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Hingula sodhana
Hingula sodhana is the Ayurvedic purification (Shodhana) of cinnabar (Hingula, HgS), a Sadharana Rasa of Rasashastra, done by seven bhavanas with juices like ginger juice to detoxify the mercury-rich mineral before medicinal use or Parada extraction.
Hingulesvara Rasa
Hingulesvara Rasa (Hinguleshwara Rasa, Hinguleshwar Ras), a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral khalveya formulation of purified cinnabar, purified Aconitum ferox, and Pippali in equal parts, indicated for vataja jwara fever and Amavata.
Hingutriguna taila
Hingutriguna taila (hingutriguna tailam), a classical Ayurvedic medicated oil from Ashtanga Hridaya gulma chikitsa 14/39, made of hingu, saindhava, eranda taila, and rasona swarasa in a 1:3:9:27 ratio, used internally for gulma, udara, and shoola.
Hinguvacadi Cirna (hinguvacadi curna)
Hinguvacadi cirna (हिङ्गुवचादि चूर्णम्), commonly written Hinguvachadi churna, is a classical Ayurvedic powder built on asafoetida and sweet flag to treat weak digestion, colic, and bloating.
Hinguvacadi Curna (hingvadi curna)
Hinguvacadi curna (Hinguvachadi churna, Hinguvadi churna), classical Ayurvedic herbomineral powder of asafoetida, vacha, and 22 other ingredients, used for flatulence, pain, and anaemia; standardized with piperine as marker compound.
Hingvadi Curna
Hingvadi Cirna (Hinguvacādi Cūrṇa, Hingvadi Churna) is a classical Ayurvedic asafoetida-based powder from the Yogaratnakara and Ayurvedic Formulary of India, with about 24 ingredients, dosed 2–4 g for flatulence, pain, and anaemia.
Hingvadi Taila
Hingvadi Taila (हिंग्वादि तैल) is an Ayurvedic medicated mustard oil with purified asafoetida, Tumburu, and ginger, listed in AFI 2:159 for earache (Karnasula), used as 5-10 ear drops (Karnapurana).
Hingvastaka Curna
Hingvastaka Churna (Hiṅgvaṣṭaka Cūrṇa), also spelled Hingwashtak Churna, is a classical Ayurvedic eight-ingredient digestive powder built on asafoetida (hingu) with Trikatu spices, cumin, caraway, ajamoda, and rock salt in equal parts, used for Agnimandya, flatulence, and colic, dosed 1–2 g per the Ayurvedic Formulary of India.
Hinman syndrome
Hinman syndrome, or non-neurogenic neurogenic bladder (Hinman–Allen syndrome), is a pediatric voiding dysfunction of neuropsychological origin mimicking neurogenic bladder without neurologic deficits, first described by Hinman in 1973, treatable with retraining and medication.
Hip
Hip (hip joint, coxofemoral joint): the ball-and-socket joint between the femoral head and the acetabulum; multiaxial, weight-bearing, stabilized by labrum and iliofemoral, pubofemoral, and ischiofemoral ligaments.
Hip arthroscopy
Hip arthroscopy is a keyhole surgical procedure of the hip joint, performed mainly for femoroacetabular impingement; about 50,000 are done annually in the United States.
Hip bone
Hip bone (os coxae, innominate bone): large irregular pelvic bone of three fused parts, ilium, ischium, pubis, forming the acetabulum; the skeleton's most sexually dimorphic bone, used in forensic sex determination.
Hip dysplasia, Beukes type
Hip dysplasia, Beukes type, or Beukes familial hip dysplasia, is a rare autosomal dominant bone dysplasia causing early hip arthritis, first described in a South African family.
Hip fracture
Hip fracture: break of the upper femur between the femoral head and 5 cm below the lesser trochanter, usually from a fall in older adults; treated with surgery, fixation or arthroplasty, with high mortality and disability burden.
Hip osteoarthritis
Hip osteoarthritis, also called coxarthrosis, is degenerative arthritis of the hip joint affecting roughly 8.55% of people worldwide, often linked to cam deformity or acetabular dysplasia.
Hip pain
Hip pain: pain in or around the hip joint, also called coxalgia. Causes range from fracture, bursitis, and tendonitis to osteoarthritis; groin pain suggests joint disease, outer hip pain soft tissue.
Hip Prosthesis
Hip prosthesis: artificial hip joint implant (femoral stem, ball, acetabular cup, liner) used in total hip arthroplasty; defined by Charnley's low friction arthroplasty with PMMA cement, 22.25 mm head, and polyethylene cup.
Hip protector
Hip protector: padded or hard-shell undergarment pads worn over the greater trochanter to prevent hip fractures from falls in older adults; effective in nursing homes (RR about 0.7-0.8), ineffective in community-dwelling people, limited by poor adherence.
Hip replacement
Hip replacement (total hip arthroplasty) replaces the damaged hip ball and socket with metal, plastic, or ceramic implants, mainly for osteoarthritis. Originated in Charnley's 1962 low-friction arthroplasty; over 450,000 performed yearly in the US; implants last at least 15 years.
Hip resurfacing
Hip resurfacing is a hip arthritis operation that caps the femoral head with a metal shell instead of removing it, preserving bone and suiting younger, active patients.
HIP1 in prostate cancer
HIP1 (huntingtin-interacting protein 1) is a 116-kD endocytic adaptor protein overexpressed in prostate tumor cells but not benign tissue, where it independently predicts PSA recurrence after surgery.
Hippocampal granule cell
Hippocampal granule cell, dentate gyrus principal neuron (dentate granule cell). Receives entorhinal input, fires ultra-sparsely, sends mossy fibers to CA3 as detonator synapses for pattern separation; generated by adult neurogenesis.
Hippocampal pyramidal neuron
Hippocampal pyramidal neuron (CA pyramidal cell): glutamatergic principal neuron of hippocampal fields CA3, CA2, CA1 and subiculum; receives ~30,000 CA3 synapses in CA1, fires at ~1.4 Hz, and shows marked within-type heterogeneity.
Hippocampus
Hippocampus: seahorse-shaped medial temporal lobe brain structure essential for forming new declarative memories and spatial navigation; subfields DG, CA3, CA2, CA1; defined by H.M. amnesia, place cells, and cognitive map theory.
Hippocrates (Ἱπποκράτης)
Hippocrates (Ἱπποκράτης), Greek physician of Cos, c. 460–370 BC, called the Father of Medicine; name behind the Hippocratic Corpus of about 60–70 treatises and the Hippocratic Oath, though none of the works is reliably his.
Hippocratic Oath (Ὅρκος)
The Hippocratic Oath (Ὅρκος; Latin Iusiurandum) is the ancient Greek physicians' oath of the Hippocratic Corpus, probably 4th century BC, sworn by Apollo and Asclepius; modern schools mostly use revised oaths.
Hippotherapy
Hippotherapy is a rehabilitation therapy in which a licensed therapist uses a walking horse's rhythmic movement to improve balance and motor function, mainly in cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis.
Hiranyagarbha pottali rasa
Hiranyagarbha pottali rasa (हिरण्यगर्भ पोट्टली रस), a gold-containing variant of Hemagarbha Pottali in Ayurvedic Rasashastra: mercury, sulfur, and swarna bhasma processed into a compact pottali pill used in minute doses for fever, cough, and critical care.
Hirji S. Adenwalla
Hirji Sorab Adenwalla (1930-2020), Indian cleft surgeon and medical missionary; founded the Charles Pinto Centre for Cleft Lip and Palate at Jubilee Mission Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala; 16,000+ surgeries; Smile Train partner; McCarthy Award.
Hirsutism
Hirsutism, also called male-pattern hair growth in women, is excessive terminal hair in androgen-dependent areas, affecting 5-10% of women; usually caused by PCOS, scored by Ferriman-Gallwey, treated with oral contraceptives, antiandrogens, and hair removal.