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==== Seven major kushtha ==== | ==== Seven major kushtha ==== | ||
===== 1. | ===== 1. ''Kapala Kushtha'' ===== | ||
कृष्णारुणकपालाभं यद्रूक्षं परुषं तनु| | कृष्णारुणकपालाभं यद्रूक्षं परुषं तनु| | ||
कापालं तोदबहुलं तत्कुष्ठं विषमं स्मृतम्||१४|| | कापालं तोदबहुलं तत्कुष्ठं विषमं स्मृतम्||१४|| | ||
kr̥ṣṇāruṇakapālābhaṁ yadrūkṣaṁ paruṣaṁ tanu| | kr̥ṣṇāruṇakapālābhaṁ yadrūkṣaṁ paruṣaṁ tanu| | ||
kāpālaṁ tōdabahulaṁ tatkuṣṭhaṁ viṣamaṁ smr̥tam||14|| | kāpālaṁ tōdabahulaṁ tatkuṣṭhaṁ viṣamaṁ smr̥tam||14|| | ||
kRuShNAruNakapAlAbhaM yadrUkShaM paruShaM tanu| | kRuShNAruNakapAlAbhaM yadrUkShaM paruShaM tanu| | ||
kApAlaM todabahulaM tatkuShThaM viShamaM smRutam||14|| | kApAlaM todabahulaM tatkuShThaM viShamaM smRutam||14|| | ||
The clinical presentation | The clinical presentation of ''kapala kushtha'' is as follows: | ||
Nature – | '''Color''' –- ''kr̥ṣṇa'' (blackish), ''aruṇa'' (reddish) | ||
Touch – | '''Nature''' – ''kapāla'' (similar to broken piece of earthen pot) | ||
Associated symptoms – severe pain | '''Touch''' – ''rūkṣa'' (dry), ''paruṣa'' (rough), ''tanu'' (thin) | ||
Sadhya / sadyata – Difficult to cure | '''Associated symptoms''' – severe pain | ||
'''Sadhya / sadyata''' – Difficult to cure | |||
Fig.1: Kapāla resembling with actinic keratosis non hypertrohic | Fig.1: Kapāla resembling with actinic keratosis non hypertrohic | ||
Fig. 1a: Kapāla resembling with tuberculoid leprosy | Fig. 1a: Kapāla resembling with tuberculoid leprosy | ||
===== 2.Udumbara kuṣṭha ===== | ===== 2.Udumbara kuṣṭha ===== | ||