Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c13.29

c13.29

Śītapitta, udarda— nettle-rash according to Wise and Dutt, is apparently foreign to the older pathology, yet AS 2.2, AHr 2.2 mention a form of the same connected with a cold eruption and udarda in fever. The disease is caused by cold wind and begins with thirst, loss of appetite, nausea, feebleness, heaviness in limbs, redness of eyes, whereupon an elevation resembling a bite of a wasp is formed on the skin with itching, pricking, vomiting, fever and heat. The disease is especially called udarda ( erysipelas, St. Anthony's fire ) if it occurs in cold season, is due to kapha and is characterised by elevations that are itching, round and pressed in the middle. Koṭha ( urticaria evanida -Dutt) an eruption with many, round, itching, red spots, arises especially from insufficient or wrong application of emetics in the case of corrupted stomach. If occurred repeatedly, this ailment is called utkoṭha. The treatment of this disease which is apparently considered as a minor one is similar to that of visarpa and kuṣṭha ( MN 305 f.; Vr 52; Vāng 677-9; Bhāv 2.4 ).