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Astanga Hrudaya

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स्निग्धा सवर्णा ग्रथिता नीरुजा मुद्गसन्निभा । पिटिका कफवाताभ्यां बालानामजगल्लिका ॥ १ ॥

Eruptions which are greasy / unctuous, of the same color as of the skin, knotty, painless, resembling Vigna mungo, caused by Kapha and Vata together and seen in children is known as Ajagallika.

english translation

यवप्रख्या यवप्रख्या ताभ्यां मांसाश्रिता घना । अवक्त्रा चालजी वृत्ता स्तोकपूया घनोन्नता ॥ २ ॥

By them (Vata and Kapha together) is caused Yavaprakhya (pitika / eruption), resembling a barley grain, localized in the muscle and hard. Granthi (tumor/nodules) five or six, having no mouth (opening) circular like the patch of Alaji, filled with very little pus, thick, elevated

english translation

ग्रन्थयः पञ्च वा षड्वा कच्छपी कच्छपोन्नताः । कर्णस्योर्ध्वं समन्ताद्वा पिटिका कठिनोग्ररुक् ॥ ३ ॥

similar to the elevated shell of a tortoise is called Kacchapi. Eruption either above or around the ear, hard, with severe pain and resembling

english translation

शालूकाभा पनसिका शोफस्त्वल्परुजः स्थिरः । हनुसन्धिसमुद्भूतस्ताभ्यां पाषाणगर्दभः ॥ ४ ॥

the lotus stalk is known as Panasika. Swelling appearing at the joining place of the lower jaw, having mild pain and static (non-moving), produced by them (Vata- Kapha together) is Pashana gardabha.

english translation

शाल्मलीकण्टकाकाराः पिटिकाः सरुजो घनाः । मेदोगर्भा मुखे यूनां ताभ्यां च मुखदूषिकाः ॥ ५ ॥

Eruptions resembling the thorns of Salmalia malabarica tree, painful, thick, containing fat inside, appearing on the face of youths, produced by them (Vata-Kapha) is Mukhadushika.

english translation