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Charak Samhita

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सक्रोधपरुषाभाषं सम्प्रहारकलिप्रियम्। विद्यात् पित्तमदाविष्टं रक्तपीतासिताकृतिम् ॥३१॥

A person with angry and harsh tongue, quarrelsome, tends to be physical with a red, yellow and black face should be known to be suffering from paittika mada.

english translation

स्वल्पासम्बद्धवचनं तन्द्रालस्यसमन्वितम्। विद्यात् कफमदाविष्टं पाण्डुं प्रध्यानतत्परम् ॥३२॥

The one affected with kaphaja mada speaks less with incoherence, seems drowsy and lethargic, is pale and is continuously in a state of anxiety.

english translation

सर्वाण्येतानि रूपाणि सन्निपातकृते मदे। जायते शाम्यति क्षिप्रं मदो मद्यमदाकृतिः ॥३३॥

In sannipataja mada, all these features are found in combination. Sannipataja mada (a type of narcosis) arises and subsides quickly like alcoholic narcosis.

english translation

यश्च मद्यकृतः प्रोक्तो विषजो रौधिरश्च यः। सर्व एते मदा नर्ते वातपित्तकफत्रयात् ॥३४॥

All types of narcosis are caused by alcoholic drinks, poisons or by vitiation of blood. It can be concluded that all types of narcosis are caused by nothing but the vitiation of the three dosha viz. vata, pitta and kapha.

english translation

नीलं वा यदि वा कृष्णमाकाशमथवाऽरुणम्। पश्यंस्तमः प्रविशति शीघ्रं च प्रतिबुध्यते ॥३५॥

[Specific features of dosha dominant murchcha (syncope)] In vatika murchcha, the patient becomes unconscious after seeing the sky as blue, black or reddish and regains consciousness quickly.

english translation