Charak Samhita

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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