[Etiology and Types of Pittaja Prameha] Pitta gets immediately aggravated in an individual whose body is pre-conditioned by abovementioned (verse 5) factors and exposed to factors such as the following: 1. Intake of hot, sour, salty, alkaline and pungent foods; 2. Intake of food before the digestion of the previous meal; 3. Exposure to excessively hot sun, heat of the fire, physical exertion and anger; and 4. Intake of mutually contradictory food articles.
The aggravated pitta following the same pathogenic process (as mentioned for kaphaja prameha) and manifests into one of six types of pittaja prameha. The process of manifestation is quicker than that of kaphaja meha. According to the characteristics of pitta, they are named as follows: 1. Kharameha 2. Kalameha 3. Nilameha 4. Raktameha 5. Manjisthameha 6. Haridrameha