Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c12.55

c12.55

According to Dutt¹ this is anaemia. In the case of tridoṣas, there is combination of the above symptoms. By eating earth : according to the properties of the earth one of the doṣas is deranged, there is loss of strength of the limbs, digestion is weak, the skin becomes pale, the senses become dull, the eyelids, cheeks, mouth, navel, penis and feet swell, the faeces are thin and contain worms, blood and phlegm. This is Chlorosis according to Dutt¹. A particularly bad form of jaundice is kāmalā characterized by intensive yellow colour of the skin, eyes, nails, urine and faeces and particularly of the face, with exhaustion, weakness, thirst, heat, indigestion, dispise of food and dullness of senses. By neglecting kāmalā there arises the dangerous disease kumbhakāmalā with excessive swelling and pain in the joints. Another sub-section of pāṇḍuroga is called halimaka, the symptoms of which are greenish or dark-yellow colour of skin, dizziness, thirst, lingering fever, dislike for women, weakness, exhaustion, bad digestion, emaciation and the like.