Colours of the aggravated doshas, and the rule of treatment

When the doshas are aggravated the body changes colour: with vāta it becomes ash-like, pigeon-grey, very dark and dry; with pitta very blue, yellow, green, dark or red; with kapha glossy and pale white; and when all three are aggravated together, all these colours appear. The physician, knowing the distinctions of time and place according to the texts, should judge which dosha is stronger in two-dosha and three-dosha disorders and carefully use medicines of the opposite quality, rich in virtues, that calm or purge it.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: प्रकुपित दोषों के वर्णनकुपित दोषों के वर्ण और चिकित्सा का नियम
English: Colours of the aggravated doshas, and the rule of treatment

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Kapha doshaकफ दोष Palliative therapy (shamana)शमन चिकित्सा Pitta doshaपित्त दोष Principles of treatment (chikitsa sutra)चिकित्सा सूत्र Purification therapy (shodhana)शोधन चिकित्सा Tridosha (three doshas)त्रिदोष सिद्धांत Vata doshaवात दोष

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