Diseases
Conditions as Ayurveda frames them, alongside the plain modern description, with the red flags that mean see a doctor now.
Abdominal lump / gulma
Gulma — a movable, glandular or gaseous swelling of the abdomen between the diaphragm and pelvis, chiefly vata-driven, that grows and subsides.
Anaemia
Pandu — pallor/anaemia from depleted or vitiated blood, often pitta and iron-poor.
Anorexia / loss of appetite
Aruchi — loss of desire for food and distaste in the mouth from aggravated doshas and impaired agni, or from a disturbed mind.
Anxiety
Chinta/Udvega — worry and anxiety, classically aggravated vata unsettling the mind.
Ascites / abdominal enlargement
Udara roga — a group of serious disorders of progressive abdominal distension with fluid, from grossly impaired agni and obstruction of the abdominal channels.
Bleeding disorders (spontaneous haemorrhage)
Raktapitta — a disorder of spontaneous bleeding from the orifices when aggravated pitta vitiates and liquefies the rakta, driving it out through various passages.
Common cold
Pratishyaya — the common cold/rhinitis, usually aggravated kapha with vata.
Constipation
Vibandha — irregular, hard or infrequent stool, the classic face of aggravated vata.
Convulsions / tetany (context)
Apatanaka — episodic generalised stiffening and convulsive arching from severely aggravated vata, a serious vatavyadhi.
Cough
Kasa — cough of several dosha types, from dry vata cough to productive kapha cough.
Diarrhoea
Atisara — loose stools from aggravated agni/doshas; can quickly cause dehydration.
Dyslipidaemia / disordered fat metabolism
Medoroga — disorder of the meda dhatu with excess and vitiated fat obstructing channels, underlying raised lipids and metabolic disturbance.
Earache / otalgia
Karnashula — pain in the ear, chiefly a vata disorder of the ear channels, sometimes with pitta or kapha causing discharge.
Eczema
Vicharchika — eczema-type itchy, oozing, thickened skin within the kushtha group.
Epilepsy (seizure disorder)
Apasmara — paroxysmal loss of memory and consciousness with abnormal movements, from doshas obstructing the mind's seat (hridaya-manovaha).
Erectile dysfunction / impotence
Klaibya — inability to perform the sexual act from depleted or vitiated shukra and disturbed vata, often with a psychological component.
Excessive thirst
Trishna — persistent unquenchable thirst arising when aggravated pitta and vata dry the channels carrying water (udakavaha srotas).
Fever
Jvara — 'the king of diseases', the body's response classically tied to disturbed agni and ama.
Gout
Vatarakta — vitiated vata lodged in vitiated rakta causing intensely painful, often nocturnal joint inflammation beginning at the extremities.
Hair fall / alopecia
Khalitya — pitta-driven hair fall where heated pitta with vata and kapha scorches the hair roots, causing thinning and baldness.
Headache
Shirahshoola — headaches of dosha types: throbbing pitta, tight vata, heavy kapha/sinus.
Heart disorder
Hridroga — classical heart disease; educational overview only, always a clinical matter.
Hemiplegia / paralysis (stroke context)
Pakshaghata — a severe vatavyadhi in which aggravated vata strikes one half of the body, causing loss of movement and sensation, the context of stroke.
Hiccough
Hikka — a vata-kapha disorder of upward-moving prana producing repeated involuntary spasmodic sounds; classics grade it by severity.
Hyperacidity
Amlapitta — sour, sharp digestion classically tied to aggravated pitta: burning, sour reflux, indigestion.
Hypertension (context)
Uchcha raktachapa — raised pressure of the moving blood, understood through vitiated vata and rakta with pitta strain on the circulation and heart.
Insomnia
Anidra — difficulty sleeping, classically aggravated vata (and sometimes pitta) disturbing rest.
Intermittent fever (malaria context)
Vishamajwara — irregular, remittent and intermittent fevers with unpredictable timing, driven by ama and vata with the other doshas.
Intestinal worms / parasitic infestation
Krimi — a group of disorders from visible and subtle organisms breeding in an ama-laden, kapha-predominant gut.
Jaundice / liver disorder
Kamala — jaundice, a pitta-dominant liver disorder (often follows pandu).
Liver disorders
Yakrit vikara — disorders of the liver (yakrit), a pitta-dominant seat of rakta, where vitiated pitta and rakta impair its functions.
Low back pain / lumbar stiffness
Katigraha — vata-driven stiffness and catching pain in the lumbar region (kati), a common vata-sthana disorder.
Low mood
Vishada — despondency/low mood; often kapha-vata, treated with activation and support.
Malabsorption / IBS-like disorder
Grahani — a disorder of the digestive fire and small intestine giving irregular stools, bloating and weakness.
Male infertility / seminal disorders
Shukra dushti — the eight vitiations of shukra (semen) that impair its quantity, quality and function, underlying male subfertility.
Menopause / menopausal syndrome
Rajonivritti — the natural cessation of menses at the vata stage of life, when declining rasa-rakta and rising vata produce menopausal symptoms.
Menstrual disorders
Artava dushti / rajodosha — disorders of the menstrual blood and cycle from vitiation of artava by the doshas, giving irregular, painful, scanty or excessive menses.
Metabolic / urinary disorder (diabetes spectrum)
Prameha — a family of urinary/metabolic disorders including madhumeha (diabetes), often kapha-rooted.
Migraine
Ardhavabhedaka — classical one-sided headache matching migraine, often vata-pitta.
Mouth and oral disorders
Mukharoga — a broad class of disorders of the lips, gums, teeth, tongue, palate and throat from local vitiation of the doshas and rakta.
Obesity
Sthaulya — excess medas (fat) with aggravated kapha, one of the 'eight despised' conditions.
Osteoarthritis
Sandhivata — degenerative joint pain of aggravated vata, the classical 'wear' arthritis.
Painful urination (UTI)
Mutrakrichra — painful/difficult urination, commonly a pitta-dominant urinary condition.
Piles (Haemorrhoids)
Arsha — haemorrhoids, classically rooted in weak agni and chronic constipation.
Premature greying of hair
Palitya — premature greying from aggravated pitta heat reaching the hair, often with anger, stress and heat as drivers.
Progressive dimness of vision (cataract context)
Timira — progressive dimness of vision from doshas vitiating the patalas (layers) of the eye; its advanced stage (linganasha) corresponds to blinding cataract.
Psoriasis (context)
Kitibha — a vata-kapha kushtha with dry, rough, blackish-brown thickened scaly plaques resembling psoriasis.
Psychosis / severe mental disturbance (context)
Unmada — derangement of mind, intellect, memory and conduct when aggravated doshas cloud the seat of the mind.
Rheumatoid-type joint pain
Amavata — ama + vata producing migrating, stiff, swollen painful joints (RA-like).
Ringworm (dermatophytosis)
Dadru — a kapha-pitta kshudra kushtha marked by itchy, raised, coppery ring-shaped patches with a spreading border.
Sciatica
Gridhrasi — sciatica, radiating leg pain along the vata channel from the low back.
Skin disorders
Kushtha — the broad classical category of skin diseases, always tri-doshic with rakta involvement.
Splenomegaly / spleen disorder
Plihodara — enlargement of the spleen (pliha), a kapha-rakta seat, presenting as a firm left-sided abdominal mass, classed among the udara (abdominal) diseases.
Swelling / oedema
Shotha — generalized or local swelling from fluid and dosha accumulation.
Urinary calculi (stones)
Ashmari — 'stone', formation of concretions in the urinary tract by kapha with dried-up dosha, causing colicky pain and obstructed flow; classically likened to a fearsome disorder.
Urinary retention / obstructed flow
Mutraghata — a group of disorders of suppressed or obstructed urine flow, primarily from aggravated apana vata in the urinary tract.
Urticaria / hives
Shitapitta — itchy transient wheals from vata and kapha carrying aggravated pitta to the skin, provoked by cold exposure and allergens.
Vitiligo
Shwitra — loss of skin pigment (leucoderma); a distinct classical entity managed slowly.
Vomiting
Chhardi — forceful upward expulsion of stomach contents when aggravated doshas push the contents of the stomach upward.
Wasting / consumption (tuberculosis context)
Rajayakshma — the 'king of diseases', a progressive tridosha wasting illness with cough, fever and dhatu depletion, historically the context of tuberculosis.
Wheezing / asthma-like breathlessness
Tamaka shvasa — episodic breathlessness with wheeze, classically kapha-vata in the chest.
Educational information about Ayurveda, Siddha and Yoga — not a medical diagnosis or treatment. Consult a qualified professional before starting any herb, supplement, or therapy.