and premature aging (wrinkling of skin and graying of hair) are some of the disorders caused due to vitiation of rasa. [Diseases due to vitiation of rakta dhatu] The following diseases are caused due to vitiation of rakta: Skin disorders including kushtha, erysipelas (visarpa), furuncles (pidaka), raktapitta (a kind of bleeding disorder),
menorrhagia (asrugdara), inflammation of anus, penis, oral cavity, splenic disorders (pliha), abdominal lump (gulma), abscess (vidradhi), blue mole (nilika), jaundice (kamala), freckles/blemish (vyanga), portwine mark (piplu), black mole of the size of sesame seed (tilakalaka),
ringworm (dadru), dermatitis (charmadala), leucoderma (svitra), scabies (pama), urticaria (kotha), and circular erythema (asra mandala). [Diseases due to vitiation of mamsa dhatu] Following diseases are caused due to vitiation of mamsa dhatu:
विद्यान्मांसाश्रयान्मेदःसंश्रयांस्तु प्रचक्ष्महे| निन्दितानि प्रमेहाणां पूर्वरूपाणि यानि च ||१५||
[Diseases due to vitiation of meda dhatu] Premonitory symptoms of persistent urinary disorders including diabetes mellitus and eight undesirable types of physical constitutions, which are not appreciable in the society (to be avoided, described earlier in chapter 21 of ashta nindita) are produced due to vitiation of meda dhatu.