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==== Specific features of types of kaphaja prameha ====

The specific features of different types of kaphajaprameha are as follows (in verses):

1. In udakameha the individual passes large quantities of water-like urine which is transparent, white, cold and without any smell.

2. In iksuvalikarasameha, the patient passes urine resembling sugarcane juice which is exceedingly sweet, cold, slightly saline, and turbid.

3. In sandrameha, the viscosity of urine of the individual increases when kept overnight.

4. In sandraprasadameha, the urine of the patient become partly viscous and partly clear when kept overnight.

5. In suklameha, the patient passes urine having opaque, white colour like that of pasted flour.

6. In shukrameha patient passes semen-like urine or urine mixed with semen.

7. In sheetameha, the patient gets frequent micturition which is exceedingly sweet and cold.

8. In siktameha, vitiated doshas pass with urine in the form of small gravels.

9. In shanirameha, the patient passes small quantity of urine with difficulty and very slowly.

10. In alalameha, the patient passes urine which is phlegm-like and slimy as if full of threads.

Thus, the ten types of prameha due to vitiation of kapha have beenexplained. [12-23]