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Charak Samhita

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न मर्मबाधाजननी नेन्द्रियाणां प्रबाधिनी । हिक्का पीते तथा भुक्ते शमं याति च साऽन्नजा ॥४१॥

(marma) and organs and it subsides after drinking water or taking food is known as annaja hikka.

english translation

अतिसञ्चितदोषस्य भक्तच्छेदकृशस्य च । व्याधिभिः क्षीणदेहस्य वृद्धस्यातिव्यवायिनः ॥४२॥

[Prognosis of hikka] The hikka destroys a person suffering from excessive accumulation of dosha, emaciated due to fasting, emaciated due to disease, weak due to ageing or excessive indulgence in sex.

english translation

आसां या सा समुत्पन्ना हिक्का हन्त्याशु जीवितम् । यमिका च प्रलापार्तितृष्णामोहसमन्विता ॥४३॥

The symptoms of delirium, pain, excess thirst and stupor in yamika hikka patient make it incurable for treatment.

english translation

अक्षीणश्चाप्यदीनश्च स्थिरधात्विन्द्रियश्च यः । तस्य साधयितुं शक्या यमिका हन्त्यतोऽन्यथा ॥४४॥

The yamika hikka is curable in an individual who is not emaciated, not weak mentally, the dhatu and indriya are unaffected and performing their normal function. Otherwise in case if body is weak, it is incurable.

english translation

यदा स्रोतांसि संरुध्य मारुतः कफपूर्वकः । विष्वग्व्रजति संरुद्धस्तदा श्वासान्करोति सः ॥४५॥

[Specific pathogenesis of Shwasa] The aggravated vayu along with vitiated kapha obstructs the channels (of prana, udaka and annavaha) and spreads throughout the body and produces shwasa.

english translation