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Wylie	skya rbab
Wylie Definition	swelling of body due to diseases of the don lnga. "mi'i glo snying sogs don lnga la nad byung ba'i rkyen gyis lus skrangs pa'i nad kyi thog ma'i skabs la bod kyi sman gzhung du skya rbab zer. "Tibetan medical texts use this word to describe the initial stages of diseases of the lung and hear (and also liver, spleen and kidneys). Dag-yig. Text 16, 65. Most generally it occurs in connection with lung diseases. Lag-len 276.4. Etiology: The basic causes are the three humours and lymph (chu ser). The contributing factors are: 1) Eating inappropriate foods following a case of diarrhea. 2) Phlebotomy (gtar) or cooling compounds (bsil sbyor) following a fever. 3) Drinking too much water when exhausted. 4) Sleeping in a moist place, etc., where physical heat is weakened. 5) Undigested dhyme stagnating in the liver rather than transforming into other physical constituents. 6) Bad blood diffused in the flesh and skin so that they expand. 7) Pus (chu ser) is scattered by air so that it pervades the body. If skya rbab becomes chronic, it turns to 'or nad. Chronic 'or nad turns to dmu chu. Symptoms: The three general symptoms are 1) General swelling of the body. 2) Shortness of breath. 3) Infrequency of urination. In addition to these, 1) Puffiness of the eyes and face. 2) The side of the body facing downward during sleep. These symptoms are easily recognized by all, yet I have only seen a few who were able to treat it. SRZT 35 ff. [This is classified as a phlegm [bad kan] disorder.] Note: The literal meaning of skya rbab is 'whitish' (skya) 'wave' (rbab, = rba rlab). See also AHT 104.. Original entry: (bad kan) skya rbab. SRZT 35. Text 36.
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