruction in the respiratory tract and loss of strength and unconsciousness. Such hikka is known as gambhira hikka which ultimately results in death.

english translation

ruNaddhyucchvAsamArgaM tu pranaSTabalacetasaH | gambhIrA nAma sA tasya hikkA prANAntikI matA ||30||

hk transliteration