The Compendium of Caraka 2.1.24

2.1.24

Its signs are as follows: simultaneous arrival or increase of fever throughout the entire body, especially at the time of digestive combustion, at midday, at midnight, or in autumn; pungent taste in the mouth; inflammation of the nose, mouth, throat, lips, and palate; thirst; intoxication; giddiness; fainting; vomiting of bile; diarrhea; aversion to food; prostration; exhaustion; delirium; appearance of red circular eruptions on the body; greenish-yellow discoloration of nails, eyes, face, urine, feces, and skin; excessive intensity of temperature; extreme burning sensation; desire for coldness; unsuitability of things mentioned in the etiology and suitability of their opposites—these are the signs of pitta fever.