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62 NIDANA STHANAM. Chap. IX.]
The Kaphaja Type:—This abscess is shaped
like an Indian saucer (s'arava) and seems cold to the
touch. It assumes a light yellow colour and is character-
ised by numbness, itching and little pain. The growth
and suppuration of this abscess is very slow. The
secretions from a Vataja abscess are thin, those from
a Pittaja type are yellow, while the exudations from a
Kaphaja abscess arc white. J.
The Sannipatika Type:— An abscess of
the Sannipatika type is of varied colour, and is attended
with a varied sort of pain (sucking, drawing, turning
etc.) and exudes secretions of various colours (white,
yellow, etc.). It is little raised or elevated at its top,
large and irregular in its shape and does not uniformly
suppurate in all its parts. 8,
Agantuja or Kshataja Type :-~The local
or inherent heat of an ulcer, (caused by a blow or a
dirt) in a person, addicted to unwholesome regimen, is
augmented and conducted by the deranged Vayu and
vitiates the blood and Pittam, thus giving rise to a kind
of abscess which is known as the Agantuja Vidradhi
(traumatic abscess). Symptoms of the Pittaja type like-
wise mark this type of abscess and fever, thirst and a
burning sensation attend it from the very beginning. 9.
The Raktaja Type:—This abscess assumes
a black or tawny colour, covered with a large number
of black vesicles, and fever and an intolerable burning
and pain attended with all the symptoms peculiar to
the Pittaja type, mark the present form of the disease.
It is called Raktaja Vidradhi. Of external Vidradhis
or abscesses, those of the Sannipatika type should be
regarded as incurable. 10— 1 1.
Antara-Vidradhi ;—Now we shall describe
the characteristic features of internal abscesses (Antara-