Diseases of Pitta Imbalance
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Qualities of Pitta –
औष्ण्यं तैक्ष्ण्यं द्रवत्वमनतिस्नेहो वर्णश्च शुक्लारुणवर्जो गन्धश्च विस्रो रसौ च कटुकाम्लौ सरत्वं च पित्तस्यात्मरूपाणि;
auṣṇyaṃ taikṣṇyaṃ dravatvamanatisneho varṇaśca śuklāruṇavarjo gandhaśca visro rasau ca kaṭukāmlau saratvaṃ ca pittasyātmarūpāṇi;
The inherent natural qualities of Pitta are
Aushnya – Ushna – heat,
Taikshnya – Teekshna – sharpness,
Dravatva – liquidity,
Anati Sneha – slight unctuousness, mild oiliness,
all colors except white and red,
Visra Gandha – fishy smell,
Katu, Amla – acrid and sour tastes
Saratva – fluidity.
Qualities of Pitta –
औष्ण्यं तैक्ष्ण्यं द्रवत्वमनतिस्नेहो वर्णश्च शुक्लारुणवर्जो गन्धश्च विस्रो रसौ च कटुकाम्लौ सरत्वं च पित्तस्यात्मरूपाणि;
auṣṇyaṃ taikṣṇyaṃ dravatvamanatisneho varṇaśca śuklāruṇavarjo gandhaśca visro rasau ca kaṭukāmlau saratvaṃ ca pittasyātmarūpāṇi;
The inherent natural qualities of Pitta are
Aushnya – Ushna – heat,
Taikshnya – Teekshna – sharpness,
Dravatva – liquidity,
Anati Sneha – slight unctuousness, mild oiliness,
all colors except white and red,
Visra Gandha – fishy smell,
Katu, Amla – acrid and sour tastes
Saratva – fluidity.
Forty specific diseases of Pitta –
Even though the diseases due to the vitiation of Pitta are innumerable, the following forty varieties are the most commonly manifested.
- Kaamala (jaundice)
- Ati Sveda (excessive sweating)
- Mamsa kleda (sloughing of the muscle)
- Vidaaha (pyrosis) – heart burn
- Amsa daha ( burning sensation in shoulder)
- Haritatva (greenishness)
- Angaavadarana(cracking pain in the body)
- Dhoomaka (fuming)
- Osha (heating)
- Rakta kotha (urticaria)
- Akshi paka (conjunctivitis)
- Trishnaadhikya (excessive thirst)
- Medhra Paka(inflammation of the penis)
- Rakta Pitta(bleeding tendency)
- Aasya Vipaka (stomatitis)
- Daha (burning)
- Tamah pravesha (fainting)
- Neelika (blue moles)
- Charma dalana(itching of the skin)
- Lohita Gandhasyata (smell of blood from the mouth)
- Anga gandha (bad odour of thee body)
- Amlaka (acid eructation)
- Tvak Daaha( burning sensation in the skin)
- Antar daaha (burning sensation inside the body)
- Tiktaasyata (bitter taste in month)
- Plosha (scorching)
- Ushmaadhikya (excessive temperature)
- Shonita kleda(sloughing of the blood)
- Davathu (boiling)
- Harita haridra netra mutra varchas (greenish and yellowish coloration of eyes, urine & faeces).
- Tvagavadarana (cracking of the skin)
- Rakta visphota (red vesicle)
- Guda paka (proctitis)
- Rakta mandala (red wheals)
- Haaridratva (yellowishness)
- Jivadana(hemorrhage)
- Pooti mukhata(foetid odour of mouth)
- Kaksha (herpes)
- Atrupti (non-satisfaction)
- Gala paka(pharyngitis)
General principles of treatment for Pitta diseases:
Madhura, Tikta Kashaya – Pitta is treated with herbs having sweet, bitter and astringent tastes
Sheeta – cooling qualities and
Snehana – oleation
Virechana – purgation,
Pradeha – unction,
Parisheka – effusion,
Abhyanga – massage, etc. procedures done with herbs havin anti Pitta qualities.
This is of course to be done with due regard to the dosage and season.
Sheeta – cooling qualities and
Snehana – oleation
Virechana – purgation,
Pradeha – unction,
Parisheka – effusion,
Abhyanga – massage, etc. procedures done with herbs havin anti Pitta qualities.
This is of course to be done with due regard to the dosage and season.
Importance of Virechana in Pitta imbalance –
Of all the devices stated above, the purgation is the treatment par excellence for curing the Paittika diseases because, immediately after it is administered, it eliminates the vitiated Pitta from its very root from the level of intestines. When it
is overcome in the Amasaya (small intestine), it alleviates the entire vitiated Pitta dwelling in other parts of the body. This can be likened to a hot chamber being cooled by removing the fire from inside it.