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== Introduction ==
The word ''gulma'' stands for an entity that encircles, envelops or covers something. Situations such as panic, stress, or grief, usually associated with chaotic, cataclysmic event would lead to vitiation of ''vata'' causing the appearance of ''vata''-dominant diseases like ''gulma'', etc. The vitiated ''vata'', in conjunction with other ''doshas'', gets into the ''mahasrotas'' and get lodged either in the ''amashaya'' (stomach), ''pittashaya'' (gall bladder), ''pakwashaya'' (cecum) or in other regions like ''hridaya'' (epigastric), ''basti'' (bladder) and ''nabhi'' (umblicus) leading to formation of deep-rooted shrub-like mass. As mentioned earlier, ''gulma'' afflicts the gastrointestinal region between the heart and the bladder. Depending upon the region it afflicts, it can be classified into four general types common to males and females: ''vata gulma'', ''pitta gulma'', ''kapha gulma'', and ''sannipatik gulma''.
The word ''gulma'' stands for an entity that encircles, envelops or covers something. Situations such as panic, stress, or grief, usually associated with chaotic, cataclysmic event would lead to vitiation of ''vata'' causing the appearance of ''vata''-dominant diseases like ''gulma'', etc. The vitiated ''vata'', in conjunction with other ''doshas'', gets into the ''mahasrotas'' and get lodged either in the ''amashaya'' (stomach), ''pittashaya'' (gall bladder), ''pakwashaya'' (cecum) or in other regions like ''hridaya'' (epigastric), ''basti'' (bladder) and ''nabhi'' (umblicus) leading to formation of deep-rooted shrub-like mass. As mentioned earlier, ''gulma'' afflicts the gastrointestinal region between the heart and the bladder. Depending upon the region it afflicts, it can be classified into four general types common to males and females: ''vata gulma'', ''pitta gulma'', ''kapha gulma'', and ''sannipatik gulma''.