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Various Vedic texts on the subject have tried to classify all signs and symptoms on the basis of ''tridosha'' thus this serves a good tool to diagnose the lesions as per three ''doshas'' seen in the following table:

Various Vedic texts on the subject have tried to classify all signs and symptoms on the basis of ''tridosha'' thus this serves a good tool to diagnose the lesions as per three ''doshas'' seen in the following table:

Sr Parikshyabhava ( assessment parameter) vata pitta kapha

1 Observation (darshanparikshya)

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Color

! rowspan="1"| Parikshyabhava( assessment parameter)

Black, Dusky or Downy red, Blackness Red, Yellowish-ness White

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Texture Dry, constriction Smooth Oily or soft

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Presence of hairs

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Covered with bristling hair  

i. Coppery-rough hairs White hairlines in

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Margins of lesion Unevenly spread, rough margins Thin Elevated with smooth and fixed  margins

! colspan="4" style="text-align: left;"| Observation (darshanparikshya)

Secretions

Less serous & pus discharge, absence of sweating Plenty of thick discharge of pus, blood and lymph, profuse sweating onlesions Copious, thick, white  and slimy discharge

|  || Color || Black, Dusky or Downy red, Blackness || Red, Yellowish-ness || White

Presence of maggots (Krimi, jantu) Jantu Krimi Krimi

2 Palpation(sparshanaparikshyabhava)

|  || Texture || Dry, constriction || Smooth || Oily or soft

Type of lesion Macular Macular, blisters Macular, Papular lesion

Consistency of lesions Rough, Hard, emaciation Smooth, Soft, thickness, oedema,  

|  || Presence of hairs || Covered with bristling hair || Coppery-rough hairs || White hairlines in

Sensitivity – numbness, hypersensitivity - -

Temperature- cold to touch, hot to touch cold to touch,

|  || Margins of lesion || Unevenly spread, rough margins || Thin || Elevated with smooth and fixed  margins

3 Interrogation (prashna parikshya)

vedana (pain), Pain, Breaking pain, pricking pain, horripilation, loss of sensation or excessive sensitivity Itching, burning sensation, feeling of burning, foul smell Itching, heaviness,  

|  || Secretions || Less serous & pus discharge, absence of sweating   || Plenty of thick discharge of pus, blood and lymph, profuse sweating onlesions || Copious, thick, white  and slimy discharge

Onset Acute Acute Chronic

Progression Quick Quick Slow

|  || Presence of maggots (Krimi, jantu) || Jantu || Krimi || Krimi

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! colspan="4" style="text-align: left;" | Palpation(sparshanaparikshyabhava)

|  || Type of lesion || Macular || Macular, blisters || Macular, Papular lesion

|  || Consistency of lesions || Rough, Hard, emaciation || Smooth, || Soft, thickness, oedema,  

|  || Sensitivity – || numbness, hypersensitivity || - || -

|  || Temperature- || cold to touch, || hot to touch || cold to touch,

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! colspan="4" style="text-align: left;"| Interrogation (prashnaparikshya)

|  || vedana (pain), || Pain, Breaking pain, pricking pain, horripilation, loss of sensation or excessive sensitivity || Itching, burning sensation, feeling of burning, foul smell || Itching, heaviness,  

|  || Onset || Acute || Acute || Chronic

|  || Progression || Quick || Quick || Slow

 

Thus on the basis of symptomatology of it can be inferred that maha-kushtha is a group of skin diseases that includes Leprosy. However, there is ample scope to include, diagnose and treat any other syndromes available today or occurring in future on the basis of this description of kushtha.(shloka 8 -1 to 6)

Thus on the basis of symptomatology of it can be inferred that maha-kushtha is a group of skin diseases that includes Leprosy. However, there is ample scope to include, diagnose and treat any other syndromes available today or occurring in future on the basis of this description of kushtha.(shloka 8 -1 to 6)