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270 Lágharaka and Alasa (otherwise known as Halimaka) are all included within Jaundice (Pámdu-roga), the characteristic symptoms of which are fully enumerated in succession below. 3-4.

Specific Symptoms:— A black colour of the eyes and of the skin marked by the prominent appearance of black-coloured vein (on the surface), black colour of the stool and of the urine, blackness of the face and of the finger-nails as well as other symptoms characteristic of the deranged bodily Váyu are manifested in the Vátaja type of Pándu. Yellowness of the eyes and of the skin marked by the appearance of veins (Śirá) of the same colour (on its surface), yellowness of the stool and of the urine, yellowness of the face and finger-nails and other specific symptoms of the deranged Pitta, mark the Pittaja type of the disease. Whiteness of the eyes and of the skin, marked by the appearance of veins of the same colour (on its surface), whiteness of the stool and urine, whiteness of the face and of the finger-nails and other specific symptoms of the deranged Kapha mark a case of the Kaphaja type of the disease. All the preceding symptoms are exhibited in a case of the Sánnipáta type. Now I shall describe the symptoms which mark the disease known as Kámalá. 5-8.

The Pitta of a patient suffering from any disease not radically cured gets deranged by the use of any acid, or unwholesome food or drink, and imparts a (deep) yellow tint to his complexion and produces physical weakness as well as all the specific symptoms (of Pándu-roga) described above. This disease is known as Kámalá. When it is accompanied by a general swelling (edema) of the body and a crushing pain in the joints, is called Kumbha-Kámalá, which, when it developes in its course such symptoms as fever,