Signs of the six kinds of swelling

Swellings from vata, pitta and kapha show the signs and qualities of their own dosha and the sannipata swelling those of all three; the blood-born swelling resembles the pitta swelling and is very black, and the external swelling resembles the pitta and blood swellings and is red. The signs of their unripe, burning and ripe stages are announced next.