Marks of marshy land (ānūpa)

Marshy land has abundant cold water and ground that is always muddy and hard to cross; very tender grasses, shrubs and creepers; banyan, pāṭalī, pārijāta, aśoka, clove, jasmine, mango, ketakī, coconut, areca and palm trees; wooded hills with waterfalls; clear lakes and rivers full of swans, water-fowl and lotuses; betel vines, rice, black gram, sugarcane and bananas; and rich food made with cow's and buffalo milk, curd, jackfruit, mango, dates, coconut and jaggery. Its people are gentle, with tender reddish feet and very stout bodies; vāta disorders with much kapha arise there, so skilled physicians always treat kapha and vāta.