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|title=Trishothiya Adhyaya
|title=Trishothiya Adhyaya
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|keywords=Swellings, endogenous causes, exogenous causes, shotha, nija-agantuja, generalized edema, localized edema
|keywords=Swellings, endogenous causes, exogenous causes, shotha, nija-agantuja, generalized edema, localized edema, charak samhita, ayurveda
|description=Sutra Sthana Chapter 18.Three Types of Swellings and other conditions
|description=Sutra Sthana Chapter 18.Three Types of Swellings and other conditions
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Now I will explain the chapter on 'Three types of swellings and other conditions'. Thus, said Lord Atreya. [1-2]
Now we shall expound the chapter "Trishothiya Adhyaya" (Three types of swellings and other conditions). Thus said Lord Atreya. [1-2]
=== Three types of ''shotha'' ===
=== Three types of ''shotha'' ===
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==== Specific features of ''vataja, pittaja'' and ''kaphaja'' swellings ====
==== Specific features of vata dominant swellings ====
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In the case of ''vataja'' swelling, affected body parts are swollen, and there is a feeling of numbness, pain, the swelling rebounds immediately after releasing pressure (pitting edema). It is reddish in color and subsides during night, by application of unctuous and hot massage. [9-10]
In the case of ''vataja'' swelling, affected body parts are swollen, and there is a feeling of numbness, pain, the swelling rebounds immediately after releasing pressure (pitting edema). It is reddish in color and subsides during night, by application of unctuous and hot massage. [9-10]
==== Specific features of pitta dominant swellings ====
In the case of ''paittika'' or ''pittaja'' swelling, the patient suffers from excessive thirst and fever, and in the affected parts there is a sensation of burning, sweating, moisture and foul smell. Patients have yellow eyes, face and skin, thin skin, diarrhea and the ailment emanates from the middle of the body (abdomen and trunk). [11-12]
In the case of ''paittika'' or ''pittaja'' swelling, the patient suffers from excessive thirst and fever, and in the affected parts there is a sensation of burning, sweating, moisture and foul smell. Patients have yellow eyes, face and skin, thin skin, diarrhea and the ailment emanates from the middle of the body (abdomen and trunk). [11-12]
==== Specific features of kapha dominant swellings ====
In ''kaphaja'' swelling, the patient has cold, immobile, itchy, and pale swelling that does not rebound after pressure (solid edema). These swellings do not bleed on cutting with a sharp weapon or ''kusha'' grass but instead ooze a slimy discharge. [13-14]
In ''kaphaja'' swelling, the patient has cold, immobile, itchy, and pale swelling that does not rebound after pressure (solid edema). These swellings do not bleed on cutting with a sharp weapon or ''kusha'' grass but instead ooze a slimy discharge. [13-14]