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44 regarded as involving the concerted action of the deranged Doshas (Vayu, Pittam and Kaphah). 5.

The Kaphaja Types:—Cases of Prameha, which are caused by an exuberance of the deranged Kapham, may be grouped under ten subheads such as, Udaka-meha, Ikshu-meha, Sura-meha, Sikata-meha, Sanai-meha, Lavana-meha, Pishta-meha, Sandra-meha, Sukra-meha and Phena-meha. The ten aforesaid types are curable, inasmuch as the medicines which tend to remedy the deranged Kapham (Dosha), the cause of the disease, prove also remedial to the other principles of the body (flesh, marrow, blood, semen etc.) deranged (Dushya) from the same causes. 6.

The Pittaja Types:—The types, which are brought about through an exuberance of the deranged Pittam, are named as Nila-meha, Haridra-meha, Amla-meha, Kshara-meha, Manjishtha-meha, and Sonita-meha, Palliation is all that can be effected in these types, inasmuch as the medicines which tend to correct the deranged Pittam, which has brought on the disease, fail to exert similar virtues on the organic principles (Dushyas) deranged by it. 7.

The Vataja Types:—The types of Prameha which are produced by an aggravated condition of the bodily Vayu are divided into four subgroups, such as Sarpi-ineha, Vasa-meha, Kshoudra-meha and Hasti-meha. These should be regarded as most incurable inasmuch as no kind of medicine can restore the fleet-coursing, deep diving {ie. invading the bones and the marrow) Vayu, which at the same time also augments the Pittam, to its normal state and thus advances (unchecked) in its work of disintegration. 8.

The deranged Kaphah, in conjunction with the (morbid) Pittam, Vayu and fat, gives rise to all Kaphaja