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A minor disease: a single skin eruption like kaksha, from excess pitta.

A single eruption on the skin like kaksha, from excess pitta, is gandhanama (gandhamala); vata joined with pitta, settling in the flesh of the nail, quickly produces burning, suppuration…

Apachi is described as small hard swellings, round or long, formed by fat accumulating at the jaw, throat, eyes and joints; some burst and discharge, some subside by themselves and new ones…

Sandalwood fruit is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

हिन्दी: नाकुलीकन्द, कंकालिका [बंगभाषा], सरहटी, गंडनी · मराठी: थोर मुंगुसवेल, थोर सुगंध, मुंगुस कान्दा, तानवडीचें झाड, श्वेत विष्णुक्रान्ता, रक्त शंखपुष्पी

हिन्दी: सरहटी, गंडनी, पीले फूल का दण्डोत्पला, सहदेई · मराठी: महाबला, थोर निली, सहदेवी, चित्रडी