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Loss of touch sensation is among the signs of aggravated kapha.

Kushtha, the second of the major diseases in chapter 11, is said to arise from all the vitiated doshas and to take eighteen forms. The text gives its pathogenesis (wrong conduct or…

Continuing the account of digestion, the introduction says the food is moved onward by a propulsive action, and samāna vāyu is needed for this and to keep the food moist; its actions of…

Gulpha marma lies at the joint of foot and shank (the ankle); a blow there causes stiffness, numbness (loss of touch) and pain.

Kurcha, above the middle of the foot on both sides, makes the foot whirl or tremble when wounded; kurchashira, below the ankle, gives swelling and pain; gulpha, at the ankle joint, gives…

Vata in the waist pulling the leg tendons causes kalayakhanja (trembling at the start of walking, limping, loose-feeling joints) and pangu (legs wholly unable to walk); in the thighs it…

Excessive sweating, numbness of the limbs, deformity and swelling are the signs of kushtha seated in the blood; in strong kushtha that has reached the flesh, severe discharging blisters…

Vata fever shows severe pain in the heart region, back, body and head, constipation, dryness, bad taste, yawning, flatulent distension, blackish stool and eyes, breathlessness and cough,…

Vata is known by roughness, coldness, coarseness, numbness and pricking pain and by dry, cold, rough, mobile and light qualities. It is aggravated by much snow, rain, cold and dry food, is…

When vata is joined with kapha, pitta or blood, the best medicines suited to that combination are to be used. For suptavata (vata with numbness), bloodletting and suitable pacifying…