A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c13.105

v1.c13.105

The vyāna disperses the element rasa continually throughout the body; a local morbid alteration (vikṛti) appears if this moving about of rasa is blocked at a particular place due to pathological changes of channels (khavaiguṇya); the doṣas are subsequently excited at that very place (15.35–38ab).