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68 Tin: SUSllKUTA SAMIIITA. [Chap. X.
coll}'rium-likc black colour (of the swelling), should be
regarded as incurable. The Kaphaja Visarpa extends
slowly and the process of suppuration is tardy. The
affected part becomes white, glossy and swollen, and
is marked by a slight \n\.\n and excessive itching. 4-5.
The Sannipatika Type : -The Visarpa of
the Tridoshaja type is deep-seated and the affected
part assumes all colours and is attended with all sorts
of piin which are peculiar to the three aforesaid types
The local flesh and veins arc destroyed in the suppurating
stage (jf this disease and hence, it shouldbc looked
upon as incurable 6.
The Kshataja Type (Erysipelas due to a
wound or an ulccri:—The Pittam of a person with a
temperament marked by the extreme aggravation of all
the three Doshas, in conjunction with the blood, resorts
to a wound* in his body and immediately gives rise to
Erysipelas (Sopha— lit rash) which assumes a reddish-
brown colour, with high fever with a burning sensation,
and suppuration in its train, and it is found to be
covered with black vesicles to the size of Kulattha
pulse. 7.
Prognosis ;—The Vataja, Pittaja and Kaphaja
Visarpas are curable ; the Sannipatika and Khataja
ones being incurable. The symptoms, which indicate
an unfavourable prognosis in a case of Vataja or
Pittaja Erysipelas, have been described before Those,
which attack the vital parts (Marmas) of the body, can
be cured only with the greatest difficulty.f 8.
• Or through the extreme augmentation of all the three doshas in
the ulcer (Sadyah kshata-Vrana) according to others.
+ Golden coljured (yellow) Erysipelas due to the action of the
(deranged) Tillam is incurable (PiKatrni A'anchana-vapuscha ia hA na
sydhyei.).—D. K.