and is marked by a sort of aching pain (peculiar to the deranged Vayu) which vanishes at intervals.
A swelling, due to the action of the deranged Pittam, assumes a yellowish hue. It is soft and fluctuates under pressure, and is marked by an accumulation of blood in its body. It swiftly shifts from one part of the body to another, accompanied by a burning, sucking pain. A swelling, brought about through the deranged condition of the Kapham, assumes a grey or whitish colour. The skin becomes glossy and cold, and the swelling very slowly changes its original site, if it shifts at all, accompanied by pain and itching. A swelling engendered through the concerted action of the three bodily humours successively manifests the symptoms and assumes the colours respectively peculiar to each of them. The symptoms which mark a swelling due to the action of the vitiated blood are identical with those which are exhibited in a swelling of the Pittaja type with the exception of the blackness of the part (and an increase of heat). A swelling due to an external blow traumatic) manifests symptoms peculiar to the Pittaja and blood-origined types.
A swelling, which does not yield to internal and external remedies on account of an excessive accumulation of the deranged local humours, or through insufficient or contrary effects of the remedial ame shows sign of suppuration.
