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Charak Samhita

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शरीरं मन्दरुक्शोफं शुष्यति स्पन्दते तथा । सुप्तास्तन्व्यो महत्यो वा सिरा वाते सिरागते ॥३६॥

[Siragata vata (vitiation in vascular tissue)] When vitiated vata is located in vascular tissue it leads to mildly painful edema in the body, emaciation, twitching, loss of pulsation along with dilation or coarctation of vessels.

english translation

वातपूर्णदृतिस्पर्शः शोथः सन्धिगतेऽनिले । प्रसारणाकुञ्चनयोः प्रवृत्तिश्च [३] सवेदना ॥३७॥

[Sandhigata vata (vitiation in joints)] When vitiated vata is located in joints, it leads to palpatory feeling of air in joints(crepitus), swelling along with painful flexion and extension.

english translation

(इत्युक्तं [४] स्थानभेदेन वायोर्लक्षणमेव च) । अतिवृद्धः शरीरार्धमेकं वायुः प्रपद्यते । यदा तदोपशोष्यासृग्बाहुं पादं च जानु च ॥३८॥

Thus the symptomatology of vata according to various site are explained. [Ardita (facial paralysis)] If the excessively increased vata affects one half of the body, as it diminishes the blood there, leads to contracture of arm, leg and knee of the affected half,

english translation

तस्मिन् सङ्कोचयत्यर्धे मुखं जिह्मं करोति च । वक्रीकरोति नासाभूललाटाक्षिहनूस्तथा ॥३९॥

and causes distortion of one side of the face and produces asymmetry of the nose, eye brow, fore head, eye and jaw.

english translation

ततो वक्रं व्रजत्यास्ये भोजनं वक्रनासिकम् [१] । स्तब्धं नेत्रं कथयतः क्षवथुश्च निगृह्यते ॥४०॥

The food goes into one side of the mouth; while speaking the nose gets curved, the eye remains rigid and without blink; the sneeze gets suppressed.

english translation