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Charak Samhita

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तस्मात्तेषां समुत्पत्तिमुत्पन्नानां च लक्षणम् । सौषधं श्रोतुमिच्छामि प्रजानुग्रहकाम्यया ॥६।

Hence,for the welfare of people, I want to hear or know the causes of disorders of the genital tract,their symptoms as well as the treatment.

english translation

इति शिष्येण पृष्टस्तु प्रोवाचर्षिवरोऽत्रिजः । विंशतिर्व्यापदो योनेर्निर्दिष्टा रोगसङ्ग्रहे ॥७॥

[Twenty disorders of female genital tract Explanation by Atreya] Thus after queried by the disciple Agnivesha, the son of Atri, best among the sages said that twenty types of the disorders of the genital tract were mentioned in the Rogasangraha (enumeration of diseases) chapter.

english translation

मिथ्याचारेण ताः स्त्रीणां प्रदुष्टेनार्तवेन च । जायन्ते बीजदोषाच्च दैवाच्च शृणु ताः पृथक् ॥८॥

[Causative factors] Those occur in women due to their faulty lifestyle habits, vitiated menstrual blood, defects in ovum (beeja)(hereditary or congenital defects) and the destiny. (Now) Listen about each of them.

english translation

वातलाहारचेष्टाया वातलायाः समीरणः । विवृद्धो योनिमाश्रित्य योनेस्तोदं सवेदनम् ॥९॥

[Vata dominant yonivyapat] If woman of vatika constitution follows vata-aggravating diet and life style, then vata gets aggravated and reaches the genital tract.

english translation

स्तम्भं पिपीलिकासृप्तिमिव कर्कशतां तथा । करोति सुप्तिमायासं वातजांश्चापरान् गदान् ॥१०॥

This leads to piercing pain, stiffness, feeling of crawling of ants, hardness, numbness and exhaustion. Beside this, other vatika disorders are likely to occur.

english translation