Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c12.51

c12.51

§ 58. Strangury and Retention of Urine :— There are in general eight forms of mūtrakṛcchra or mūtradoṣa ( Su ) ‘strangury’ : four from the doṣas, individually or in combination, the remaining four from wounds (śalyaja), faecal defects (purīṣaja), stone (aśmarija), and gravel (śarkarāja) or from sperm as mentioned in Caraka. The causes are defective diet, such as the use of pungent substances, spirituous drinks, flesh of animals in marshy places etc., overexertion, fast, riding and dancing. The urine passes frequently but only in drops and with pain. This causes violent pain in the bladder, urethra, chest, bloody urine and other abnormal changes in the urine, flatulence, retention of urine etc. (Car 6.26.30-33; Su 6.59.1-15; MN 211-213; Vang 494 f. The remedies recommended are various decoctions, purgatives, enemeta, injections in the urethra, nutritional and perspiring remedies, anointings etc. (Car 6.26.43-56; Su 6.59.15-27; Vang 495-9; Vr 32 ).