Charak Samhita

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बाह्याः सिराः प्राप्य यदा कफासृक्पित्तानि सन्दूषयतीह वायुः| तैर्बद्धमार्गः स तदा विसर्पन्नुत्सेधलिङ्गं श्वयथुं करोति ||८||

sanskrit

[Pathogenesis of swelling] Morbid vata is obstructed by vitiated kapha, rakta and pitta aggravated at the site of peripheral superficial vessels. This vitiated vata (due to obstruction) spreads to the various places causing swelling as its cardinal symptom. If the vata lodges in the chest, then it causes edema of upper parts of the body;

english translation

bAhyAH sirAH prApya yadA kaphAsRkpittAni sandUSayatIha vAyuH| tairbaddhamArgaH sa tadA visarpannutsedhaliGgaM zvayathuM karoti ||8||

hk transliteration