''Halimaka'' is a further stage of ''pandu''. Reduced oxygen carrying capacity of blood (reduced ''jeevan karma'') causes depletion of strength and work capacity. This further leads to lack of libido and bodyache. Condition resembles cholestasis. Bile stasis and back pressure leads to liver failure which leads to the further symptoms of ''halimaka'' or sclerosing cholangitis. It is characterized by severe fatigue (''bala utsaha hani''), jaundice (''harita pita meda''), dark urine, cirrhosis, portal hypertension and hepato-megaly. | ''Halimaka'' is a further stage of ''pandu''. Reduced oxygen carrying capacity of blood (reduced ''jeevan karma'') causes depletion of strength and work capacity. This further leads to lack of libido and bodyache. Condition resembles cholestasis. Bile stasis and back pressure leads to liver failure which leads to the further symptoms of ''halimaka'' or sclerosing cholangitis. It is characterized by severe fatigue (''bala utsaha hani''), jaundice (''harita pita meda''), dark urine, cirrhosis, portal hypertension and hepato-megaly. |