The Compendium of Caraka 2.8.8

2.8.8

In that regard, this is the diagnosis of the specific varieties of epilepsy; namely: one should recognize a person having epilepsy caused by vāta when he has frequent seizures, regains consciousness in a moment, has bulging eyes, babbles without coherence, vomits foam, has an excessively distended neck, has a twisted head, has unevenly bent fingers, has restless hands and feet, has reddish, rough, and dusky nails, eyes, face, and skin, sees unstable, fleeting, harsh, and dry shapes, finds suitability in the opposite of vāta-provoking factors, and finds unsuitability in vāta-provoking factors.