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Yellowish discoloration of sclera, skin, face, nails, and urine associated with constitutional symptoms like anorexia, debility, indigestion, loss of physical strength is called ''Kamala''.
Yellowish discoloration of sclera, skin, face, nails, and urine associated with constitutional symptoms like anorexia, debility, indigestion, loss of physical strength is called ''Kamala''.
===== Types of ''kamala'' =====
====== 1. ''Shakhashrita Kamala/Alpa pitta'' (''Dhatu ashrita'') ======
The passage of pitta is obstructed by vitiated ''kapha'' and not allowing ''pitta'' to enter ''kostha'', it will cause excess of ''pitta'' in body tissues in ''Shakhasrita Kamala''. This involves the obstructive pathologies at hepatic circulation. As the ''pitta'' cannot enter the gastro-intestinal tract, it leads to clay colored stools. In obstructive jaundice, bilirubin has no access to the intestine and it is the reason for pale stools.
This description of stools being clay colored, but the urine being yellow shows that they were very close in concept to the modern day physiopathology of obstructive jaundice especially hepatocellular ones (wherein due to an inability of the bile to pass into the gastrointestinal tract it circulates into the blood and the conjugated bilirubin being water soluble fraction is filtered and passes out into the urine). Further the description of ''pitta'' being the bi-product of ''rakta'' is also very similar to the fact of bile being produced as a result of Red Blood Cell destruction. The most common cause is gall stones in the common bile duct and pancreatic cancer in the head of pancreas. Also, a group of parasites known as liver flukes can live in common bile duct causing obstructive jaundice. Biliary atresia, cholanjiocarcinoma, pancreatitis, cholestasis of pregnancy and pancreatic pseudocysts are causes for obstruction of bile flow into the duodenum.
====== 2. ''Kostha Shakhashrita Kamala/bahu pitta'' (''Maha Srotasashrita'') ======
''Bahupitta kamala'' or ''Kostha-shakhasrita kamala'' mostly resembles the pre-hepatic and hepatocellular jaundice. Pre-hepatic jaundice is caused by anything which causes haemolysis. Pre-hepatic cause include severe malaria, certain genetic diseases such as sickle cell anemia, spherocytosis, thalassemia, pyruvate kinase deficiency and glucose 6-phospate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, which lead to increased destruction of red cells and therefore hemolytic jaundice. Hepato-cellular Jaundice can be caused by acute or chronic hepatitis, hepatotoxicity, cirrhosis, drug induced hepatitis and alcoholic liver disease.
==== Current clinical practices in treatment of ''pandu'' and ''kamala'' ( referred from Chikitsa Pradeep) ====
==== Current clinical practices in treatment of ''pandu'' and ''kamala'' ( referred from Chikitsa Pradeep) ====